This fuss free delicious, indulgent and easy three ingredient caramel toffee sauce with honey recipe is sweet, sticky, gooey and delicious. Enjoy it in so many ways and since its homemade, its Gluten Free!
Generally I think that food with a sauce is so much better; crisps with dips, chicken with lots of gravy, a steak with a Stilton sauce, apple pie and custard or an indulgent sticky toffee pudding with lashings of toffee sauce.
This three ingredient toffee sauce is sticky, buttery and has a lovely almost sharp note from the honey which cuts through some of the sweetness. Spread in a cake, put a dollop into a milkshake or even eat with a spoon straight from the jar whilst standing in front of the fridge.
This really could not be easier to make, simply put equal weights of honey, salted butter and soft brown sugar into a pan and heat until bubbling. Cool and decant into a jar, then enjoy. So quick and easy, fuss free at its best – and once you have made it once you will not need to refer to the recipe again.
When cooking the sauce you will know when it is done as size of the bubbles will change; they will get larger and the layer of bubbles will be thicker. Allow to cool a little – if you pour boiling sugar syrup into a cool glass jar it is very likely to shatter. Wait before you lick the spoon – boiling sugar syrup is both hot and sticky – I’ve been there and blistered the roof of my mouth when being too eager for a taste.
Three Ingredient Caramel Toffee Sauce with Honey – Serving Suggestions
- Gently warm and pour over ice cream
- Add to a milk shake
- Swirl through no churn ice cream
- Drizzle over a pavlova – like my toffee cappuccino cloud pavlova
- Spread on toast for an indulgent snack
- Use to sandwich cakes or macarons
- Spoon over my toffee and caramel dessert
Three ingredient caramel toffee sauce
Ingredients
- 80 g honey
- 80 g salted butter
- 80 g soft brown sugar
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into a pan and gently heat, stirring all the time until you have a thick bubbling sauce.
- Allow to cool then pour into a jar. Store in the fridge before use.
Notes
- The easiest way to make this is to weight the honey into the saucepan, then add the same weight of the other ingredients.
- Add a good pinch of seasalt for a salted caramel toffee sauce
- This recipe is 6 Weight Watchers Smart Points per portion
MELANIE EDJOURIAN
This sounds like a great recipe. Homemade is always best as it tastes sooo much better. I drizzle mine over cake and that works pretty well.
Helen
Drizzled over cake is a perfect way to use this kind of sauce.
Lynne Harper
yum you had me right at the start at toffee. What a versatile recipe with some many amazing uses, im definitely going to give this a go, many thanks for sharing as always Helen x
Helen
So easy to make and absolutely right with the toffee, what can’t you like?
the Curious Pixie
How delicious is the title of your post?! And how easy is it to make this yummy sauce. I’ll be certainly russelling this one up. Thanks!
Helen
I’m certain you will enjoy it, and want to make it again.
Kaitie
Oh my this looks amazing! I love that there are so many ways to enjoy this… like with a spoon ;)
Helen
Surely with a spoon has got to be the best way to enjoy something as tasty as this sauce.
Patty
I appreciate that your caramel sauce is on the healthy side, one recipe to enhance so many goodies, yum!
Helen
A delicious addition to so many dishes.
jacquee - i sugar coat it
Sweet and simple – right up my sweet-tooth alley!!
Helen
Perfect for sweet cravings.
Monica | Nourish & Fete
So I’m pretty obsessed with caramel sauce to begin with, but adding toffee!? Be still my heart. I, also, use those old Bonne Maman jars for storing everything like this – they’re perfect!
Helen
The jars are just the right size, and a nice wide top for easy cleaning.
Amy | The Cook Report
This looks so lovely, honey is such a great addition, I can imagine it really giving that great depth of flavour
Helen
Honey gives a subtle flavour of deliciousness. A lovely addition.
Jenni
I agree I like some kind of sauce with all my food. This was be delicious on most deserts
Helen
So many different ways you can enjoy it.
Gareth Torrance
Oh man, this looks amazing! We love honey and caramel, so having them mixed together would be awesome!
Helen
A delicious combination of two lovely flavours.
Rachel
Helen, if I could reach through the screen for this, then I absolutely would do. My idea of heaven x
Helen
Dig in!
sarah
this looks so good. I bet it’s delicious over pancakes
Helen
it would be amazing over pancakes!
Amy
This sounds delicious and it’s certainly something I’d pour over a scoop, or 2, or vanilla ice cream! Not forgetting the added addition of a flake!
Helen
the flake sounds the perfect addition!
Donna
Never made anything like this before and had no idea how long to carry on stirring once the sauce had started to bubble. Needless to say, mine’s not a sauce. I made toffee by mistake! ???
Helen
Hi Donna, Sorry that happened, I go by the size of the bubbles and it takes a few minutes, I’ll do a rework with some timings and a temperature.
Heather
Haha, yeah, I often do that when I’m trying to make caramel sauce, too! I waited for mine to bubble all over the top, then cooked it over medium heat for 1 minute. It turned out thick and syrupy. I suppose if you wanted it thinner, like caramel syrup, you could just bring it to a boil and then remove it from the heat right away.
Sarah P
Love caramel sauce so much. Great to have an easy recipe I can make myself.
Helen
It is a really handy recipe to have at hand for easy to make sauce you’ll love.
Mike
sounds like the perfect partner to icecream. Very tasty.
Helen
Perfect with ice cream.
Sally Potter
I don’t think this would last long once made, I’d be eating it straight out of the jar.
Helen
Far too tempting to eat by the sppon from the jar.
Amy
Great that there are so few ingredients. All things I usually have in the store cupboard. Will have to give this a go.
Helen
So easy to make, Amy. Love simple recipes.
Robert Joy
Last time I tried to make caramel sauce, it ended up like toffee. I guess I over cooked it! Great recipe, thanks for the tips.
Helen
Timing and temperature are key to getting it right.
Betsy
This is the perfect sauce for ice cream, just right for summer. Love it.
Faye Henderson
I always appreciate handy simple recipes, and this is ideal for a touch of sweet tooth.
Keira M
You cannot go wrong with a caramel sauce. Always useful and easy to make.
Pheobe T
Yummy! I can think of all kinds of uses for your toffee sauce. Looks delicious.
Vivien Ellis
This sounds delicious Helen, particularly with the touch of honey. Drizzled over waffles, with banana and clotted cream. Mouth watering just thinking about it.
Shadel
Hi! Can you measure the ingredients (i.e. per cup, etc..)in equal amounts instead of weighing them?
Helen
In cup measurements, this would be the same as using half a cup in each ingredient. So yes, as long as they are equal, cup measurements are fine.
Michele Cervenka
I would like to make this for Christmas gifts. How long will it keep and does it need to be refrigerated. Can it be canned?
Helen
It will keep a few weeks in the fridge – I’ve not tried canning it.
Elise
Hi, i was just wondering what the rough shelf life of this toffee caramel sauce is? It sounds delicious but I’m not sure I’d go through it that quickly. Thanks
Helen
Hi Elise,
It will keep a good few weeks in a sealed jar in the fridge. You can always half the recipe, but be very careful when cooking a smaller quality as it is very easy to over cook it and turn it into toffee.