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Vegan Butterscotch Syrup

September 25, 2018 by Kathy Hester 7 Comments

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Vegan Butterscotch Syrup

I have been on a search for a good vegan butterscotch syrup. A thick vegan caramel sauce works in lots of recipes, but to meet one of my goals this month, I need a butterscotch syrup recipe.

What’s the difference? I’m so glad you asked. It had me confused too. Traditionally caramel uses white sugar, and butterscotch is made from brown sugar.

I looked to my good friend Jenni, the Pastry Chef Online, for more details. She is not a vegan so she defines it like this: butterscotch has no milk/cream in it but caramel does. Caramel may or may not contain butter but butterscotch does.

Butterscotch has salt and caramel typically doesn’t (but often does). Confused yet? Let’s start making it a cleaner food and see if that gets you tripped up.

Vegan Butterscotch Syrup

This is one of those lines that gets blurry when you veganize and use modern sweeteners. I would think coconut sugar would count as brown, but I plan on using it in my caramel too.

I decided I didn’t want to use Earth Balance in my syrup so that it would become a whole foods syrup, hence I’m missing the traditional butter element too.

I freely admit I’m a rebel in the kitchen, but this is my view on the recipe. The fat in the coconut milk is standing in as the butter/fat element and the coconut sugar for the brown sugar.

It would be nice to add in some vegan butter flavor, but I haven’t found a whole food sub for that yet. If you have one that you use feel free to add a tiny bit and let me know what you think.

Vegan Butterscotch Syrup

Does anyone use a vegan butter extract? What brand do you use? Please let me know in the comments. I am planning on making a traditional butterscotch with Earth Balance too. I think it will make Jenni happy.

Print Recipe
4.6 from 5 votes

Homemade Vegan Butterscotch Syrup

Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 67kcal
Author: Kathy Hester

Ingredients

  • 1 can 14 oz/400ml light coconut milk
  • 2 cups coconut sugar
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt to taste

Instructions

  • Add coconut milk and sugar to a sauce pan. Mix well and cook over high heat whisking often.
  • Bring to a boil and let boil for 5 to 10 minutes to thicken and whisk the whole time so nothing burns on the bottom. If you cook it 5 minutes your syrup will be thinner than if you cook it for 10 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and mix in vanilla and salt. Cool and store in the fridge.

Notes

The syrup will thicken as it cools and even more in the fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 67kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Sodium: 39mg | Sugar: 13g
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Filed Under: Drinks and Syrups, Fall Tagged With: butterscotch, coconut sugar, homemade syrups, OATrageous Oatmeals, paleo, Sauce, syrup, Vegan

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Comments

  1. Jenni says

    September 7, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of…salt? You lefted that out. And I would love this syrup. I got picky in that post because I was being An Authority. Mostly I just like what tastes good though, and I know this would! =)

    Reply
    • Kathy Hester says

      September 8, 2014 at 6:12 pm

      Thank you – that would be salt and I’ve updated it!

      Reply
  2. gigiveganville says

    September 8, 2014 at 5:09 pm

    My best buddy is a butterscotchaholic. I am a fan too, but I am going to surprise her with this.
    Pinning now 🙂 Thank you, Kathy.

    Reply
    • Kathy Hester says

      September 8, 2014 at 6:11 pm

      Let me know how you like it!

      Reply
      • GiGi says

        September 21, 2014 at 10:00 pm

        I am making it now, Kathy. It’s cooling. So far so good 🙂 Thank you.

        Reply
        • Kathy Hester says

          September 21, 2014 at 10:12 pm

          I have my fingers crossed!

          Reply
  3. Julie Ann says

    January 9, 2017 at 2:18 am

    This cane out perfect!!!! Thank you!!!!

    Reply

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