There are many lovely levels of caramel. There's the basic caramel that we generally want to pour all over our ice cream. Then, there's salted caramel (which perfectly pairs savory with sweet), which we also want to pour all over our ice cream. And then, there's dulce de leche -- a milk caramel that's wildly popular in Latin America -- that we want to pour all over everything.
Most caramels are made with a base of water and sugar, but dulce de leche starts with a big pot of milk -- and tons of sugar -- and cooks down until a thick, smooth consistency has been reached. It takes hours of stirring the pot, but is well worth the effort because it's not only wonderfully sweet, but creamy too. Luckily for us, you can buy dulce de leche already made at the store -- or you can make a cheat version with the can-of-sweetened-condensed-milk trick. However you get your hands on dulce de leche, use it to make these dessert recipes below.
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Mexican Beer Spiked Churros With Chocolate Dulce De Leche
Half Baked Harvest
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Dulce De Leche Banana Cream Pie
Oh, Sweet Basil
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Chocolate And Dulce De Leche Caramel Swirl Cookies
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Dulce De Leche Churros Donuts
Oh, Sweet Basil
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Churro Milkshakes with Dulce de Leche
Half Baked Harvest
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Dulce De Leche Brownies
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Banana Bundt Cake With Salted Dulce De Leche
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Dulce de Leche Coconut Chocolate Chip Bars
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Chocolate Cola Cake With Dulce De Leche, Coconut And Pecan Icing
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Dulce De Leche Swirl Pound Cake
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Chocolate Truffle Martini With Dulce De Leche Rum Butter Truffles
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Strawberry Dulce De Leche Cake
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Dulce De Leche Banana Cupcakes With Chocolate Frosting
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Dulce De Leche Stuffed And Swirled Super Fudgy Brownies
Sprinkle Some Sugar
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Chocolate Sheet Cake With Toasted Nuts And Salted Dulce De Leche
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Cashew Dulce de Leche French Macaron
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Dulce De Leche Chocolate Cheesecake Bars
Roxana's Home Baking
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Salted Alfajores Bars
Bourbon & Brown Sugar
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