Caramel Slice - IQS Recipes (2024)

Ingredients

Base

  • 1 cup gluten-free flour.
  • 1/2 cup almond meal.
  • 110 g butter, diced into small cubes.
  • 3 tablespoons rice malt syrup.

Gooey Caramel Sauce

  • 100 g butter, diced into small cubes.
  • 1/2 cup rice malt syrup.
  • 1/2 cup full-fat coconut cream.

Chocolate Ganache Topping

  • 80 g 85% dark chocolate (use 90% if you prefer).
  • 3/4 cups full-fat coconut cream.

Directions

Base
1. Preheat oven to 180ºC/350ºF/Gas Mark 4. Line a 9”x 9” lamington/brownie tin with baking paper.

2. Mix all of the Base ingredients together until combined. Press mixture firmly into a lamington or brownie tin. Press down so base is even. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden. Remove from oven and set aside to cool completely.

Gooey Caramel Sauce
2. To make the Gooey Caramel Sauce, heat rice malt syrup in a pan until bubbling vigorously. If you have a candy thermometer it should reach 140°C/275°F. If you don't have a thermometer, cook the syrup for 10 minutes until syrup has reduced down. The mixture should be thick, drippy and coat the back of a spoon lightly.

3. Add butter and stir until combined over medium heat. Remove from heat and slowly add coconut cream, stirring until combined. Pour caramel into a bowl and sit in the freezer until thick for two hours.

4. Once thick, pour caramel on top of the biscuit base and refrigerate for a further two hours or until set. (The longer you leave it in the fridge the better the final product will be.)

Chocolate Ganache
5. Meanwhile make the Chocolate Ganache Topping. Heat the coconut cream in a saucepan until it simmers. Turn off the heat and pour into a separate bowl, add chocolate pieces and stir gently until melted and silky. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes until mixture thickens but still pours.
6. Remove the set base from the refrigerator and pour Chocolate Ganache Topping over the top. Smooth with the back of spoon or a pastry knife. Return to the refrigerator and set for at least two hours before serving.
Store this recipe in the fridge or freezer until ready to serve.

Note

We advise eating sweet foods like this one as occasional treats only. Also, we encourage you to cut the sweetener down even more if you can.

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Ingredients

Base

  • 1 cup gluten-free flour.
  • 1/2 cup almond meal.
  • 110 g butter, diced into small cubes.
  • 3 tablespoons rice malt syrup.

Gooey Caramel Sauce

  • 100 g butter, diced into small cubes.
  • 1/2 cup rice malt syrup.
  • 1/2 cup full-fat coconut cream.

Chocolate Ganache Topping

  • 80 g 85% dark chocolate (use 90% if you prefer).
  • 3/4 cups full-fat coconut cream.

Directions

Base
1. Preheat oven to 180ºC/350ºF/Gas Mark 4. Line a 9”x 9” lamington/brownie tin with baking paper.

2. Mix all of the Base ingredients together until combined. Press mixture firmly into a lamington or brownie tin. Press down so base is even. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden. Remove from oven and set aside to cool completely.

Gooey Caramel Sauce
2. To make the Gooey Caramel Sauce, heat rice malt syrup in a pan until bubbling vigorously. If you have a candy thermometer it should reach 140°C/275°F. If you don't have a thermometer, cook the syrup for 10 minutes until syrup has reduced down. The mixture should be thick, drippy and coat the back of a spoon lightly.

3. Add butter and stir until combined over medium heat. Remove from heat and slowly add coconut cream, stirring until combined. Pour caramel into a bowl and sit in the freezer until thick for two hours.

4. Once thick, pour caramel on top of the biscuit base and refrigerate for a further two hours or until set. (The longer you leave it in the fridge the better the final product will be.)

Chocolate Ganache
5. Meanwhile make the Chocolate Ganache Topping. Heat the coconut cream in a saucepan until it simmers. Turn off the heat and pour into a separate bowl, add chocolate pieces and stir gently until melted and silky. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes until mixture thickens but still pours.
6. Remove the set base from the refrigerator and pour Chocolate Ganache Topping over the top. Smooth with the back of spoon or a pastry knife. Return to the refrigerator and set for at least two hours before serving.
Store this recipe in the fridge or freezer until ready to serve.

Note

We advise eating sweet foods like this one as occasional treats only. Also, we encourage you to cut the sweetener down even more if you can.

Caramel Slice - IQS Recipes (2024)

FAQs

How do you cut caramel squares? ›

To slice neatly, remove from the fridge 5 minutes before cutting. Run knife under warm (not hot) water, wipe dry then cut quickly. For very neat slices, clean knife between each cut - I did this for the photos. Don't make the knife too hot otherwise the chocolate melts when you cut it and smears into the caramel.

How many calories in a chocolate caramel slice? ›

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Other sizes: 1 serving (57 g) - 241kcal, 100 g - 423kcal, more...

How do you cut caramel slice without cracking? ›

It's most important to score through the chocolate layer with a small sharp knife completely before pressing down firmly through the caramel and base (using a large, flat knife). If you try and cut all 3 layers at once, the chocolate will break and the caramel will squish out the sides.

What is the easiest way to cut caramels? ›

The best way to cut the caramels is when they are cold from the fridge. Use a super sharp knife, and mark out your cuts before you make them. I find it easiest to cut the whole pan into strips first with vertical cuts, then make the four horizontal cuts.

How do you cut chocolate squares without breaking them? ›

To cut set chocolate without cracking, I would recommend heating your knife with hot water, drying excess water off of the knife, and then *carefully* cutting into the chocolate.

How do you cut a caramel slice? ›

Take your slice out of the fridge for 30 minutes before you cut it into pieces. Knife Recommendations - use a small serrated knife to score straight lines through the chocolate layer. Then use a large flat knife to gently press down through the caramel and base layers.

Why did my caramel slice split? ›

If the heat is too high, but butter might melt too quickly and can separate from the sugar. Toffee and caramel can also separate if the recipe calls for constant stirring and the candy isn't stirred often enough.

How do you cut shortbread without cracking it? ›

Chill them overnight; not the dough in a lump but go ahead and roll them out, and cut them into the shapes you want. leave them on the pan in the fridge. Probably, truth be told an hour would be enough.

What knife is best for cutting shortbread? ›

Longer, Taller Blades: We liked knives with at least 8.5 inches of usable blade—the part of the blade that has serrations—as these did a good job of spanning and cutting large loaves of sourdough and full sections of shortbread.

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