Caramel


a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
a kind of chewy candy, commonly in small blocks, made from sugar, butter, milk, etc.
a yellowish brown or tan color.
Contemporary Examples

They have their own four basic food groups: Chocolate, peanut butter, caramel and liquor.
The Rock Stars of Yeast and Flour Katie Workman July 6, 2009

Dark chocolate is often paired with caramel or butter crunch and some wines that have similar flavors work superbly here.
Valentine’s Day Wine and Chocolate Pairings Snooth February 10, 2011

These bad boys add in a dangerously decadent layer of caramel to create the so-called “Even Sluttier Slutty Brownies.”
A Chocolate-Dipped Potato Chip and More Crazy Food Creations Alice Robinson November 6, 2013

The pumpkin seeds, trapped in the heat of the caramel, are imbued with an autumnal, resiny resonance.
Pumpkin Seed Brittle The Daily Beast November 24, 2008

Beyond the river, caramel plains rolled away to the distant horizon, spotted with acacia trees and slow-moving giraffe.
Walking With Wildebeests: Exploring the Serengeti on Foot Joanna Eede July 8, 2013

Historical Examples

Gladys glanced up from a consideration of the respective attractions of a chocolate cream and caramel.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Various

Have ready some caramel, and stir in enough to give a decided flavor.
Health on the Farm H. F. Harris

Add a pinch of salt, three eggs well-beaten, and the caramel.
The Myrtle Reed Cook Book Myrtle Reed

I’ll just trot this in for the supper, and we’ll take the caramel layer to the Fair.
At the Little Brown House Ruth Alberta Brown

Form into caramel shape, small rolls or cones, or into a large roll and slice.
The Laurel Health Cookery Evora Bucknum Perkins

noun
burnt sugar, used for colouring and flavouring food
a chewy sweet made from sugar, butter, milk, etc
n.

1725, from French caramel “burnt sugar” (17c.), via Old Spanish caramel (modern caramelo), ultimately from Medieval Latin cannamellis, traditionally from Latin canna (see cane (n.)) + mellis, genitive of mel “honey” (see Melissa). But some give the Medieval Latin word an Arabic origin, or trace it to Latin calamus “reed, cane.”

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