burnt caramel
Overcooked sweet syrup
Burnt caramel is sugar cooked past the golden caramel stage until it darkens and develops bitter, complex notes alongside its sweetness.
The controlled burning adds depth to desserts, sauces, and candies: The crème brûlée had a distinctive burnt caramel top.
As a flavor descriptor, burnt caramel suggests that same bittersweet intensity: burnt caramel ice cream, notes of burnt caramel in the whiskey.
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- bitter notesHarsh, unsweet flavor elements
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
deep amber · sticky · syrup · dessert topping · custard · flan · crème brûlée · scorched · smoky · brown butter · golden · toasted · candy · candy making · dessert · confection · rich · dark
- bitter thingsbitter melon, quinine, tonic water, black coffee, espresso
- burntcharred, scorched, singed, blackened, char
- carameldulce de leche, Werther's Original, Rolo, Milk Duds
- cooking mistakesburned food, undercooked, overcooked, scorched, dry turkey
- smokingsmoking, cigarette, cigar, pipe, lighter
- dark foodsblackberries, black beans, dark chocolate, coffee, black olives
burnt caramelraw sugar
Minimally processed cane crystals
white sugar · granulated sugar · sugar crystals · butterscotch · simple syrup
burnt caramelwhite sugar
Refined granulated sweetener
vanilla · white chocolate · simple syrup · powdered sugar · honey
burnt, burn, burns, burning, burner, burners, burnout, sunburn, sunburnt