National Caramel Day

Today's date is April 5th and it's National Caramel Day!  I've put together a collection of caramel photos I've taken for you to drool over.  Sorry if I make you hungry but I've heard looking at dessert photos is almost as good as eating them.  Almost being a relative term.  Caramel is a well loved favorite among many and can be used in a variety of ways.  Paired with chocolate, it's unstoppable and makes a very sweet and rich treat.  Add some sea salt and it tastes like heaven.  I love this combination in cupcakes, ice cream, and chocolates.  The different ways to eat caramel are endless.  Today instead of eating it, I'm just going to look at photos because I'm fresh out of anything caramel in my house.  It might be just as satisfying. 

A chocolate cupcake with caramel buttercream and topped with a caramel sea salt drizzle from Pinkabella Cupcakes.  See the original post I did about the cupcake here.

Sea Salt Chocolate Caramels from Harry London.  See my post here with more pictures of the chocolate caramels.

Homemade Monkey Bread I baked with my mom during one of her visits to my place. Go here to see the recipe.

A dark chocolate sea salt caramel from Theo Chocolates in Seattle.  You can click here to read my original post and find out more about their chocolates.

A delicious looking caramel apple from a local farmer's market in Sequim, WA.

Salted Caramel Roasted Almonds I made at home.  Careful, these were very addicting! Click here to see the recipe.

Ice Cream and Valhrona Brownie Sundae with pear caramel, carmalized bananas and candied pecans from Toulouse Petit in Seattle. There were two different kinds of rich caramel sauce on the side.  You can click here to read about our dinner and the restaurant.

For something different, try using caramel on your s'more instead of chocolate.  We did on a vacation back home to Montana one summer, and we loved it. 

Quinn's, a Gastropub on Capital Hill, had bacon caramel corn on the menu as a appetizer.  So unique and delicious and a perfect start to my dinner.  Click here to read about my meal at Quinn's.

Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel Fudge from Nye Beach Sweets in Newport, OR.  Click here to read about more places to eat in Newport.

Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream from Salt and Straw in Portland, OR.  You can click here to see the post about my foodie adventure in Portland. 

Sea Salt Ice Cream from Full Tilt Ice Cream in Seattle.  Click here to see my original post about Full Tilt. 

Another Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate- this one is from Aunt Belinda's Candies in Newport, OR.