I’ve always had a sweet tooth and now I’ve made this list of mouth watering sweet sauces that you can add to ice cream, pancakes, waffles or even cheesecake.

Apple Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

3kg apples
1 tablespoon whole mixed spice
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1.25kg sugar
750ml vinegar
2 tablespoons salt
2 medium onions

Homemade Applesauce Recipe (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

Ingredients

5 medium apples, peeled, cored, and cubed (see recipe notes for types of apples to use)
1/4 cup sugar (optional, leave out if you prefer unsweetened)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
1 cup water, plus more if necessary

Unsweetened Applesauce Recipe

Ingredients

4 medium apples
1/2-1 cup (118ml-235ml) water
1/2 tsp cinnamon*
1 tbsp lemon juice*
*You don’t have to add cinnamon or lemon if you don’t want to. I choose to do it simply because it adds more taste and complements the flavour of the apples.

Easy Passionfruit Syrup Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup raw passionfruit pulp with seeds (about 20 fresh passionfruit’s)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water

Passionfruit Coulis

Ingredients

13 passionfruit, fresh
2 tbsp honey, raw
1 tbsp tapioca starch
2 tbsp water

Tropical Coulis with Mango & Passionfruit

Ingredients

350 g mango, cubed (fresh, canned or frozen-defrosted) – (flesh from 685 g jar/tin of mango, drained)
2 tsp caster sugar – or sugar of choice
pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla bean paste – or vanilla extract
1 tsp orange zest
20 g orange juice
1 Tbsp passionfruit pulp

Easy Microwave Lemon Passionfruit Curd

Ingredients

1/3 cup passionfruit pulp (from roughly 3 passionfruit)
1/3 cup lemon juice (from roughly 2 -3 lemons)
Zest of 2 – 3 lemons
2/3 cup caster (superfine) sugar
4 eggs (you’ll use 2 whole eggs and 2 egg yolks)
90g (6 tablespoons) butter, cubed
1/4 teaspoon salt

Passionfruit Caramel Sauce

Ingredients:

1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon (120 grams) caster (superfine) sugar
1 tablespoon water
1/4 cup (60 mls) heavy cream
1/4 cup (60 mls) passionfruit pulp
pinch fine salt

Gluten Free Caramel Sauce

Ingredients

▢1 cup white granulated sugar
▢6 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
▢½ cup heavy whipping cream room temperature
▢1 teaspoon vanilla extract
▢½ teaspoon salt

Homemade Caramel Sauce (gluten free)

Ingredients

¾ cup brown sugar
1 cup whipping cream
7 tablespoon butter

Gluten-free Caramel Sauce

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup Karo light corn syrup
1 cup evaporated milk (note: this is not a full can)
1 pint (2 cups) heavy whipping cream
1 cup (2 sticks or 16 Tbsp.) unsalted butter
1 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Quick Salted Caramel Sauce (gluten-free)

Ingredients

250 g caster sugar
300 g double cream – heavy cream
40 g butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon flaky sea salt

Easy Salted Caramel Sauce (GF)

Ingredients

75g salted butter
50g light brown sugar
50g golden caster sugar
50ml golden syrup
125ml double cream
1 tsp sea salt flakes

Gluten Free Caramel Sauce with Milk & Brown Sugar (Salted)

Ingredients

▢½ cup Whole Milk
▢½ cup Butter
▢1 cup Light Brown Sugar
▢⅛ teaspoon Salt
▢⅛ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Easy, Dairy-Free Caramel

Ingredients

1 cup light brown sugar packed
4 tablespoons vegan butter I recommend Earth Balance or Kite Hill
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup full-fat coconut milk the thick solid part
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Strawberry Reduction Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

2 pounds fresh strawberries (32 ounces)
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice , Optional

Easy Gluten Free Strawberry Compote

Ingredients

1 pound frozen or fresh strawberries
2-3 tablespoons agave, xtlitol or sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest

Berry Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

4 cups total fresh or frozen unsweetened sliced strawberries and/or raspberries, marionberries or blackberries
2/3 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla

Easy Homemade Raspberry Sauce

Ingredients

2 cups raspberries
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoon lemon juice

Berry Sauce

Ingredients

1 lb fresh strawberries, hulled and thinly sliced
6 oz (1 dry half pint) fresh raspberries
6 oz (1 dry half pint) fresh blueberries
6 oz (1 dry half pint) fresh blackberries
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, from 1 lemon
¾ cup sugar

Chocolate Shell Sauce (Gluten, Dairy & Refined Sugar Free)

Chocolate Shell Sauce – serves 2-4

2 tbsp coconut oil
2 tbsp cocoa
1-2 tbsp pure maple syrup
pinch salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract – optional

Homemade Chocolate Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

¼ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup dairy-free milk of choice
1 10 oz. bag Enjoy Life Foods Mini Chips
1 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla extract

2 Ingredient Vegan Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients

150 g (0.75 cups) sugar
55 g (0.66 cups) cocoa
120 ml (0.5 cups) water

The ‘friendly’ Chocolate Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

2 cups castor sugar 400 grams
1 cup cocoa powder 100 grams
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup boiling water 250 ml
4 tablespoon golden syrup

Gluten-Free Chocolate Sauce – Simple & Delicious

Ingredients

⅓ cupCoconut sugar
½ cupMaple syrup
¼ cupAlmond milk (or dairy-free milk of choice)
¼ cupUnsweetened cocoa powder
A dash a sea salt
1 ½ TbspGhee (or refined coconut oil)
1 tspVanilla extract

Chocolate sauce

ORGANIC INGREDIENTS

65 g (1/4 cup) plant-based milk substitute *
120 g (3/4 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips
30 ml (2 tbsp) margarine *
5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract

Chocolate Sauce (Paleo, Healthy & Easy)

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 cup coconut sugar (can sub brown sugar or granulated sugar, as needed)
⅓ cup cocoa powder or cacoa powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
pinch salt

Perfect Paleo Chocolate Sauce (GF, V, Keto)

Ingredients

3/4 cups raw cacao powder unsweetened cocoa powder will work too
3/4 cup raw honey or maple syrup (stevia or monk fruit will make this work for Keto)
3/4 cup water
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 tsp pure vanilla

Mango Sauce – A Sweet, Healthy Dessert Topping

Ingredients

300 g (1 large) sweet fresh mango ripe (see NOTES) weight after the stone and skin removed
1 teaspoon powdered/icing sugar to your taste
¼ tsp (pinch) vanilla powder or extract
1 juice of an orange lemon or a lime

Mango coulis

Ingredients

▢2 large red mangoes – or 3 smaller Ataulfo mangoes or frozen mangoes (see below)
▢1 tbsp lemon juice – or lime juice
▢1-2 tbsp sweetener (I used maple syrup, but sugar works too) – or more if the mangoes aren’t very sweet
▢1-3 tbsp water – optional, to adjust consistency