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

My 4-Ingredient Homemade Lemon Curd Recipe (gluten free + dairy free option)
Ingredients
- 4 lemons, zest and juice of all 4
- 4 large eggs
- 225 g butter (a dairy free hard margarine or block if necessary)
- 320 g caster sugar

Gluten Free Lemon Curd
Ingredients
Gluten Free Lemon Curd
- zest of one lemon
- 165 grams fresh juiced lemon juice
- 185 gram granulated white sugar
- 113 grams unsalted butter, room temperature – DIVIDED!
- ⅛ teaspoon/a generous pinch of kosher salt
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks

Easy Lemon Curd Recipe (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice (approximately 4-5 lemons)
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest (approximately 3 lemons)
- 1/2 cup of coconut oil

Gluten Free, Dairy Free Lemon Curd
Ingredients
- 2 lemons – (unwaxed) zest and juice
- 50 g dairy free margarine – check soya-free if important – or butter
- 175 g granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs – free-range or organic ideally

Easy Cherry Sauce
Ingredients:
- ½ cup (120ml) water
- 5 tablespoons (63g) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch or arrowroot starch
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 pound (454g / 3 ½ cups) unsweetened frozen sweet cherries

Easy, Homemade Cherry Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh cherries pitted and cut in half
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch

Homemade Cherry Sauce
Ingredients
1/2–1 cup water
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
3 1/2 cups pitted cherries, fresh or frozen*
3–4 tablespoons maple syrup, honey, or sugar (can use less or more, to taste)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
1/4 teaspoon almond extract, optional (Can also use 1–2 tablespoons cherry liquor/kirsch)

Easy Homemade Cherry Sauce (with Pro Tips)
Ingredients
- 4 cups pitted cherries
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional)

Pink Grapefruit Curd (Gluten & Dairy Free)
Ingredients
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 pink grapefruit (juiced and zested)
- 150 g caster sugar
- 40 g dairy free spread


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