noun. A smooth chewy candy made with sugar, butter, cream or milk, and flavoring.

noun. Burnt sugar, used for coloring and sweetening foods.

noun. A moderate yellow brown.

In candy- and cheese-making, to become burned and browned: said of the sugar dissolved in milk or syrups under the influence of heat; caramelize. See caramel, n.

noun. Anhydrous or burnt sugar, a product of the action of heat upon sugar.

noun. A sweet, variously composed and flavored, but generally consisting of chocolate, sugar, and butter, and dark-colored.

noun. Sometimes spelled caromel.

noun. Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

noun. A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.

noun. A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.

noun. A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

noun. A yellow-brown color.

noun. firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk

adjective. having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown

noun. burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food

noun. a medium to dark tan color

"By the time I'm off the phone the caramel is roughly the texture of dried carpet glue but I whip in half a litre of heated full-fat milk and 250ml of double cream."

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caramelise  caramelize  

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