A variety of sweets, desserts, toppings, and confections are made with caramel, including tres leches cake, brittles, nougats, pralines, flan, crème brûlée, crème caramel, and caramel apples.
When and where was caramel invented?
Caramel's history is elusive, but some trace it back to the arabs around 1000 a. d. , who boiled sugar into a crunchy confection called kurat al milh.
Caramel, candy substance obtained by boiling sugar to or beyond approximately 240 °f (115 °c), at which point its mass takes on a slightly yellowish color and pleasantly burnt smell.