caramel
noun
car·a·mel
ˈkär-məl 
ˈker-ə-məl
ˈker-ə-məl
ˈka-rə-,
-ˌmel
1
: a usually firm to brittle, golden-brown to dark brown substance that has a sweet, nutty, buttery, or bitter flavor, is obtained by heating sugar at high temperature, and used especially as a coloring and flavoring agent
Caramel is an ingredient in many candies.
2
: a firm, chewy, usually caramel-flavored candy made with sugar, cream, corn syrup, and butter
a bag of caramels
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LaDonna dug caramel and cheese mixes, so Jeff offered to share a bag.
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2025
The classic version uses a 40 percent West African milk chocolate, wrapped around both caramel and praline.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
The cake was two-tiers made up of a chai chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and caramel on bottom and a vanilla butter cake with banana mascarpone cream on top.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Flavors include sweet potato pie, banana pudding and cognac caramel.
—Alice Gibbs, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 Feb. 2025
The classic version uses a 40 percent West African milk chocolate, wrapped around both caramel and praline.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025
The cake was two-tiers made up of a chai chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and caramel on bottom and a vanilla butter cake with banana mascarpone cream on top.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Flavors include sweet potato pie, banana pudding and cognac caramel.
—Alice Gibbs, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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caramel
noun
car·a·mel
ˈkär-məl
ˈkar-ə-məl
ˈkar-ə-məl
-ˌmel
1
: burnt sugar used for coloring and flavoring
2
: a firm chewy candy
Medical Definition
caramel
noun
car·a·mel
ˈkar-ə-məl
-ˌmel; ˈkär-məl
-ˌmel; ˈkär-məl
: an amorphous brittle brown and somewhat bitter substance obtained by heating sugar and used as a coloring and flavoring agent
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