Salted Caramel Cannoli
A rich salted caramel cannoli coffee creamer with buttery caramel, sweet cannoli cream flavor, vanilla pastry notes, and a tiny hint of orange and almond. Basically, your coffee wandered into an Italian bakery and made questionable but delicious choices.
Ingredients
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup caramel sauce
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon caramel extract
1/4 teaspoon cake batter extract
1/4 teaspoon cream cheese extract
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
1/8 teaspoon orange extract
1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
Instructions
Heat the base — Warm the heavy cream and sugar in a saucepan over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Do not boil.
Add caramel — Stir in the caramel sauce and butter until smooth.
Remove from heat — Take the pan off the heat.
Add flavor — Stir in the vanilla extract, caramel extract, cake batter extract, cream cheese extract, almond extract, orange extract, and fine sea salt.
Cool & bottle — Let cool, then strain if needed and pour into a glass bottle or jar. Refrigerate before using.
Tips
Do not boil the cream.
Start light on the salt and adjust to taste.
Shake before serving if needed.
Go easy on the orange extract; it should whisper “cannoli,” not kick the door open wearing citrus pants.
Creamsmiths Notes
This creamer is rich, creamy, and bakery-style, with buttery salted caramel leading the way, sweet cannoli cream in the middle, and vanilla pastry notes on the finish. The almond and orange extracts add that subtle cannoli-shop flavor without taking over the cup.
Pairs especially well with a smooth, balanced medium roast or any bakery-friendly coffee.