Big Picture Farm Raspberry Rhubarb
Goat Milk Caramels. The winner of
the Specialty Food Association's 2015
Outstanding New Product sofi Award,
these caramels are made from fresh
goat's milk from Big Picture Farm's 46
goats. Rhubarb wine and raspberry puree,
along with goat butter and Vermont
cream, create a distinct flavor profile.
bigpicturefarm.com
COOP's MicroCreamery Salted Caramel
Sauce. To prepare this 2015 sofi Award
winner for Outstanding Dessert Sauce,
Topping, or Syrup, COOP's MicoCreamery
collaborated with McCrea's Candies,
a Boston caramel maker. The sauce
comes in three- or 10.6-ounce jars
topped with Coop's "drippy lid" and
labels bearing the handwritten initials of
the person who whipped up that batch.
coopsmicrocreamery.com
Fat Toad Farm Cold Brew Coffee Caramel.
This sauce stars cold-brew Stumptown
Coffee Roasters coffee, steeped for 12
hours and filtered twice. The hand-stirred
goat's milk base is made with milk from
Fat Toad Farm's herd. Other flavors:
Spicy Dark Chocolate (made with Taza
chocolate) and Vermont Maple (made
with Vermont Cold Hollow Cider Mill
syrup). fattoadfarm.com
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
Fudge Caramel. Great Scot International
introduces a caramel with a pedigree.
The confection showcases Jack Daniel's
Tennessee whiskey, whose distillery was
founded in 1866, making it the oldest
registered distillery in the U.S. and on the
National Register of Historic Places. Other
flavors: Tennessee Honey Fudge Caramels,
made with Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey
Liqueur. greatscotintl.com
L'Epicurien Salted Butter Caramel
(Caramel au Beurre Sale). Salt meets
caramel in this milky spread, produced
in France and imported to the
U.S. by The French Farm. Ideal for
putting on pancakes, crepes, and toast,
or drizzled over ice cream, the sweet
treat comes in a 7.55-ounce glass jar
with a metal top. epicurien.com and
thefrenchfarm.com
Marich Confectionery Milk and Dark
Chocolate Sea Salt Caramel Popcorns.
To make these new confections,
chocolatier Marich Confectionery
caramelizes popcorn and then coats it
in sea-salted chocolate. Both popcorns
in the line currently are available in
single-serve bags; in 2016, the
Milk Chocolate variety will also be
available in 4.75-ounce sharable
pouches. marich.com
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