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What is caramel?
Caramel is a liquid made by heating sugar until it changes to a brownish color. Caramel is used for coloring or flavoring food.
Caramel is often used as a flavoring or sauce for a variety of foods, especially desserts, such as caramel ice cream and caramel-coated popcorn.
The word caramel can also refer to a chewy candy made from the heated sugar, milk, butter, and other ingredients. It’s often shaped into cubes and is sometimes covered in chocolate, which you might find in a box of Valentine’s Day chocolates.
Finally, caramel can refer to a tan or yellowish-brown color that resembles the color of the sugary liquid, as in The cat had a caramel-colored tail.
Example: My favorite candy is a chocolate bar filled with caramel.
Where does caramel come from?
The first records of the word caramel come from around 1715. It ultimately comes from the Late Latin calamellus, meaning “little reed.” This word is related to cannamella, the Latin word for sugarcane. The liquid caramel comes from heated sugar.
Caramel is used to give a sweet flavor to many different foods. It is likely to be used in dessert items, such as ice cream, chocolate, cake, and pie. Caramel is a nice treat. Because it is made of sugar, though, eating too much caramel has the same health risks as eating too much sugar.
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What are some other forms related to caramel?
- caramels (plural noun)
- caramelize (verb)
What are some words that share a root or word element with caramel?
- caramelize
- caramelization
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How is caramel used in real life?
Caramel is a very common ingredient used in many people’s favorite sweets and desserts.
this album giving me christmas & chill vibes with some milk and honey and silky smooth vocals like caramel on a mcflurry 10/10
— issa (@twaimz) October 30, 2020
I love caramel iced lattes ☺️
— R|B (@RonicaB_) October 30, 2020
Just had a slice of a caramel apple and feel reborn.
— Vicky Nguyen (@VickyNguyenTV) October 22, 2020
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True or False?
Caramel is made from heating honey until it changes color.