Milky Way Candy Bar Sauce

I've always wanted to try making candy bar dessert sauce and when I saw Mars bars sauce and pancakes briefly mentioned in David Mitchell's new novel, THE BONE CLOCKS, I just had to make. I wasn't sure if Mars bars are sold here in the US so I used Milky Way Midnight instead. 


This is the laziest easiest method to make chocolate caramel sauce. You just heat the ingredients until melted and smooth and Voila! instant sauce for pancakes, waffles, and fruits. The sauce is surprisingly delicious and not at all too sweet.

Milky Way Candy Bar Sauce
1 regular size Milky Way Candy bar (Regular or Midnight), chopped
5 tablespoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
pinch of sea salt

• Heat all ingredients in a small saucepan. Stir until candy is melted and sauce is smooth. 

• Pour warm sauce over pancakes and waffles, or dip silver dollar pancakes, strawberries, sliced apples and pears, or seedless grapes in room temperature sauce.

Fluffy Pumpkin Pie Spice Pancakes
¾ cup whole milk
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons fine raw sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 large egg, beaten
2 tablespoons melted and cooled butter
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

• Combine milk and lemon juice in a small bowl; let sit for 15 minutes.
• Mix in beaten egg,melted butter, and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
• Pour wet ingredients into flour mixture and blend until just mixed. The mixture should be very thick. Let sit on the kitchen counter for 2 minutes before cooking in a preheated skillet.