Ritz Cracker Salted Caramel Icebox Cake
Ritz Cracker Salted Caramel Icebox Cake is a dreamy, creamy, no-bake, salty-sweet icebox cake! A perfect dessert for summer!
Servings 9 servings
Calories 448kcal
Ingredients
- 16 oz cream cheese two blocks, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 48 Ritz Crackers
- 2/3 cup salted caramel sauce + more for garnish
- whipped cream
for the caramel sauce
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Line 8x8 glass baking dish with plastic wrap. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix cream cheese and sugar together until smooth. Add in heavy cream, salt and vanilla and whip until thick and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
For the Salted Caramel Sauce
- Heat sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat to melt the sugar. Continue cooking and swirling sugar until it turns amber in color.
- Whisk in sea salt and heavy cream. The mixture will bubble up violently briefly. Continue whisking until sauce is smooth. Stir in butter and vanilla.
Assemble
- Spread 16 ritz crackers across the bottom in 3 straight lines. Add on 1/3 of the cream cheese mixture.
- Drizzle over 1/3 cup caramel sauce and repeat these layers again as follows: 16 crackers, 1/3 cream cheese mixture, 1/3 cup caramel sauce, 16 crackers, final amount of cream cheese mixture.
- Cover and refrigerate 12 hours or overnight. To serve, cut into pieces and top with whipped cream and more caramel sauce.
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Nutrition
Calories: 448kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 369mg | Potassium: 118mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 983IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 1mg
