The best way to get the creamy sweet flavor of caramel without the sugar, butter and slaving over a hot saucepan is to make it the easy way — use date syrup. Now, if you’re into the long drawn out process of making your own condiments and toppings you can always use fresh pitted dates and go through it. But if you wanna cut to the chase and have caramel sauce in minutes here’s how you do it.