Warm up a cold day with a mug of hot apple cider topped with a hint of caramel. Heat 1/4 cup cream and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until mixture starts to boil. Raise heat to medium-high and stir in apple cider and water. Cook until mixture starts to simmer, about 4 minutes.
A pressure cooker will only take about 30 - 40 minutes, but you will need to cut this low carb apple cider recipe into a much smaller portion size to safely get all of the ingredients in there. The slow cooker method will take about 8 hours for the apples to super tender and able to be mashed with a potato masher.
There are a whopping 35.1 grams of carbs in an 8-ounce Starbucks caramel apple spice hot drink without whipped cream. That’s in just 8 ounces! This is why I knew I wanted to create my own low-carb copycat recipe using ChocZero’s caramel syrup.
Caramel apple spice has a very “fall-like” flavor. It reminds me of an apple pie a la mode mixed with a cup of coffee. You taste all the apple pie flavors – the sweet steamed apple juice with the cinnamon spice and drizzled with caramel. If you have a sweet tooth, this is probably what you crave. All of that adds up to a lot of carbs!