Oven Baked Ribs Recipe with Caramel Candy Barbecue Sauce
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Caramel candy barbecue sauce smothered over oven-baked ribs is one unique dinner experience you have to taste to believe. I know what some people might think, oh gross…caramel candies in a barbecue sauce? But really, it is quite good and different from tomato-based barbecue sauces. It is amazing how evenly balanced the ketchup and caramel candies go with the tangier apple cider vinegar and Worcestershire sauce.
The original recipe from Goetze’s Sweet Cream website has you add 30 whole candies. I have reduced that number by half. The original recipe is quite sweet and has a lot of added sugar. Reducing it still gives you a sweet caramel taste but much less sugar. Try it out with your next set of ribs or any other grilling meats.
Cost to make this recipe.
My calculation making this dinner entrée comes to about $16.17 for one rack of ribs that serves four or about $4.04 per serving size. For this homesteader, there aren’t too many ingredients that I make here for free besides all the seasonings. I grow and make my onion and garlic powder, and paprika. Unfortunately, that only saves us $1.32 for the entire recipe. The rack of ribs and ketchup are the two ingredients that make up the bulk of the price, two of which I don’t make.
Recipe adapted
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Oven Baked Ribs with Caramel Candy Barbeque Sauce
Ingredients
Oven Baked Ribs
- 1 rack baby back ribs …[$8.00]
- 2 tbsp salt …[$0.21]
- 2 tbsp onion powder …[$0.36]
- 1 tbsp black pepper …[$0.76]
- 1 tbsp garlic powder …[$0.16]
Caramel BBQ Sauce
- 2½ cups ketchup …[$4.00]
- 1 cup water …[$0}
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar …[$0.07]
- 2 tbsp Worcheshire sauce …[$0.30]
- 5 tsp ground mustard …[$0.24]
- 4 tsp paprika …[$0.72]
- 1 tsp garlic powder …[$0.05]
- 1 tsp onion powder …[$0.06]
- 15 whole caramel cream candies …[$1.24]
Instructions
- Sprinkle rack of ribs with all seasonings which is placed on baking sheet. Cut ribs in half if you have trouble fitting them on the sheet.
- Place aluminum foil tightly over ribs and baking sheet. Bake in oven at 300 °F for 3 hours.
- Prepare caramel barbecue sauce and spread over baked ribs before serving.
Oven Baked Ribs with Caramel Candy Barbecue Sauce
Ingredients
Oven Baked Ribs
- 1 rack baby back ribs, …[$8.00]
- 2 tbsp salt, …[$0.21]
- 2 tbsp onion powder, …[$0.36]
- 1 tbsp black pepper, …[$0.76]
- 1 tbsp garlic powder, …[$0.16]
Caramel BBQ Sauce
- 2½ cups ketchup, …[$4.00]
- 1 cup water, …[$0}
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar, …[$0.07]
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, …[$0.30]
- 5 tsp ground mustard, …[$0.24]
- 4 tsp paprika, …[$0.72]
- 1 tsp garlic powder, …[$0.05]
- 1 tsp onion powder, …[$0.06]
- 15 whole caramel cream candies, …[$1.24]
Instructions
- Sprinkle rack of ribs with all seasonings which is placed on baking sheet. Cut ribs in half if you have trouble fitting them on the sheet.
- Place aluminum foil tightly over ribs and baking sheet. Bake in oven at 300 °F for 3 hours.
- Prepare caramel barbecue sauce and spread over baked ribs before serving.