How to say "caramel" in Japanese

• キャラメルCommon
  nounThis is the word for caramel as a soft candy — the sweet itself, eaten as a treat — not for browned sugar used as a flavouring in cooking.
• カラメルCommon
  nounThis is caramel as browned sugar used as a flavouring — an ingredient rather than a sweet — so it is the word for the cooking sense, not for the candy.

Choose 「キャラメル」 for the soft candy and 「カラメル」 for browned sugar used as a flavouring; the first is the sweet itself, the second the cooking ingredient.

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• キャラメルcaramel (soft candy)
• カラメルcaramel (browned sugar used as flavouring)