'Honey' Rum Caramel Sauce

Many people are surprised to discover strict vegans do not eat honey. It makes perfect sense; honey is from animals just like milk or eggs. Some people find this ridiculous as they believe taking honey does no harm to bees. Some people also don't realie the harms taking milk and eggs have either. To cut this story short, bees are ery important members of our ecosystem, and they are already in trouble, so let's save the bees. 

Honey is a difficult product to imitate, however. Here, I have discovered a recipe to 'make honey' that certainly is not the real thing, but tastes extremely close, and is actually propably healthier than traditional honey. The main ingredient: apple juice. Boil that down with just a little sugar (the ratio is one tablespoon sugar to three cups of apple juice) and you have honey! It is very versatile and keeps for a long time. I have only tried granulated sugar, but I am sure coconut sugar, brown sugar, and date sugar would produce other tasty 'varieities' of honey. In order to get some honey, you need to begin with quite a bit of apple juice as it reduces down a lot!

'Honey' Rum Caramel Sauce
apple juice
granulated (white) sugar
rum

Bring the apple juice and sugar to a boil. Boil for 20-30 minutes, then reduce the heat slightly and simmer for about an hour until mixture is reduced and thickened significantly. It will not be quite as thick as honey, but close. Cool and chill. Will keep in the refrigerator for a long time.

To finish the rum caramel sauce: Boil some rum (use the leftover from the apple) and add honey, using whatever ratio you deem appropriate to make the sauce sweet enough. Heat until the sauce thickens and darkens slightly.