15 Ice Cream Sundae Toppings, From Brown Butter Crumble to Caramel Sauce. From cookie crumbles to flavored hot fudge, these add ons are even better made from scratch.

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One of our favorite ice cream toppings has to be caramel sauce. The nutty, toasty, buttery drizzle is one of the easiest (and tastiest) ways to dress up a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Pedro Mora pours the carmel on the earthquake ice cream sundae from Ghirardelli Square, as Jens and Bryce Bollesen from Gilroy watch it being made, Wednesday July 28, 2010, in San Francisco, Calif.

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Each bite of ice cream will be filled with the contrasting crunch of the popcorn and its sweet, toffee-like flavor. Plus, the caramel notes are rather agreeable when it comes to pairing.