However, some rums are darkened and flavoured with caramel. Rum is great in cocktails ... Don’t substitute dark, white and golden rums in recipes; the flavour can differ widely.

If you don’t want to include the rum, just leave it out. It still tastes amazing. You will need to have sterilised jars to keep the caramel in. This recipe makes about 2 jam jars of caramel.