Coconut butter is really the key ingredient in this caramel sauce. And just to be clear it's nothing like any other nut butter and it's also nothing like vegan butter. So you can't switch it for either of those. If you can't get coconut butter, you could switch the topping to something else completely, or you could u003ca href=u0022https://lovingitvegan.com/how-to-make-coconut-butter/u0022u003emake your own coconut butteru003c/au003e from dessicated coconut (also known as finely shredded coconut or sweetened coconut flakes).