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Caramel appears have different pronunciations in different English dialects, the AmE one is just a variant which has been in place for a long time: The word caramel can acceptably be pronounced in several accepted ways, including KARR-uh-mel, KARR-uh-muhl, and, in North American English, KAR-muhl.
But in my experience, North Americans (Canadians too) don’t pronounce the middle “a”. They pronounce it exactly like the girl’s name Carmel. From my experience, all Americans pronounce it without the “a” and all other places pronounce it with the middle “a” voiced. Why is that? Can this difference in pronunciation be traced to a root cause?
In the 18th century, the Spanish began to use the word “caramelo” which is thought to have come from the original Latin word cannamellis. Later on, approximately in 1725, the French took the word from the Spanish and the word caramel was born. So yes, our English word is essentially the same as the French word, pronounced “care-a-melle”.
While some people pronounce it “car-mel,” others claim it is pronounced “care-a-mel,” some even claim it is pronounced “car-muhl.” Yet despite all of these different pronunciations, everyone swears that their own is correct. For example, when you go to the coffee shop and order a salted caramel mocha,
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