To celebrate the first day of school, Alana brought in a tray of caramel brownies and walnut brownies. The tray had a total of 56 brownies, of which 25% were caramel. How many caramel brownies did Alana bring?

There were 25/100 * 56 = <<25/100*56=14>>14 caramel brownies. Answer: \boxed{14}.