I remember when I was a kid trick-or-treating that the
elderly couple down the street always gave us the biggest, most beautiful Red
Delicious apple you could imagine. Of
course this was before we had to worry about sick people putting things in
apples. At the time I thought it was the
biggest rip-off. An apple? Puleeze.
Plus they always invited us in, and we had to stand there quietly while
they chatted with my mother, wasting valuable trick-or-treating time.
Now caramel apples are a different story! I decided to try my hand at them with mixed
results. They taste great, but I’m not
very artistic (or patient) so mine didn’t turn out looking like the beautiful
ones you see in gourmet food stores. But
it was fun! I decided to use candy corn
on them to accent the Halloween theme along with a drizzle of chocolate. One of the biggest stumbling blocks was
keeping my husband out of the caramels before I had a chance to make these!
You'll need apples, caramels, candy corn and sticks |
Ingredients:
1-14 oz bag caramels (the kids can help you unwrap them!)
3 apples
sticks for the apples
your choice of toppings
Chocolate chips
Melt about 30 caramels in a pan with a tablespoon of water
over low heat. Keep a close eye on it so
it doesn’t burn.
Submerge apples one at a time in boiling water for a couple
of seconds. Remove and dry vigorously
with a towel. (this will remove the wax
coating they put on apples which would make it harder for the caramel to
stick.)
When the caramel is melted, hold the apple by the stick and
dip in caramel. I found it was easiest
to put the apple in the pan and then drizzle on the caramel with a spoon. When coated, quickly roll the apple in the
candy corn or your topping of choice.
I placed the apples on a foil lined cookie sheet. Note to self, either butter the foil or spray
with Pam. The caramel STICKS and I had
to wrestle them free! Melt a handful of
chocolate chips in the microwave (about 1/3 cup) and drizzle over apples.
I found I had to warm the caramel between apples because it
would harden very quickly.
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I love caramel apples. My girls think they are too old to make them now so I usually just buy them each one. Do you remember, or have you ever had the red candy apples? They had a hard candy shell on the outside. I loved them, but can't find them anywhere in Iowa.
ReplyDeleteI love the red candy ones, too! Those were a huge treat as kids. I saw them in our grocery store here recently. They're not all that hard to make--there are directions on-line. It's mostly sugar and red food coloring!
ReplyDeleteLove that tip about removing the wax. Never heard that before. Caramel apples are such a treat! I'm coming to your house when I go trick or treating!
ReplyDelete~ Krista