Choose a great tasting apple to use for dipping. I went with Honeycrisp and I was worried at first that they would be too sweet with the caramel and chocolate, but they were perfect! When I took the apples to a work function, the thing that my coworkers liked best was the combination of flavours with the type of apple I had chosen.
Choosing which additional toppings to put onto the apples has endless possibilities! I chose three that I thought would make great combinations, but you can change them up however you would want to. My favourite of the three was the peanut butter one. I think it was because of the combination of saltiness of the peanut butter items and the sweetness of the caramel and apple! Whichever one you choose, they’re all delicious!!
- 12 medium sized apples
- Apple sticks (wooden sticks, 6″ in length with a pointed end) – Available here: http://amzn.to/1pSag6O
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1-14oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 2/3 cup dark corn syrup
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon molasses
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In a medium sized sauce pan, heat ingredients on medium low until sugar has dissolved.
- Turn temperature up to medium high, insert a candy thermometer and continue to stir while heating to 230F.
- Once this temperature is reached, remove caramel from heat and pour into a tall heat proof container. Make sure that it is wide enough to be able to fit an apple into it.
- Insert apple sticks into the apples where the stem is (remove stem).
- Dunk candy apple into the caramel, bring apple back out of caramel and let excess drip off.
- Place apples onto a parchment lined baking tray and allow to cool.
- Caramel covered apple
- Oreso cut into quarters
- Golden Oreos cut into quarters
- Oreo crunch chocolate bar
- Melted chocolate
- Caramel covered apple
- Smarties
- Melted chocolate
- Caramel covered apple
- Peanuts
- Reese’s Pieces
- Mini Peanut Butter cups, halved
Hi Jenn
What brand of chocolate did you use to melt?
I think it was Hershey’s, but it can be any kind you want.
oh okay thanks!