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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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I like to decorate my caramel apples with red-hot candies, mini M&M's, jimmies and other small candies. You can really have fun with these. Ingredients:
8 medium red delicious apples |
8 popsicle sticks |
2-1/4 cups packed brown sugar |
3/4 cup butter, cubed |
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk |
3/4 cup dark corn syrup |
1/2 cup maple syrup |
1-1/2 teaspoons molasses |
dash salt |
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
chopped salted peanuts and red-hot candies |
4 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped |
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped |
Directions:
1. Wash and dry apples; remove stems. Insert Popsicle sticks into bottoms of apples. Place on a buttered baking sheet; refrigerate until ready to use.
2. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter, milk, corn syrup, maple syrup, molasses and salt. Stir with a wooden spoon over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer reads 248° (firm-ball stage). Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla.
3. Dip apples, one at a time, into caramel and then into an ice-water bath for 1-2 seconds to set caramel. Dip apples in peanuts; place on the buttered baking sheet. Press red-hot candies onto apples as desired.
4. In a microwave, melt white chocolate; stir until smooth. Transfer to a small resealable plastic bag; cut a hole in a corner of the bag. Drizzle over apples. Repeat with semisweet chocolate. Decorate with additional nuts and candies as desired. Let stand until set. Yield: 8 caramel apples.
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