Nothing says fall weather like a caramel world and we’ve got the easiest way to make one at home! While you can do a homemade version of a caramel world and make your own caramel from scratch, this recipe uses store-bought caramels so you can get to the dipping (and eating!) part of your treat sooner.
Caramel apples moreover make unconfined gifts so you can make a batch to hand out at Halloween parties, as a thank-you present, or just make a few for your family on a well-done fall day. Add fun toppings to make it a gourmet treat!
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What kind of apples are weightier for caramel apples?
The variety of world that you segregate for your caramel world depends entirely on your taste! If you have a sweet tooth, you would probably enjoy a sweeter variety like a Fuji, Honeycrisp, or a Pink Lady as your world base. For a increasingly tart unrelatedness to your sweet caramel topping, Granny Smiths are the most popular choice. These are all firmer choices than say a softer Macintosh variety and requite you a largest crunch factor when eating your treat.
Caramel World Tip! Look for apples that are small to medium in size and round in shape for that perfect caramel world look!
Caramel World Ingredients:
- Wrapped Caramels: Using pre-made caramels is the fastest and easiest way to go well-nigh making your caramel apples. Most grocery stores sell these in the sultry zone or right next to the apples in fall, but you can moreover get them online if your local store doesn’t siphon them.
- Fresh Apples: Choose a firm world that is either increasingly sweet or increasingly tart depending on how much sweetness you want to add to the caramel layer. Make sure to wash off the wax surpassing dipping your world so that the caramel has a largest endangerment of sticking and won’t slide off.
- Heavy Surf or Milk: Just subtracting a little heavy surf or milk to the caramel will help thin it out a bit to make it increasingly “dippable.”
- Toppings (optional): You can do a second dip without the caramel into fun gourmet toppings like crushed nuts or M&Ms, pretzel bits, sprinkles, flaked sea salt, crushed Oreos, or coconut!
Looking for a succulent caramel dip to eat with apples? Try our Cream Cheese Fruit Dip (4 Ways!)
Tools You Need To Make Caramel Apples:
- Skewers: While the archetype caramel world is usually perched upon a wooden stick, you can moreover use a popsicle stick, or, in a pinch, plane just stick a fork into it if you don’t have any thick skewers at home.
- Melting tools: To melt your caramel, you want either a microwave and microwave-safe bowl, a saucepan, a double-boiler pot, or a glass Pyrex-type trencher to set on top of a saucepan of humid water.
- Nonstick Cooking Spray: You’ll want to make sure your apples don’t stick to the plate or pan you are placing them on, so use some nonstick cooking spray on the surface first to make sure you can remove them easily.
- Dipping container (optional but helpful): While you can just roll your world virtually in the trencher or pot you melted the caramel in, for smaller batches it’s moreover nice to have a Pyrex glass measuring cup to melt the caramel in so you have a nice little container to dunk the world right in to.
Tips for Making Caramel Apples:
- Remove the wax from your apples. You’ll want to wash your apples and try to remove the wax from the apples surpassing dipping them so the caramel will stick better. Run the apples under some hot water and use a fruit wash or dish soap and a wipe scrubby pad or textured towel to rub vigorously over the apples to help remove some of the wax. Dry apples very well so no moisture remains.
- Chill apples surpassing and without dipping. Without you add your skewer, you can nippy your apples in the fridge so that the caramel sets up faster and less will run off the surface when dipping (and then put them when in the fridge so the caramel will set up faster).
- Have toppings once prepped. If you are dipping your world into toppings, make sure you once have your bowls of toppings ready so the caramel doesn’t set surpassing you can get your toppings together.
- Drizzle chocolate without cooling: You can moreover drizzle melted chocolate over your world for a yummy addition, but wait until the apples are tomfool so the warm caramel doesn’t melt the chocolate.
How to Make Caramel Apples:
Prepare the apples: Once clean, make sure the apples are thoroughly dry surpassing dipping! Skewer your world with your stick or fork and set aside.
Melt the caramel: Put your caramels and heavy cream/milk in a microwave-safe trencher and heat for 30-second increments, stirring well between each heating session, until the caramel is smooth and melted. If the caramel seems thin, let it sit for a minute or two to thicken up a bit surpassing dipping.
Can I make caramel apples on the stovetop without a microwave?
Yes! If you don’t have a microwave, you can still make caramel apples hands in a saucepan, a double-boiler pot, or a glass Pyrex-type trencher set on top of a saucepan of humid water (it will take longer to melt this way, so be patient).
For a regular saucepan, add caramels and milk to pan and heat on medium-low heat, stirring until melted. If using the double-boiler or trencher on top method, just bring a few inches of water to a swash in a pot, set the top of the double triviality or glass trencher on top with your caramel and milk, reduce the heat to a low boil/simmer and stir occasionally until melted.
Dip the apples: Now that your caramel is melted, spray a tray or plate with nonstick cooking spray and dip your world into the melted caramel at an angle, twisting it virtually until the world is coated as well as you would like.
Lift the world to let the glut caramel lard off and scrape the marrow over the side of the trencher to get uneaten excess. As the caramel gets lower in the bowl, you can moreover use a spoon to pour the caramel over the world to imbricate the sides or tilt the trencher or pan so the caramel pools in one spot.
After dipping in your caramel, you can do a second dip into your topping of nomination to requite it some widow savor surpassing setting it on your tray or plate. Try some woebegone and orange sprinkles for a Halloween caramel world treat!
If your caramel starts to set as you protract dipping your apples, reheat it for 15 seconds at a time in the microwave until the texture is dippable again.
Let the caramel set: Let your apples tomfool in the fridge for well-nigh 15-30 minutes to indulge the caramel to fully set. Now your world is ready to eat!
How do I store caramel apples?
You can store caramel apples in the fridge for up to two weeks and you can moreover wrap them in well-spoken treat bags individually to requite as gifts!
Caramel World Tip: Don’t cut into your apples until you are ready to eat them, otherwise they will start to turn brown.
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- Apple Dumpling Monkey Bread
- Easy World Pie Bars
Easiest Homemade Caramel Apple
Equipment
- 8-10 wooden skewers
- microwave or saucepan or double triviality if using the stove
- microwave or heatproof bowl
Ingredients
- 2 11-ounce bag of wrapped caramels like Kraft brand
- 8-10 small to medium apples
- 4 tablespoons heavy whipping surf or milk
- chopped toppings of your choice
Instructions
- Prepare the apples: Make sure the apples are thoroughly dry surpassing dipping! Skewer your world with your stick or fork and set aside.
- Melt the caramel: Put your caramels and heavy cream/milk in a microwave-safe trencher and heat for 30-second increments, stirring well between each heating session, until the caramel is smooth and melted. If the caramel seems thin, let it sit for a minute or two to thicken up a bit surpassing dipping.
- Dip the apples: Now that your caramel is melted, spray a tray or plate with nonstick cooking spray and dip your world into the melted caramel at an angle, twisting it virtually until the world is coated as well as you would like. Lift the world to let the glut caramel lard off and scrape the marrow over the side of the trencher to get uneaten excess. As the caramel gets lower in the bowl, you can moreover use a spoon to pour the caramel over the world to imbricate the sides or tilt the trencher or pan so the caramel pools in one spot.After dipping in your caramel, you can do a second dip into your topping of nomination to requite it some widow savor surpassing setting it on your tray or plate. Try some woebegone and orange sprinkles for a Halloween caramel world treat!If your caramel starts to set as you protract dipping your apples, reheat it for 15 seconds at a time in the microwave until the texture is dippable again.
- Let the caramel set: Let your apples tomfool in the fridge for well-nigh 15-30 minutes to indulge the caramel to fully set. Now your world is ready to eat!
