Candy Apples

How could I forget! Last Saturday we made some tasty creations, candy apples!

They were not hard at all and they turned out delicious! I'm not sure where the recipe came from but it was dummy-proof for sure! I think this would make a great birthday party idea for school-age kids.

We started with washed, crisp green apples and stuck in skewers for the stick. 

(We doubled up on skewers for extra support)

We placed them on a cookie sheet with tinfoil that was sprayed with cooking oil.

Next we microwaved caramel and dipped each apple into the caramel, coating it completley.

We then refrigerated the apples for 20 minutes to allow the caramel to harden around the apples

While waiting on the apples we melted milk chocolate

and cut up all of our toppings

Then it was time to decorate. We took our chilled caramel covered apples out of the fridge and dipped them in the melted chocolate, covering them completely in chocolate. We then topped them with our cut up candies, including sprinkles, smarties, skor and crispy crunch. 

After the apples were completely covered in toppings we put them back in the fridge to chill for another 20 minutes. And after that it was go time! They were delicious! 

They were pretty big apples so I think if you were to plan this for a birthday party or to do with smaller kids, I would try to find smaller apples (like the size of a crab apple). They would even be fun as part of a carnival style birthday party with cotton candy and popcorn! Anyway I will be planning a first birthday before I get too carried away with a carnival birthday so I will leave it at that! 

** one thing to help with the decorating. When you cover the apples in the milk chocolate, allow some of the chocolate to run off of the apple before you decorate. If the chocolate is too thick on the apple, your toppings will run and drip off, leaving you with a naked apple and a pile of chocolate and toppings.