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Chocolate Dipped Caramel Apples

Prep Time 1 hour
Servings 6
Crunchy sweet dipped apples with caramel and dark chocolate.

Ingredients

  • 6 Granny Smith apples
  • 1 bag dark chocolate chips
  • 1 cup almonds

If making homemade caramel: Cane sugar,Butter,Cream,Sea salt

  • 6 Tbsp butter
  • 1 cup cream
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 cups cane sugar

Instructions 

  • Instructions:
    1.Prepare the apples by washing and drying them, then stick the wooden popsicle stick where the stem used to be located.
    2. Make the homemade caramel sauce or melt the store bought chewy caramels.
    3.Finely chop almonds and spread out the chopped nuts evenly onto a plate.
    4.When the caramel is warm and has become loose enough to move around and manipulate, tilt the sauce pan and dip half of the apple in and rotate the apple so that it is completely coated.  Let some of the excess caramel - if there is any - drip back in to the pan and then place the apple on wax or parchment paper.  Repeat this process with of the apples and all let to set and harden. 
    5. Once the caramel has hardened, prepare the dark chocolate by melting it in a glass bowl using the double boiler method.
    6. When the chocolate is fully melted, stir and then repeat the dipping process the same as you did with dipping the apples into the caramel.
    7.After all of the caramel apples are dipped in chocolate and replaced back on to the wax paper and allow the excess chocolate to settle. Before the chocolate dries, sprinkle the nuts onto the apples or pick the apples back up by the wooden popsicle stick and gently roll the chocolate apple in the nuts.
    8.If the weather is particularly hot you can help the setting and hardening process by placing the apples in the refrigerator. 
    9.After the chocolate covered caramel apples have fully set and hardened, you can use a large sharp knife to cut them in to slices for easier eating.
    Instructions for the homemade caramel sauce:
    1.Pour 2 cups of cane sugar into a sauce pan and put on medium heat. 
    2.The sugar will eventually melt.  Watch the sugar at the stage as it can burn easily, so make sure the color is not too dark.  The indicator of the liquid sugar burning is the color darkening very quickly so make sure to turn down the heat to low if you notice that. 
    3. Add 1 tablespoon of butter at a time, stir it in, the caramel will react to adding the butter cream and make a RAPID intense bubbling, this is normal so don’t be alarmed. 
    4. After all of the butter has been incorporated, slowly add in the cream with the same process, incrementally and stirring continuously. 
    5.Add a pinch of salt

Notes

-I think the best chocolate to use for chocolate covered apples is dark chocolate because it creates a rich contrasts to the fruit.
-Try coating the exterior of the dark chocolate dipped apples with any thing you love.  I suggest trying nuts, sprinkles or coconut.
-A fun suggestion is to chop a variety of different nuts such as almonds, peanuts, pistachios and make the chocolate covered apples rocky mountain recipe.
-Find the largest granny smith apples that you can.  Large chocolate covered apples will be easier to slice and more fun to eat. 
-You can find these gourmet apples at the store but I encourage trying to make homemade chocolate covered apples with this recipe because they always taste better and they are fun to create!
-Making chocolate covered apples is an exceptionally fun recipe for kids to partake in, so I recommend if you have kiddos to help them facilitate this recipe!
 
Topping suggestions:
-Nuts: Almonds, pistachios, peanuts
-Sprinkles
-Coconut flakes