We started with some Macintosh apples and washed and dried them. Then we put a stick in each apple.
(I actually used a hammer and hammered them in! They seem more stable like that.)
While the apples cooled in the fridge (do this because the caramel sticks better),
we unwrapped a bunch of Kraft caramels (about 2 cups) and put them in a glass dish.
We microwaved them and about 2 Tb. of water for about 3 minutes
(stirring after each minute) or until melted!
Then we put our toppings in separate dishes ...
M&M's, walnuts, toffee chip pieces, peanut butter chips, fall leaves sprinkles & choc. chips.
This is Hadassah and Matthew dipping their first apples in the warm, gooey caramel.
Putting on the candies ...
Spray wax paper with Pam and put your caramel apples on there to dry. Some of the toppings seemed to settle to the bottom after we were done decorating them and cooled them in the fridge. So, we drizzled
the center with melted chocolate. I tried to melt some white chocolate too, but it got too stiff.
I think that would look nice. Oh well ...
Here's the finished m&m caramel apple!
The toffee caramel apple!!!
The kids are pleased with their final product!!!
It was a little messy getting the candies to stick, but the taste of these are well worth the mess and calories!
They had to wash their hands every time they would sneak a caramel lick off of their fingers!
We tied some string on each stick and we had ourselves a little gift for my secret sister!!! Yum!
You do not need to store these wrapped in the fridge. That seems to make them moist & soggy.
I put ours in a Tupperware and just set it in the fridge until we ate them!
We had fun doing this!!! Making memories is a blast!
