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The Ultimate Chocolate Covered Caramel Apples

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By Cheri Sicard

Photo: Mitch Mandell

Posted July 23rd, 2007

Author Notes:

We've taken the idea of the caramel apples over the top and turned them into monster treats, suitable for gourmet gift giving.

The apple in the photo is for purists, just caramel (and lots of it) and a mixture of white and dark chocolate. However, the options for gourmet apples are endless. Roll your caramel dipped apple in chopped toasted nuts or coconut, cookie crumbs, candy bits, whatever sounds good to you, before coating with melted chocolate. Each of these apples feeds about 6 people just slice in to wedges. They are decadent to say the least! Wrap finished apples in cellophane, tie with a ribbon and you've got a spectacular gift.

Ingredients:

3 packages (14 ounces each) caramel candies
2 tablespoons water
6-8 large Granny Smith apples
6-8 heavy wooden skewers or sticks

melted chocolate and/or white chocolate
see directions below for amounts

Optional:
chopped peanuts or other nuts
or
toasted coconut
or
candy sprinkles
or
OreoÂ® cookie crumbs
or
chopped candy bars

waxed paper

Instructions:

Makes 6-8 Large Apples

Line a large cookie sheet with heavily buttered waxed paper, set aside.

Wash and completely dry apples. Insert a stick through stems. Sometimes it helps to use two sticks or even a fork, as these Apples become quite heavy during the dipping process and a single stick may break. If you plan on using nuts coconut or any of the other optional coating ingredients get them ready by placing in a small bowl.

Combine caramels and water in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until caramels melt. Cool slightly. You can also use your slow cooker to melt the caramel, like we did in the photo (we were making a lot of apples). Dip each apple in caramel mixture, coating evenly, use a spoon to help you cover the top part of the apple as in photo 1. Allow caramel to set slightly and then dip in caramel again (that's right, two coatings of caramel -- I warned you these Apples were decadent!).

After the second caramel dip, while the caramel is still liquid, roll the apple in the nuts or coconut or other coating ingredients (not shown). Coating the apple with one of these ingredients helps to keep the apple from sticking to the waxed paper, as well as give texture and flavor, but the Apples are still great without this step.

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Next melt the chocolate either in a double boiler, a microwave, or in a glass bowl set inside a slow cooker which is filled part way with hot water as in photo 2. You'll notice I didn't say how much chocolate to melt. It depends on how decadent you want the apple to be. We used about 3 oz. of chocolate per apple, mixed white and dark.Â If using the bowl in the slow cooker method be very careful not to get even a single drop of water in the chocolate or it will seize and become grainy.

Dip the bottom of the caramel apple in chocolate, as in photo 3. Use a spoon to drizzle melted chocolate over the top as in photo 4 below, completely encasing the apple in chocolate. Using two different types of chocolate gives the apple a more decorative effect. Allow chocolate to set, as in photo 5, before wrapping in cellophane.

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