A Yummy Holiday Gift : Caramel Apples

Hey this is Ashleigh, Karries sister. If you havent noticed I ‘ve been adding to the fun here at fistfulfulcoupons as another author. Today I wanted to share an inexpensive holiday goody for you all.  Hope you enjoy.

Every year our family will try to make a plate of cookies, or a variety of other treats to deliver to family and friends. Last year I spent a whole day in the kitchen making sugar cookies, fudge, homade marshmellows, chocolate covered pretzels, and more. That night I brought the plates to about 10 different families, and not one of them was home! I just left the plates that I had spent hours and hours on, on their porches.  It was very sad. I told myself, “Never again!!” So when this year came around, I wanted to try something different and something that I only had to make one of. My friend and I came up with the idea of caramel apples. They only took a couple of hours, looked amazing, and let me tell you, they are delish! I think I will now make these every year to give to neighbors and loved ones. If you are looking for a yummy treat to make your friends around the holidays, I encourage you to give these a try. This can be one thrifty treat with apples being cheap this time of year. Hope you all have Merry Christmas!

First choose your apple

I used Granny Smith apples but some other varietys that are good to use are:

• Braeburn: Golden-green to red skin, firm, sweetly tart
• Fuji: Yellow-green skin, firm, sweet
• Golden Delicious: golden skin, firm, sweet
• Jonathan: Yellow-red skin, firm, sweetly tart
• Jonagold: A hybrid of Jonathan and Golden Delicious, firm skin, tangily sweet
• Lady: Red to yellow skin, firm, sweetly tart
• McIntosh: Reddish-green skin, firm, sweetly tart

Here we are with the finished product. In case you were wondering, I am the one on the left. My mouth is watering, I think I am going to go eat one right now…….

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Caramel Apples

Servings 10 lollipop

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs 5 minutes mins

Caramel Apples are inexpensive holiday goody and delish! 

Ingredients

 

• ▢ 10-15 apples (Granny Smith Braeburn, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Jonathan, Jonagold, Lady, or McIntosh)
• ▢ 2 11 oz bags of Kraft caramel bits
• ▢ 1 stick Butter
• ▢ 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• ▢ White Chocolate Chips
• ▢ Sugar
• ▢ Cinnamon
• ▢ Nutmeg

Instructions

• Put stick in apple. ( I used skewers)
• If your apples have wax on them, dip them in boiling water first, then wipe them with a dry cloth.
• Mix sugar, cinnamon, and a little nutmeg in a small dish to make the Apple Pie Spice and set aside. (I didn't measure so I would just go off of your own preference. I do have to say that this really added a lot to the apples.)
• Melt over low heat caramel bits, butter and sweetened condensed milk.
• Once completely melted, take off stove and dip apples. ( I used a fondue pot and it worked great!)
• Put the the dipped apples on a piece of buttered foil.
• After the caramel cools, melt white chocolate and drizzle it over the top of the apples.
• Then sprinkle with apple pie spice.

Nutrition

Serving: 1lollipop | Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 72.4g | Protein: 3.8g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 118mg | Potassium: 3.8mg | Fiber: 5.4g | Sugar: 64.8g | Vitamin A: 400IU | Vitamin C: 24.8mg | Calcium: 120mg | Iron: 1.1mg

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