Candy Caramel Apples

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Candy Caramel Apples – 🍎🍭😍 A fall favorite dessert featuring crisp apples, sweet, salted caramel, and delicious chocolate candy pieces! Perfect for fall entertaining, afternoon activities, or Halloween parties!

The Best Caramel Apples Recipe with Candy

Does anything scream fall like the combination of caramel and apples? Making caramel apples was one of my favorite things as a kid. Fall was in the air and Halloween was right around the corner!

These caramel apples are better than I remember because they’re coated not only with sweet, creamy caramel but with candy. And everything is better with candy.

It’s also a great way to use up leftovers from trick or treating. My daughter used to love decorating her apples when she was little! And whatever you don’t use on the apples is totally fair game for snacking. Of course.

Sweet, crisp, and caramel, this recipe is a delicious afternoon snack or dessert for kids and adults alike!

I use a homemade caramel sauce for dipping, but you can speed things up with store-bought caramels instead. Either way, this recipe comes together quickly, and you’ll feel like you’re eating gourmet caramel apples from a candy shop!

Ingredients for Homemade Caramel Apples

To make this fall dessert, you’ll need:

• Apples – Use your favorite red or green apples
• Snickers
• Granulated sugar
• Light corn syrup
• Water
• Heavy cream
• Unsalted butter
• Vanilla extract
• Sea salt

Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.

How to Make This Easy Caramel Apples Recipe

To make this recipe, simply follow the steps below:

1. Insert a lollipop or popsicle stick into the stem end of the apples.
2. Heat the sugar, corn syrup, and water in a saucepan over low to medium heat. Do not stir, but gently move the sugar and water around until the sugar resembles wet sand. Cook until a candy thermometer registers 230 degrees.
3. Turn off the heat, and slowly whisk in half of the heavy cream, stirring until it’s smooth and shiny. Then, return the heat to low, and continue to cook. Place the pot over a bowl of ice, and stir in the remaining caramel ingredients.
4. Once cool, dip the apples into the caramel, and let any excess caramel drip off.
5. Roll the apples in crushed candy pieces, transfer them to a parchment paper or wax paper-lined baking sheet, and decorate as desired. Set aside to set, and enjoy!

Recipe Variations

This recipe couldn’t be any simpler, which means you can easily customize it with different flavors and toppings!

• Add chocolate – Swap the caramel with melted chocolate, or add a drizzle of chocolate over the caramel coating.
• Use peanut butter – Drizzle peanut butter over the fruit for a classic flavor combination.
• Swap the candy – Not a fan of Snickers? Use any candy bars you like best. Or, use mini chocolate chips, mini M&Ms, Butterfingers, pretzels, chopped nuts, crushed Oreos, sprinkles, or graham cracker crumbs.

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Candy Caramel Apples

By Averie Sunshine

🍎🍭😍 A fall favorite dessert featuring crisp apples, sweet, salted caramel, and delicious chocolate candy pieces! Perfect for fall entertaining, afternoon activities, or Halloween parties!

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Additional Time: 2 hours hours 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 3 hours hours

Servings: 6 apples

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Equipment

• 6 Lollipop Sticks
• 1 Baking Sheet
• 1 Large Bowl
• 1 Medium Saucepan

Ingredients 

• ▢ you will need a lollipop or wooden treat sticks, parchment paper, and a candy thermometer
• ▢ 6 apples, green or red, use your favorite
• ▢ 6 decorative lollipop sticks or wooden treat sticks
• ▢ 6 SNICKERS®, 6 TWIX®, or 3 cups M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies], finely chopped (or 2 SNICKERS®, 2 TWIX® and 1 cup of [M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies
• ▢ 2 cups granulated sugar
• ▢ ¼ cup light-colored corn syrup
• ▢ ½ cup water
• ▢ ½ cup heavy cream, divided
• ▢ 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• ▢ 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• ▢ pinch of sea salt

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Instructions 

• Wash and dry apples thoroughly to remove all the wax. Tip – Organic apples work nicely since they do not have any added wax coating.
• Insert lollipop sticks or wooden treat sticks into the stem end of apples; set aside.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
• Finely chop the SNICKERS®, TWIX®,  or M&M’S® Brand Chocolate Candies. You can also make candy crumbs in a food processor. Set crumbs in a small bowl. Leave out a few larger pieces of candy for decorating.
• Fill a large bowl with ice; set aside.
• Heat a medium saucepan over low to medium heat and add the granulated sugar, corn syrup and water. Do not stir, but gently move the sugar and water around with a spoon until the sugar resembles wet sand. Place a candy thermometer into the pot and cook until the caramel is a light golden amber and the candy thermometer registers 230 degrees (soft-ball stage), about 15 to 20 minutes. Do not stir. If there are any splatters of sugar that stick to the sides of the pot, use a clean pastry brush dipped in cold water and brush them down. This will help keep the sugar from crystallizing.
• Turn off the heat. Slowly and carefully (the pot will be hot) whisk in half of the heavy cream (1/4 cup). The mixture will bubble violently so use caution. Stir until smooth and shiny. Return to low heat and continue to cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Place the pot over the bowl of ice and carefully stir in the remaining cream, butter, vanilla, and salt. Stir until completely combined and allow to cool for 3 to 4 minutes. The caramel is the right temperature when it is cool enough to coat the back of a spoon.
• Dip the apples into the caramel to coat and allow the excess caramel to drip off.
• Roll in your desired candy topping, place onto the prepared parchment paper, and decorate with larger candy pieces as desired. Let cool for 3 to 4 hours, or until set.
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Notes

Storage: Transfer leftover apples to an airtight container or sealable bag, or wrap them tightly with plastic wrap. Store them in the fridge for up to 2-3 weeks. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 769kcal, Carbohydrates: 124g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 29g, Saturated Fat: 14g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 9g, Trans Fat: 0.5g, Cholesterol: 42mg, Sodium: 196mg, Potassium: 266mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 116g, Vitamin A: 529IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 87mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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