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Easy Caramel Candy Apples

October 22, 2014 by Sarah Parsell

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With all the fall festivals and Halloween parties happening, it’s easy to find yourself looking for treats to serve.  One of the most common autumn delights are caramel apples, and for good reason! However, who can actually  finish an entire caramel apple? Those things are massive. And sticky. So I tried my hand at making these Caramel Apple Halves, complete with Halloween sprinkles. You’ll love these caramel candy apples made with caramel candies because they are so easy and so yummy!

DIY Caramel Candy Apple Halves Made With Caramel Candy

Caramel apple halves with Halloween Sprinkles

This was my very first attempt ever at making caramel-dipped anything and it was a lot trickier than I thought. Thankfully, there’s only so far you can fail with slathering apples in caramel and now I can share with you what to do and what not to do!

So, here’s what I did:

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No-Waste Caramel Apple Halves Pre-Caramel Coating

I cut all the apples in half first and laid them in a cake pan in the freezer. While they sat there, I melted down the caramel and filled little bowls with sprinkles. I brought the apples out of the freezer and dipped them in the caramel, put them back in the cake pan and shoved them in the fridge. After just a few minutes, I brought them out again to bob in the bowls of glittery sugar crystals.

The problems I ran into were these:

  • The part of the apple not protected by skin doesn’t hold caramel very well and it will all slide off unless you dip, drop, and dock inside the fridge real fast. You should pat the apple flesh dry with a paper towel before dipping to ensure maximum caramel hold.
  • Secondly, it takes time for the caramel to harden.

No-Waste Caramel Candy Apple Halves Ingredients

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Ingredients for No-Waste Caramel Apple Halves
  • Shish kebab sticks
  • A bag of caramels (minus seven that I ate)
  • 2 tablespoons of milk
  • container of Halloween sprinkles
  • 4 apples

Here’s what you should do-

How To Make Caramel Candy Apples 

  • Place a cookie sheet or cake pan in freezer to prepare it for placing apples on once dipped. Have space ready for it in your fridge.
  • Melt down the caramel squares on low to medium heat.
  • Cut apples in half and pat down skinless side.
  • Poke sticks through the apples to make them stand upright until the caramel settles as a base.
  • Dip apples into the caramel, place in cake pan, and put in fridge until caramel is well hardened.
  • When hardened, take out and roll in sprinkles, chocolate chips, nuts, candy corns, or whatever crazy ingredients you want!
No-Waste Caramel Apple Halves

DIY Caramel Candy Apple Tips:

Cut the apples, see how they stand up, and poke the stick in appropriately to aid them in their standing. This way, when they’re covered in caramel and waiting to harden, they will stand upright.

Give them enough time to harden before taking them out of the fridge. 

In attempting to serve apple halves, you still get the look of a caramel apple and can eat it off the sticks, but it’s the amount of sugar and apple one can actually stomach. They are basically the perfect size and ratio of apple to caramel, and super fun to decorate besides! 

In fact decorating could be a fun Halloween party activity if you have everything ready first!

Printable Caramel Apple Recipe- Easy With Caramel Candy

Easy Caramel Candy Apples

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October 22, 2014
by Scarlet Paolicchi
Cuisine American
Category Family Food Ideas And Recipes
Super easy and delicious caramel candy apple halves.
Persons
8
Serving Size
1/2 apple
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
5 minutes
Wait Time
1 hour
Total Time
15 minutes
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No-Waste Caramel Apple Halves

Ingredients

  • 11 oz bag of caramels
  • 2 tablespoons of milk
  • Halloween sprinkles
  • 4 apples

Instructions

  1. Place a cookie sheet or cake pan in freezer to prepare it for placing apples on once dipped.
  2. Remove caramel candies from wrapper.
  3. Place in pot with milk and melt down the caramel squares on medium low heat.
  4. Cut apples in half and pat down skinless side.
  5. Poke sticks into apples to make them stand upright.
  6. Dip apples into the caramel, place on cake pan, and put in fridge until caramel is well hardened.
  7. When hardened, take out and roll in toppings.
  8. Ready to serve and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Easy Caramel Candy Apples

Serves: 8

Amount Per Serving:
1/2 apple
Calories 409.45 kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.87 g 10.6%
Saturated Fat 2.12 g 10.6%
Trans Fat
Cholesterol 6.21 mg 2.1%
Sodium 196.08 mg 8.2%
Total Carbohydrate 88.73 g 29.6%
Dietary Fiber 4.37 g 17.5%
Sugars 73.56 g
Protein 4.3 g
Vitamin A 2.03 % Vitamin C 9.65 %
Calcium 12.7 % Iron 1.84 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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If you have kids, this would probably be a great fall treat much easier for them to finish than a whole apple.  Do Caramel Apple Halves sound like a good idea to you?  What are your apple-dipping techniques?

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  1. Erika Wassall says

    October 22, 2014 at 11:24 am

    What a great idea!!! I always think about caramel apples, but they look so daunting to eat!! Just too much for me, a full grown person, let alone a mini-person.

    I can’t wait to try these out, it’s a great solution to my caramel-apple-less world!

  2. Lisa says

    October 24, 2014 at 1:38 pm

    These look good! I need to make some of these for a party I am going to this weekend!

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