Enjoy these loaded caramel apples as a Halloween treat, or a great way to use extra leftover Halloween candy!
One way I can get Nate to eat caramel apples is if they are covered in chocolate and reeses peanut butter cups. We love the occasional splurge treat of getting a caramel apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and we almost always choose the peanut butter cup one.
I covered my candy coated caramel apples in reeses peanut butter cups pieces, but there are so many other candies that would taste so good as well, m&ms, rolos, twix, chocolate chips, you name it. I think anything at least a chocolately candy would be good. Let me know how you decide to make yours!
PS. Happy Halloween!!
Candy Coated Caramel Apples
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups caramel bits
- 1 TBS milk
- 4 large apples
- 4 popsicle sticks or lollipop sticks
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1/2 TBS coconut oil
- 1 cup candy pieces (peanut butter cups, milky way, m&ms, etc – also nuts, pretzels, oreos)
Instructions
- Wash your apples and scrub with your hands. Dry off well. Insert sticks into the middle of each apple.
- Put caramel bits and milk in a medium sized bowl.
- Microwave for about 2 minutes and then stir to mix caramel together.
- Dip each apple into caramel, and spread additional caramel with a spoon if needed. Let excess caramel drip back into bowl.
- Place apples on parchment paper and place in your fridge. Allow caramel to completely harden.
- Chop up desired candy bars into small pieces. Spread out on parchment paper.
- Put chocolate chips and coconut oil in a medium sized bowl and microwave at 50% power for 1 minutes. Microwave for additional 30 second increments till creamy. (Maybe 2 minutes total)
- Dip caramel apples into melted chocolate. Allow excess to drip back into the bowl.
- Roll chocolate apples into candy pieces and place the pieces on with your hand to spread around evenly.
- Place back on parchment paper and in fridge until chocolate is completely hardened.
Enjoy these loaded caramel apples as a Halloween treat, or a great way to use extra leftover Halloween candy!
ratetheplateutah says
One of my favorite treats!