Halloween Caramel Apples

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A spooky twist on a classic treat — both kids and grown-ups will love these crazy colorful Halloween Caramel Apples!

A spooky twist on a classic treat — both kids and grown-ups will love these crazy colorful Halloween Caramel Apples!

Spooky Halloween Caramel Apples Recipe

These healthy-ish treats are as much fun to make as they are to eat! A candy apple decorating station is the perfect activity for a kids Halloween party!

You could also make ahead and pass out to trick-or-treaters or create a show-stopping dessert display at your Halloween event.

Easy to make and fun to eat, plus they store well in the fridge for up to week.

Halloween Caramel Apples Ingredients

  • 6+ Granny Smith Apples or Gala apples, large
  • 2 bags of caramels
  • 2 TBSP water
  • 1 package of candy sticks
  • 1 bag chopped peanut bits (may sub rice crisp cereal)
  • 1 bag of orange candy melts
  • 1 bag of purple candy melts

Colorful, crunchy Halloween caramel apples are perfect for kids parties, gifts, and treats! A fun dessert recipe to make with kids too!

Grocery store apples usually are coated in wax to protect them. Make sure to remove the coating before starting to make the caramel apples.

How to remove wax coating from apples:

  • Soak your apples in a pot of boiling water for a short amount of time (about a minute or so)
  • Remove apples carefully from the pot of water
  • Use a rough cloth to wipe any remaining wax off the apples
  • Dry completely and allow apples to cool

-OR- try this quick method:

PRO TIP: We love Eat Cleaner Fruit & Vegetable Wash because it removes wax coating, pesticides, and contaminants in seconds!

How to make Halloween caramel apples:

Push a candy stick into the core of each of the apples.

Cover each of your cookie sheets with wax paper, taping down each end. Sray the lined cookie sheets with non-stick baking spray.

Next, unwrap your caramels and put them in a glass bowl with 2 tablespoons of water and put it in your microwave.

Put the bowl of caramels and water in your microwave cooking on heat for 2 minutes, stir and then return to the microwave for another minute, continue repeating this process until the caramel is fully melted.

Pick up each apple by the candy stick with a fork under the bottom of the apple dipping it into the melted caramel. If necessary use a spoon to cover the apple with the caramel.

Place each dipped apple on the wax papper lined cookie sheet. When your apples are done place in your refrigerator to cool for about 5 minutes.

Dip each caramel covered apple into the bowl of peanut bits and roll the sides of the apple in the apple bits. Place back on the wax paper.

ALLERGY TIP: You may sub rice crisp cereal for nuts and still have a deliciously crunchy coating.

Return to the refrigerator for 15 minutes or until the candy is firm on the apples.

Melt the purple and orange candy melts in separate bowls in the microwave, one at a time. When the orange candy is melted completely (following the previous steps) pour it into a plastic squeeze bottle and drizzle each apple and set asside to cool in the refrigerator.

Next, melt the purple candy melts and pour it into another plastic squeeze bottle and drizzle the purple candy on each apple. Return to the refrigerator until the purple melted candy is hardened.

Colorful, crunchy Halloween caramel apples are perfect for kids parties, gifts, and treats! A fun dessert recipe to make with kids too!

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Print your copy of our Halloween Caramel Apple recipe here:

Halloween Caramel Apple

Ingredients

  • 6+ Granny Smith Apples or Gala apples, large
  • 2 bags of caramels
  • 2 TBSP water
  • 1 package of candy sticks
  • 1 bag chopped peanut bits
  • 1 bag of orange candy melts
  • 1 bag of purple candy melts

Instructions

  1. Grocery store apples have a wax coating. You will want to remove the coating before starting to make the caramel apples.
  2. The traditional way to remove the wax coating is to dip your apples in a pot of boiling water for a short amount of time. When you remove the apples, one at a time, from the pot of water, use a rough cloth to wipe the remaining wax off of the apples. Set aside to allow your apples to cool. (Make sure that your apples are dry). Push a stick into the core of each of the apples.
  3. Cover each of your cookie sheets with wax paper, taping down each end. Sray the lined cookie sheets with baking spray.
  4. Next, unwrap your caramels and put them in a glass bowl with 2 tablespoons of water and put it in your microwave.
  5. Put the bowl of caramels and water in your microwave cooking on heat for 2 minutes, stir and then return to the microwave for another minute, continue repeating this process until the caramel is fully melted.
  6. Pick up each apple by the candy stick with a fork under the bottom of the apple dipping it into the melted caramel. If necessary use a spoon to cover the apple with the caramel.
  7. Place each dipped apple on the wax papper lined cookie sheet. When your apples are done place in your refrigerator to cool for about 5 minutes.
  8. Dip each caramel covered apple into the bowl of peanut bits and roll the sides of the apple in the apple bits. Place back on the wax paper.
  9. Return to the refrigerator for 15 minutes or until the candy is firm on the apples.
  10. Melt the purple and orange candy melts in separate bowls in the microwave, one at a time. When the orange candy is melted completely (following the previous steps) pour it into a plastic squeeze bottle and drizzle each apple and set asside to cool in the refrigerator.
  11. Next, melt the purple candy melts and pour it into another plastic squeeze bottle and drizzle the purple candy on each apple. Return to the refrigerator until the purple melted candy is hardened.
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2 Comments

  1. Thank you for this recipe, I tried it over the weekend and though didn’t turn out as cute as your, it was still yummy. I will include this in my roundup this week.

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