Are you looking for the next easy party favor for your upcoming party or sleep over? Try this delicious caramel apple and your BFF will ask for more. This caramel apple recipe is quiet easy to make. You can prepare the ingredients for your besties. You will enjoy preparing it with your group and eating it too. It is also a great recipe for your upcoming bake sale of fundraisers.
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M&M Caramel Apple
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Type of apple: Pink Lady
Apple preparation:
To remove the wax coating from store purchased apples you can dip them in boiling water mixed with a splash of vinegar for a few seconds remove and dry. Allow to cool. Push the round stick into the bottom of each apple.
This recipe makes 8 large apples.
Caramel
Caramel Ingredients:
- Pink Lady apples
- 1 C stick margarine
- 2 C packed brown sugar
- 1 C light corn syrup
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 C of green M&Ms
- 2 C of orange M&Ms
Directions:
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a double boiler, pour water into the bottom half just slightly lower than when the top pot sits in the bottom half. bring water to a boil.
- Using a double boiler, put the margarine, brown sugar, corn syrup and condensed milk int the top pot bringing the heat to a med-high. Raise the temp to a boil, constantly stirring then reduce heat to med. Cook for 25-30 minutes or until a candy thermometer reads 248 degrees or when a teaspoon of the caramel is dropped into a glass of cold water it forms a firm ball.
- When this happens remove the pot from the heat stirring in the vanilla.
- Dip each apple into the caramel coating the apple and part of the wooden stick.
- Allow the apples to partially dry on the parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- When the apples are cool enough to touch begin placing the orange M&Ms on the bottom of the apple. When done with the orange M&Ms begin placing the green M&Ms on the top half of the apple.
- Allow the apple to completely cool.
If you have leftover apples, try making a few other delicious recipes! Check out a few of our favorites, including an amazing apple muffin recipe!
That’s a great idea for caramel apples. I love the M&Ms on the outside. Yummo!
Caramel apples are I think my favorite snack of this season. I have never attempted to make them much less put M&M’s on them! Thanks for sharing I might trying this soon.
Caramel and M&Ms are one of my favorite combos! Sounds like the perfect recipe.
Yum this looks so good! I’ve never heard of pink lady apples before. I’m goingto have to check around!
I’m a big fan of MMs so I think this should get in my belly right now. Candy and apples and caramel is the best Fall treat!
I have never tried to make caramel at hoe. I am going to try this over the weekend.
What a cute idea to add something extra to caramel apples. I love how much fun these are. Thanks for sharing…
Yum! You do not even know how much I love caramel apples! And these look absolutely amazing!
Oh this is such a fun way to enhance a caramel apple. M&Ms are my fave!
This does look like the best ever! YUM! I will make these with my kids.
Caramel apples are my favorite sweet treat. This looks so delicious. I will have to make some with the kids to try.
My kids would love these caramel apples. I will have to pick up the ingredients i need to make these with the kids.
Caramel apples are so fun to make. M&M’s are a great topping to add. I will have to add these to my list of Halloween baking.
I love caramel apples. I like the added M&Ms.
these look so fun! My kids and their friends would love them!! And since they are apples, that makes them kind of healthy. 😉
I love caramel apples! I have never tried it with M&Ms before though! It sounds yummy!
Candy apples are always fun to make especially with M&Ms. Your photos make me want to make one right now.
Love caramel apple season! Adding this to my list of things to make
My kids love caramel apples! This would be a fun treat for them!
Can you believe that I’ve never had a caramel apple! I will have to give this recipe idea a try.
wow! i have recently saw some very creative ideas for caramel apples and i love them all. i think with yours i would probably eat all the candy first. hehehe
I think this recipe looks amazing! I love the flavors of caramel apple!
I think I would like the crunch of the M&Ms. I bet crushed up ones might be good too.
I love this idea! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday. 🙂