Ultimate Caramel Apples

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 6 wooden popsicle sticks
• 6 apples (red delicious or golden delicious)
• 3 ounces chocolate
• 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts

Recipe

• 1 in heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine water and sugar. over low heat, stir mixture gently until sugar is completely
• 2 dissolved. increase heat to medium low and cook, without stirring, until mixture is a dark amber color. remove from
• 3 heat and carefully stir in heavy cream (mixture will bubble up and spatter a bit, then subside.) set aside to cool and
• 4 thicken.
• 5 using a 10-inch square piece of styrofoam, cover styrofoam with waxed paper to catch caramel drippings (this will be a stand for caramel apples).
• 6 insert popsicle sticks into bottom center of apples. dip top half of each apple into thickened caramel. insert bottom of
• 7 popsicle sticks into styrofoam, allowing apples to stand upright so caramel runs down sides of each apple. refrigerate to harden.
• 8 meanwhile, melt chocolate in top of double boiler above gently simmering water; stir until smooth. transfer melted chocolate to pastry bag fitted with small writing tip. drizzle thin, random strips of chocolate over each caramel apple. repeat melting and drizzling with semi-sweet chocolate. sprinkle with chopped nuts.