Candy Caramel Apples – 🍎🍭😍 A fall favorite dessert featuring crisp apples, sweet, salted caramel, and delicious chocolate candy pieces! Perfect for fall entertaining, afternoon activities, or Halloween parties!
The Best Caramel Apples Recipe with Candy
Does anything scream fall like the combination of caramel and apples? Making caramel apples was one of my favorite things as a kid. Fall was in the air and Halloween was right around the corner! These caramel apples are better than I remember because they’re coated not only with sweet, creamy caramel but with candy. And everything is better with candy. It’s also a great way to use up leftovers from trick or treating. My daughter used to love decorating her apples when she was little! And whatever you don’t use on the apples is totally fair game for snacking. Of course. Sweet, crisp, and caramel, this recipe is a delicious afternoon snack or dessert for kids and adults alike! I use a homemade caramel sauce for dipping, but you can speed things up with store-bought caramels instead. Either way, this recipe comes together quickly, and you’ll feel like you’re eating gourmet caramel apples from a candy shop!
Ingredients for Homemade Caramel Apples
To make this fall dessert, you’ll need: Or my caramel apple bars, which take all the flavor of caramel apples and transform them into an easy-to-eat handheld treat!
Apples – Use your favorite red or green apples Snickers Granulated sugar Light corn syrup Water Heavy cream Unsalted butter Vanilla extract Sea salt
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How to Make This Easy Caramel Apples Recipe
To make this recipe, simply follow the steps below:
Recipe Variations
This recipe couldn’t be any simpler, which means you can easily customize it with different flavors and toppings!
Add chocolate – Swap the caramel with melted chocolate, or add a drizzle of chocolate over the caramel coating. Use peanut butter – Drizzle peanut butter over the fruit for a classic flavor combination. Swap the candy – Not a fan of Snickers? Use any candy bars you like best. Or, use mini chocolate chips, mini M&Ms, Butterfingers, pretzels, chopped nuts, crushed Oreos, sprinkles, or graham cracker crumbs.
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