Tricked-Out Caramel Apples

Published on Thursday, September 18, 2008, by CHOW Food Team / Edit Post

Tricked-Out Caramel Apples

Creative takes on this Halloween staple

Halloween—and, by default, October—is more about the treats than the tricks. And the perfect combination of holiday sweetness and fall wholesomeness is the caramel apple. Get into the spirit of the season by stuffing and rolling caramel apples in various tasty ways: a classic peanut butter–chocolate combo, a sweet-salty version with chocolate and pretzels, and an East-meets-West rendition with marzipan and toasted sesame seeds and almonds. Or just dip apple slices in our caramel coating for a simpler Halloween sugar high. Each recipe includes tips for prepping, making, and storing the apples—and ideas for what to do with any leftover caramel.

Peanut Butter–Chocolate Caramel Apples
with Honey Peanuts

Chocolate Caramel Apples with Salted Pretzels

Marzipan Caramel Apples with Sesame and Almond

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  • I made the first 2 varieties this weekend and they were magically delicious! The only problem there were a few leftovers who sat till the next day, and the carmel goodies all slid down to the bottom. ANy suggestions?

  • that is neat

  • those look awesome

  • I almost licked my screen.

  • What a great idea! Not sure if I have the time this weekend to actually make these, but I enjoy just staring at photos of them. :)

  • These look so tasty! I'm looking forward to trying some of them out.

  • i love this very yummy fruit recipe it look are very tasty.

  • I've never seen the apples partially cored and filled with goodies before! Awesome idea!

  • One of each, please, they look great!

  • I'm there. I could eat 3 of each LOL

    (nomnomnom)

  • I bought apples at the farmers' market today, i can't wait to make some of these.

    xo
    kittee

  • Oh wow. These look delicious!

  • Yum! I want to make these with miniature apples so I can eat one of each in one sitting. I'm glad it's apple season where I live.

  • hey, guys. in the recipes, we give you tips for coring the apples: http://www.chow.com/recipes/12220 we found a melon baller to be most effective to remove seeds while keeping the fruit intact.

  • Isnt there another way to get rid of the core without splitting the apple in half? Isnt there a method like hollowing out the bottom and pushing the melon baller up to get rid of the core.. like chefs do with poached pears?

  • Basically, you take a melon baller and dig the middle out of the apple, setting aside the first, outside scoop. Then you fill the apple back up with the various stuffings and pop the apple bit that you set aside back in to plug the hole. Once you've dipped them in caramel, the plug is there to stay!

  • How di you get the stuff into the middle of the apples?
    I started a thread on the home cooking site last week. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/560104

  • oops, my bad I meant...another way to APPROACH caramel apples...

  • Great versions! These are knife & fork desserts in my house. We don't want to follow up with a visit to Mr. Dentist...but, they are yummy.

    Another way to approve caramel apples is to make the dips and fixins in separate bowls and let the gang dip and dredge big slices of apples as they please.

  • oh my GOODNESS. what a fantastic spread for fall!!

  • 'jonny509' dont' eat these off the stick! the pretzel apple is not hard to eat--once cut in half all of these become very easy to eat and taste out of this world...I consumed all three of these halves after the photo shoot! My fave is the peanut/ peanut butter....maybe because peanut butter on apples is what I ate as a kid...

  • These are so gorgeously delicious looking. They would make fabulous gifts. Thanks CHOW!

  • I want to be Jacquilynne's friend....

  • This kindof takes "eating your daily allowance of fruit" to a whole new level. I would have no problem eating these "fruits". Thanks for the beautiful pics and great idea for this month

  • No, alkapal, no, you don't. I had a group of 7 friends come over last weekend to test all 4 of these recipes and we had an absolute blast making them, and then everyone went home with one of each kind.

  • i'd have a hard time choosing. do i have to?

  • I feel like the pretzel candy apple would completely destroy your mouth. It would be like biting into a rock covered in broken glass.

    I have the recipe for that if anyone is interested.

  • Drooooll.