Teeny Tiny Christmas Caramel Apples

Christmas Caramel Apples are tiny, itty bitty treats.  Perfect for a “small plate” dessert presentation and easy to make!

I bought these Christmas apples at my local grocery store.  You can read more about them in my earlier post, Christmas Apples.  Also known as Lady Apples, the information online suggested that they weren’t necessarily good to eat!

But, I decided to taste one…

And, they were actually quite good!

So, rather than attempting to do a dessert by baking or roasting them, I made them into Christmas Caramel Apples!

Here’s what you do:

1. I’ve placed a Christmas apple beside a normal-size Red Delicious apple so that you can see the comparison.
2. Wash you apples in cold, clean water.
3. Dry your apples completely.
4. Skewer the apples with wooden skewers.  These were 4 1/2 inches long for easy handling.
5. Close-up of skewered Christmas Apple.
6. Close-up of tip of skewer so that you can see the sharp point.  Even with a sharp point, inserting the skewer into the little apple took a bit of elbow grease!
7. Next, get out a small sauce pot and your bag of caramels.
8. Then, get out a tray of some sort.  I used a cookie sheet that I covered with wax paper AND sprayed with canola oil (I used my Misto).
9. Unwrap the caramels and place in sauce pot.  This is the hardest part of this recipe – unwrapping all the little caramels.  You can make caramel sauce from scratch, if you’d rather.  I did that once.  Once.  It took an hour of constant stirring.  I just don’t have the patience.  But, it was absolutely the most delicious caramel I’ve ever had!  I suggest you enlist an elf to help unwrap the caramels.  I enlisted Charlie, although he looks more like Santa Claus than an elf.  I fired him after a few minutes because he was eating every other caramel he unwrapped! {grin}

1. Add 2 tablespoons of water to the caramels.  Heat on medium-low, stirring constantly.
2. Caramels starting to melt.
3. Caramels melting…this takes only a few minutes.
4. Continue to stir and cook until all caramels are melted and mixture is smooth.  Remove from heat.

1. Using the skewer, dunk the apples in the melted caramel, twirling to cover all sides.
2. Place each apple several inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.  This is where I screwed up!  The instructions on the caramel package say “let excess caramel drip off.  Scrape bottoms of apples; place on prepared plate.”  I DIDN’T SCRAPE THEIR LITTLE BOTTOMS {grin}.  OMG did I ever regret that faux pas!
3. Refrigerator for 1 hour.  Remove apples from the refrigerator and allow to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.  When I took them out of the refrigerator, I had a heck of a time getting them off of the paper!  I tried using a knife and ultimately had better results using this scraper!
4. Yum!  They were delicious!  About 3 bites and you are done!  I ate two…

These pictures of my Christmas Caramel Apples were taken using mini hors d’oeuvre plates and a mini Christmas tree.  Plus, small gift boxes for staging.  That’s how tiny they are!

Here’s the Christmas Caramel Apples recipe:

Christmas Caramel Apples

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Easy and delicious – the perfect size for a “small bites” party!

• Author: Carole from Toot Sweet 4 Two
• Prep Time: 1 hour 30 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins
• Total Time: 1 hour 38 mins
• Category: Dessert
• Method: No-bake
• Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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• 12 Christmas apples, also known as Lady Apples
• 12 wooden skewers with a sharp point
• 1 11 ounce bag of Kraft Caramels
• 2 tablespoons water

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Instructions

1. Wash apples in cold, clean water and dry apples thoroughly.
2. Insert wooden skewer in the top center of each apple and set aside.
3. Line a baking tray with wax paper; grease paper with butter or canola oil.
4. Unwrap caramels and place in small sauce pan.
5. Add 2 tablespoons of water and heat over medium-low heat, stirring constantly.
6. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until all caramels are melted and sauce is smooth.
7. Remove from heat and using skewer, dip each apple in sauce pan to coat, twirling apple to cover all side (you may need to tilt the pot, too).
8. Let excess caramel drip from apple.
9. Scrape bottoms of apples with a butter knife.
10. Place on prepared pan leaving a few inches between each apple.
11. Refrigerate one hour.
12. Remove from refrigerator and let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.
13. Serve.

Notes

Prep time includes refrigerator time and letting apples sit at room temperature for 15 minutes. Actual prep time is about 20 minutes.

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