October 21, 2008
Chocolate Drizzled Caramel Apples
Ingredients:
6 large apples
for the caramel:
1 cup heavy cream
3 cups sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
pinch salt
for the chocolate
4-6 oz dark chocolate
1 tablespoon melted butter
sprinkles
colored sugar
candy bits
Directions:
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silipat. Set aside. In a small sauce pan bring the cream, butter, half of the water and salt to a boil. Set aside. In a medium sized, heavy pan, heat the sugar, the rest of the water and corn syrup to a boil, stirring frequently, until the sugar dissolves. Boil until it turns a light golden color. Slowly, carefully stir in the cream mixture. Stir until the caramel is 255 degrees (just beyond softball stage so it isn't too soft and runny). Remove from heat and carefully dip the apples in the caramel.
Place on lined baking sheets to cool. If the caramel is a little thin, let it cool slightly then re-dip. Cool. Meanwhile, melt the butter and chocolate. Drizzle over cooled apples. Sprinkle with sugar, sprinkles and/or candy bits.
My thoughts:
As if dipped in caramel is not a decadent enough way to eat an apple, it seems that the trend now is for these chocolate and candy dipped mega apples that are just dripping with sugary treats. I wasn't quite up to making or eating an apple that quite that extreme but a little bit of chocolate drizzled (not dipped!) over the caramel sounded perfect. So I came up with this, a little fancier than the typical caramel apple but not over the top and very easy to eat using just a bit of chocolate sprinkled with sprinkles and a bit of orange colored sugar. I used some very large, round tart apples but any largish apples would work. I prefer tart apples because it sweet apples make for a super sweet caramel apple. Tart apples provide more of a contrast. I also don't use a candy thermometer-just a clear cup of cold water by the stove that drop bits of caramel in after it is has been boiling awhile. I waited until it formed a soft ball and then boiled about 1 additional minute until it formed a slightly more solid ball but wasn't brittle.
Note: the trick to making caramel apples and not having all of the caramel pool to the bottom is to boil the caramel to just past softball stage. This makes the caramel a little less filling-pulling-out sticky and keeps it in place, even over the course of a few nights.
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11 Comments:
What a beautiful apple! Caramel apples are a bit too sweet for my tastes. I'd probably drizzle both the caramel and the chocolate. Hmm... actually, I'd probably stick with honey.. ooh.. or dulce de leche. Now, I'm just dreaming. It wouldn't look nearly as pretty as yours though.
Hey Stef- The trick is to use a tart apple and dark chocolate. These are not super sweet at all!
Caramel apples are one of my favorite treats from the fair and in the Fall. I must make these this year!
Oh yeah. That just looks awful. I mean horrible. You should send me the rest of them so you don't have to look at them any longer.... :)
Your drizzle looks awfully harlequin. I love it!
Wow! Now there's an artsy caramel apple.
Hi Rachel - I love your blog! Thank you! Thanks for the recipe -- I've been wanting to make caramel apples. But I haven't been able to find the sticks to put in the top of the apples (I've tried groceries, an orchard market, and Wal-Mart). Where did you find yours?
Bridget- I actually used short bamboo skewers. Most grocery stores sell them.
Wow! Beautiful and beautiful photography. You did awesome.
Thank you so much for the lovely pictures and the recipe. I love Caramel apple the tart and sweet and crispness hmm. I have tried everything to keep the carmel from sliding to the bottom. I hope you are right:)
i totally forgotten about this caramel apple until i read it from chocolate chipped's blog...
i wanted to make it last year, but it never come to my mind again... i guess ill have to get myself a candy termometer and start making it...
erm... ill just make it for fun .. since i dont celebrate halloween...
and the apple look delicious...
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