Caramel apples
Prep Time: 5 min.
Cook Time: 10 min.
Nutrition Score per serving:
| Calories | 286 |
| % Fat | 25 |
| g Fat | (3 g. saturated) |
| % Carbs | 70 |
| g Carbs | 50 |
| % Protein | 5 |
| g Protein | 3.9 |
| g Fiber | 4.5 |
| mg Sodium | n/a |
| % Calcium | n/a |
| g Calcium | n/a |
Ingredients
| 36 | store-bought caramels (such as Brach's, which come with sticks) |
| 1 | tablespoon water |
| 6 | Popsicle sticks |
| 6 | medium-sized, crisp Granny Smith apples |
| 6 | tablespoons shelled pistachio nuts, coarsely chopped |
Directions
Place caramels and water in top portion of a double boiler. Heat until melted, stirring occasionally (chopsticks do a good job) until caramel is smooth, about 10 minutes.
While caramels melt, push Popsicle sticks into stem area of the apples. Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Place chopped nuts in a bowl. Let caramel cool for 1 minute (so that it thickens and adheres better to the apples). Dip apples, one at a time, in caramel so that it comes about two-thirds of the way up the apple. Twirl apple as you remove it from caramel. Working quickly, press apple in pistachio nuts, using about 1 tablespoon of nuts per apple. Stand apples, stick-side up, on wax paper. Place apples in refrigerator for 5 minutes to set caramel.
Place a little gold star on the handle end of each Popsicle stick to add a festive touch to this unexpected fun-to-eat treat.
One serving equals 1 apple, 6 caramels, and 1 tablespoon nuts.
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