Caramel Apples
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/4 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/2 cup dark corn syrup
- 12 medium McIntosh apples
- 12 food-safe wooden craft sticks
- TOPPINGS (OPTIONAL)
- Chocolate covered toffee bits, crushed macadamia nuts, crushed peanuts, seasonal sprinkles, tinted coconut, chopped candy corn
Directions
- Step 1
LINE a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. Fill about half of a large bowl with ice water.
- Step 2
COMBINE cream, sugar, shortening and corn syrup in heavy-bottomed saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat. Continue cooking until temperature registers 245°F on a candy thermometer, about 10 to 12 minutes.
- Step 3
REMOVE from heat; briefly plunge saucepan into ice water to stop caramel from cooking. Remove from ice water; let mixture cool for a few minutes.
- Step 4
INSERT a craft stick into the stem end of each apple. Dip 1 apple into the caramel; coat the top and sides with caramel using a spoon. Transfer to prepared baking sheet to cool. Add toppings, if desired, or garnish as desired. Repeat with remaining apples.
- Step 5
Use 5-inch craft sticks, 1⁄4-inch in diameter. Serve in seasonal cupcake liners, if desired.
Serving size
(1 caramel apple)
- Calories 440
- Calories from Fat170g
- Total Fat 19g
- Saturated Fat 10g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 55mg
- Sodium 40mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 70g
- Dietary Fiber 4g
- Sugars 56g
- Protein 0g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet