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Halloween: Spiderweb Caramel Apples

Source of Recipe


Ladies' Home Journal, October 2011



List of Ingredients



• 8 Granny Smith apples
  
• 8 caramel apple dowels or twigs
  
• 75 Kraft caramels, unwrapped
  
• 1½ cups (9 ounces) chocolate candy melts
  
• Chocolate sprinkles and chocolate candies
  






Instructions



1. Remove stems from apples and insert dowels or twigs; set aside. Line a baking sheet with parchment and spray with cooking spray.
   
   
2. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine unwrapped caramels and 2 tablespoons water. Stir occasionally until just melted. Dip apples, one at a time, into caramel, using a spoon to help coat sides and top. Hold over pan, allowing excess to drip off and scraping excess off bottom of apple. Place on prepared baking sheet.
   
   
3. Chill apples until set, about 20 minutes. Trim excess caramel from the base with kitchen shears.
   
   
4. Melt candy melts and dip base of each apple in chocolate. Let excess drip off, then cover with chocolate sprinkles. Return to baking sheet and chill until set.
   
   
5. Fit a piping bag with a #2 plain tip, then fill with about ½ cup leftover melted chocolate. Pipe 7 or 8 lines from top of apple to chocolate base. Pipe curved lines in between to form a web pattern. To make spiders, pipe 8 little legs and place a chocolate candy in the center. Keep chilled until ready to serve.
   
   Makes 8 apples
   (16 servings)