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Reviewed: May 31, 2008

I tried the caramel that JLeigh suggested, it was wonderful, coated the apples evenly and easy to make. I suggest using that if you want them to look and taste perfect!

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SproutMommaAlison

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Reviewed: May 20, 2008

This is a great recipe. One thing to remember: Apples may have a waxy coating on them that keeps the caramel from sticking very well. Rolling your apples in boiling water very quickly will melt that waxy residue and the caramel sticks to the apple! How bout that? :)

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rhondarella

	Cooking Level: Expert Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA Living In: Poznan, Greater Poland, Poland
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Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2007

Good, but I had problems with the caramel and toppings sliding off the apples, too. I found this tip on the internet that says to melt the caramel in a 4 cup glass measuring cup in the microwave, then let it cool to about 170 degrees. Place a folded dish towel in a skillet and place the glass measuring cup on top of the towel, place the skillet on a burner set on low. This keeps it at the correct temperature while dipping. Dip an apple, turn in upside down for a few seconds to help set the caramel. Immediately roll it in the toppings. Works great!

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SLN1999


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Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2007

Great! I made these for my daughter's preschool Halloween party and they LOVED them! The other mom's were teasing me that I must be Martha Stewart because they looked so good. I think that chilling the apples first and working quickly with caramel was very important. I also threw each apple into the fridge as soon as I had applied the toppings. I will definetly make these again!

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Jessy


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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2007

I had the same problem as everyone else. The caramel slid to the bottom of the apples. Yes, they were still good, but not able to give them away cause they looked awful. Next time will try the other caramel recipes that others have posted!

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Heidi Mills

	Cooking Level: Expert Home Town: Glendale, Arizona, USA Living In: Surprise, Arizona, USA
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Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2007

I made these a couple of times, and had the same problem with the caramel sliding down to the bottom of the apple. The taste was good, but they looked awful. I wondered if it had something to do with the caramel, so I did a search and found this recipe for homemade caramel: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chewy-Caramel/Detail.aspx Sure enough, the caramel stayed on fine -no sliding off the apple. The caramel is also unbelievably delicious! My family has not stopped talking about them, and my younger sister keeps asking me to make them again (I've made them 2x now). It's so easy I'm happy to oblige! In terms of time, it doesn't take any longer to make homemade caramel than it does using individually wrapped caramels. I originally made a double recipe, and it must have taken me a good 20 minutes just to unwrap all those caramels.

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JLeigh


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Reviewed: Dec. 3, 2006

Excellent! I dipped the apples in caramel and drizzled with the melted chocolate. I skipped the "rocky road" part. The kids loved them. They sold out at the bake sale in minutes!

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VOURI

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Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2006

I had to make some changes to get the toppings to stay put. I referred to the caramel apple recipe submitted by Suzie. First, use chilled apples. Then melt your caramels with 2 tbsp. milk in the microwave for 2 minutes, stirring halfway through. I let my melted caramels sit for about a minute before dipping the apples. The toppings stayed perfectly in place. I hope this helps!

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Wife2SrA

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Reviewed: Nov. 6, 2006

I converted the recipe to make 16 apples & found that by adding only about 1/2 the water called for to the chewy caramel candies really seemed to help. The toppings still began to slide towards the bottom of the apple but not nearly so much as it appears to have done for others using this recipe. I also found that by only doing a few at a time & then putting them immediately into the fridge seemed to help the caramel & toppings hold their place. As for the chocolate drizzle, I melted semisweet chocolate chips with a bit of whole milk to thin out the chocolate slightly & waited for it to cool a little. Then I put it into a thick ziploc freezer bag, snipped a tiny hole in the corner & piped it back & forth after the rolled apples had already chilled in the fridge. I was able to take these to work & got a number of rave reviews, everybody seemed to really enjoy them & it was a great project for my young son to help with.

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westcoastcravings

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2006

The same thing happened to me. Mine look ugly. But after all the work, I brouht them into the office party anyway. Everything slid to the bottom. And I discovered I have no idea how to drizzle chocolate. It's in giant clumps all over the apples. I hope my co-workers can get past how ugly they look. I would have liked some tips in the recipe.

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CORYLYNN4


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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2006

These tasted great and get 4.5 stars for that. however, they didn't look pretty. after i dipped my apples in the caramel and got the excess caramel off i rolled it in the nuts but once i sat them down. the caramel and nuts slid to the bottom of the apple. so i ended up with a pile of caramel nut goo around the bottom. I was planning on giving these to co-workers for halloween, but not now.

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apedawn

	Cooking Level: Intermediate Living In: D'iberville, Mississippi, USA
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