Name: Outrageous Caramel Apples
Ingredients: 5 4-inch ice-cream-bar sticks; 5 Medium-size Macintosh or Macoun apples (about 1 3/4 pounds); 3/4 c Chopped peanuts (or miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces or semisweet-chocolate pieces, flaked coconut, colored sprinkles, toffee bits, or your favorite topping); 1 pk (14-ounce) caramels; 3 Squares (1-ounce) semisweet or white chocolate, melted

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains			5	Servings

INGREDIENTS

5		4-inch ice-cream-bar sticks
5		Medium-size Macintosh or Macoun apples (about 1 3/4 pounds)
3/4	c	Chopped peanuts (or miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces or semisweet-chocolate pieces, flaked coconut, colored sprinkles, toffee bits, or your favorite topping)
1	pk	(14-ounce) caramels
3		Squares (1-ounce) semisweet or white chocolate, melted

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Insert an ice-cream-bar stick in stem end of each apple. Place peanuts
or other topping on sheet of waxed paper.
2. Line 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly-roll pan with waxed paper; spray waxed
paper with nonstick cooking spray.
3. In 2-quart saucepan over low heat, heat caramel candies and 2
tablespoons water, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth; remove
saucepan from heat. Holding stick, dip 1 apple into caramel mixture,
spooning mixture over apple to coat completely. (If caramel mixture in
saucepan begins to harden, warm over low heat to soften.) Then, place
caramel-coated apple on peanuts or other topping to coat bottom; place
apple in jelly-roll pan. Repeat with remaining apples, caramel, and
peanuts.
4. Spoon melted chocolate into heavy-weight plastic bag. With scissors, cut
off corner of bag to make a small opening. Drizzle melted chocolate over
apples.  Refrigerate apples 15 minutes to allow chocolate to set. If not
eating right away, refrigerate apples, loosely covered, up to 2 days. Let
apples stand at room temperature 15 minutes to soften before eating.
Each apple: About 610 calories, 9 g protein, 99 g carbohydrate, 23 g total
fat (6 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 400 mg sodium.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 31 October 96
Date:    Fri, 1 Nov 1996 16:24:00 -0800
From:    Pamela Ramsey <risha@EROLS.COM>

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