Family Night

Most every Thursday night we have Family night. Tonight we made mini candy apples. I had found this idea in a recent issue of Family Fun magazine. The girls had so much fun making them. Ours definitely did not turn out as perfect or as cute as they looked in the magazine, but the important part is that we had fun together and they tasted good!

These were a little harder to make then I had hoped. After cutting out the apples, the apples were very juicy which made it hard for the butterscotch and chocolate to stick to the apples. The directions tell you to use lollipop sticks which I think would have worked a lot better than our toothpicks. I was just not able to track down any lollipop sticks. Just in case any of you would like to give these mini apples a try here are the directions. Enjoy!

Mini Caramel Apples

You will need:

• 4-inch lollipop sticks
• Melon baller
• Granny Smith apples (one apple makes about 8 mini apples)
• butterscotch or peanut butter chips (or we used chocolate chips)
• Chopped nuts, nonpareils, sprinkles, shredded coconut, etc
• Small paper candy cups

First, cut the lollipop sticks in a half at an angle (the pointy end will go into the apple pieces easier). With the melon baller, scoop little balls out of the apple. Each ball should have a section of apple peal. Push half of the lollipop stick into the peel of each ball. Pat the apple pieces dry.

Melt the chips according to the package directions. Dip and swirl the mini apples in the melted chips, then roll the apples in nuts, sprinkles, nonpareils, or coconut, if desired. Place the mini apples in paper candy cups to set (If you are going to make these ahead of time you might want to place them onto wax paper to set and then into the candy cups).