A few years ago I went all Halloween healthy and switched the trick or treat candy for apples! Yes. Real apples. The raw, shiny, crunchy kind. I thought parents would love them. But they went down like a sack of potatoes! Now I won’t lie. I will still be buying ALL the Halloween candy this year after the epic apple fail. But, I thought it would be fun to try whipping up our own Halloween toffee apples for ourselves. And, after the easy cheesy spiders win, perhaps we’re on a roll! Perhaps the days of slimy ghost bananas are behind us!
Perhaps…
Ok. The roll ended when I realised that you had to MAKE the toffee for ‘toffee apples’. I then thought I could cheat by melting caramel to make caramel glazed ermm… toffee apples. BUT, I only went and bought fudge! *Ohhhh fuuuudge.
But all was not lost! The blunder could be saved by chocolate! *See… chocolate can fix everything.
How to make Halloween candy apples
So. Our Halloween candy apples are actually very simple chocolate dipped, then decorated apples. Anyone CAN make them… and here’s the proof.
What you will need:
- A baking tray covered in baking foil.
- A pack of green granny smith apples.
- 2 decent (200g) bars of chocolate.
- A pack of crumbly fudge (it did actually come in handy – phew!).
- A bag of salted pretzels.
- Sprinkles (any type).
- Wooden skewers.
Step one
Ask your little one to help prepare the toppings by breaking up the fudge and pretzels into small pieces.
Step two
Give them a microwavable dish and ask them to break up the chocolate bars into squares (for melting later).
Step three
While they are busy eating… I mean… breaking up the chocolate, you can prepare the apples. Simply wash and slice! You should easily be able to get 4 slices per apple. We left the cores in.
Step four
Carefully insert a wooden skewer into each apple slice. Do not allow children to do this part! It’s very easy to misjudge and end up poking yourself if you are not careful.
Step five
Zap your chocolate in the microwave and melt slowly. Keep checking every 5 to 10 seconds. Again, it’s best if a grown up does this bit.
Step six
Allow the chocolate to cool for a few seconds. Then dunk your apples! We decided to dunk just the one side. Little Button was able to do this herself, closely supervised. Don’t forget that the chocolate may still be hot and both ends of the skewers are pretty pointy.
Step seven
Get decorating! Let your little one go wild with the sprinkles, fudge and pretzels!
Step eight
Pop them on your baking tray and place in the fridge for about 20 minutes, or until the chocolate has firmed up.
Enjoy your Halloween candy apples!
Yum! They are delicious. The chocolate, fudge, pretzel combination worked so well. And having slices rather than whole apples was much more enjoyable.
So… despite the initial fail…. I think we’ve got ourselves another winner!
What are your favourite toppings for chocolate dipped apples?
One of the best things about this time of year is toffee apples. And now I’m an adult I can afford to buy as many as I want 🙂
My cooking skills aren’t that great (limited to Sunday roast cooking) – so edible means buying
These look so yummy! I always find a whole apple to be too much, but these slices look perfect.
I love these. I love the look of them in the shops but have never really considered making are own. You have done a great job, they look delicious.
when you bet the chocolate on them… that looks so delish! I have not had one of those for too long… Can I order some to be delivered at my house soon?
I can imagine the pretzels add a great crunch and flavour. They do look brilliant, I would love to give these a try.
Oh I think Chocolate it a much better idea as the toffee is so sticky and hard to eat! I also thought about giving out bubbles this Christmas instead of sweets but my kids were horrified! I think i’ll stick some cereal bars in and see if anyone picks those!
Definitely another win! You can’t go wrong with chocolate dipped apples. Great idea adding the fudge too!
Yay!! Well done and they look fab….a bit of healthy with a bit of treat! We have a campfire version of the toffee apple 🙂
These looks so scrumptious! I love the idea of apple slices rather than the whole apple. Thanks for sharing!
Toffee apples are the best thing ever, I am going to have to make some this year! These look great x
Oh yummy. I’ve always wondered about doing something like this especially at Halloween. They look so delicious
this looks really great fun – I’d go with crunched up almonds/cashews on the chocolate.
I love how much effort you’ve put into thirds little treats! I hope they went down a lot better than the apples last year!
Oh, I am badly craving for this! This is so good, this will be a huge hit! This would disappear in no time at our house!
Those apples looked amazing even before all the chocolatey goodness!