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Homemade Caramel Apples Recipe

10/31/14 | Autumn, Desserts and Treats, Fall, Halloween, Recipes

Making homemade caramel apples is one of our family traditions every Fall. We love making this caramel recipe and using the leftovers for giving to friends and neighbors. This is definitely something that needs CLOSE adult supervision because of how hot the caramel is, but you can help the kids dip their own apples and put what ever toppings they want on them.

Homemade Caramel Apples

Homemade Caramel Apples

  • 10 large green apples (Granny Smith’s)
  • 1 cup butter
  • 3 cups brown sugar
  • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • candy thermometer

Wash and dry the apples completely.

Place a piece of parchment paper on the counter big enough to allow all of your apples to sit on without touching.
Cut butter into small cubes and melt over low heat in a medium size sauce pan.
Add and mix sugar, corn syrup and condensed milk.

Homemade Caramel Apples
Cook and stir (scraping the side of the pan constantly!) on medium high heat until boiling, then clip your candy thermometer to the side of pan. Do not allow the thermometer to touch the bottom of the pan.
Reduce heat to medium which should allow for a steady, moderate boil. Stir constantly.

Homemade Caramel Apples
When the thermometer reaches soft ball stage (235°F–240°F) (this will take approximately 30 minutes), remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla.

Homemade Caramel Apples
Let the caramel sit for about 5 minutes. While its sitting, put a sucker stick or a Popsicle stick in each apple through the top.
Dip each apple in the caramel CAREFULLY with an adults help, swirl around until completely coated. Pull up out of the pan and let the excess caramel drip back into pan.

Homemade Caramel Apples

Homemade Caramel Apples
Quickly set on the parchment paper. Continue with each apple. Let the apples sit until completely cooled and hardened. About 45 minutes. We like to serve ours cut up.

Homemade Caramel Apples

Homemade Caramel Apples

If you want to add additional toppings like chocolate chips, graham cracker crumbs etc. do that right after dipping in the caramel so the toppings will stick. Or you can wait for the caramel to cool and harden, then dip them again in melted chocolate. The possibilities are endless!

If you have extra caramel, you can line a baking pan with parchment paper (make sure the parchment paper goes up the sides too)  and pour it in to make caramels you can cut up.

Homemade Caramel Apples

Enjoy! ~Annette

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Homemade Caramel Apples

Ingredients

  • 10 large green apples (Granny Smith's)
  • 1 cup butter
  • 3 cups brown sugar
  • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • candy thermometer

Instructions

  1. Wash and dry the apples completely.
  2. Place a piece of parchment paper on the counter big enough to allow all of your apples to sit on without touching.
  3. Cut butter into small cubes and melt over low heat in a medium size sauce pan.
  4. Add and mix sugar, corn syrup and condensed milk.
  5. Cook and stir (scarping the side of the pan constantly!) on medium high heat until boiling, then clip your candy thermometer to the side of pan. Do not allow the thermometer to touch the bottom of the pan.
  6. Reduce heat to medium which should allow for a steady, moderate boil. Stir constantly.
  7. When the thermometer reaches soft ball stage (235°F–240°F) (this will take approximately 30 minutes), remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla.
  8. Let the caramel sit for about 5 minutes. While its sitting, put a sucker stick or a Popsicle stick in each apple through the top.
  9. Dip each apple in the caramel CAREFULLY with an adults help, swirl around until completely coated. Pull up out of the pan and let the excess caramel drip back into pan.
  10. Quickly set on the parchment paper. Continue with each apple. Let the apples sit until completely cooled and hardened. About 45 minutes. We like to serve ours cut up.
  11. If you want to add additional toppings like chocolate chips, graham cracker crumbs etc. do that right after dipping in the caramel so the toppings will stick. Or you can wait for the caramel to cool and harden, then dip them again in melted chocolate. The possibilities are endless!
  12. Enjoy!
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Comments | 23 comments

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Comments

  1. Brenda says

    October 7, 2016 at 7:38 pm

    Can u double up on ingredients for 20 apples

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      October 10, 2016 at 11:42 am

      Yes, that would work!

      Reply
  2. Maricela says

    October 15, 2016 at 9:15 am

    I making these for a Halloween party. Can I add black food coloring to the ingredients give the caramel some color?

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      October 17, 2016 at 9:59 am

      I have never tried to add food coloring to caramel. I would be really careful and make sure to use gel food coloring and don’t add it until the very end. But do a test batch first.

      Reply
  3. Nell says

    October 27, 2016 at 4:09 pm

    I made these and they tasted amazing! I felt like i lost some caramel out of it because it puddled at the bottom, and i tried to double dip the apple but it did the same thing. ..other then that though it was awesome!

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      October 28, 2016 at 8:42 am

      Hi Nell, sorry for your troubles. Next time try cooking the caramel a little longer to make it more of a hard ball stage. That might help with the puddling.

      Reply
  4. Stephanie says

    October 30, 2016 at 7:23 pm

    Is that a typo “30 minutes” to reach soft ball? Seems like it should be 3 minutes. That’s how long it took me. Making them now. The caramel smells great!

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      October 31, 2016 at 9:29 am

      Yes Stephanie, if you don’t boil it long enough it will just slide right off the apples. It takes 45 minutes to make caramels.

      Reply
  5. Cassie Allen says

    October 31, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    Any tips on ways to do this without a candy thermometer?

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      October 31, 2016 at 4:01 pm

      Yes you can test the mixture in water. Here is a tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lchea5BHbgs

      Reply
  6. Kim says

    November 3, 2016 at 10:49 am

    Are you supposed to use packed brown sugar

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      November 3, 2016 at 1:19 pm

      Yes, packed brown sugar.

      Reply
  7. Jordan says

    September 25, 2017 at 8:55 pm

    Is it light or dark brown sugar, or does it matter?

    Reply
    • Tips From a Typical Mom says

      September 27, 2017 at 8:11 am

      I use light, but I don’t think it matters.

      Reply
  8. Mackenzie says

    October 13, 2018 at 3:56 pm

    MY caramel got too hard when after it cooled off. Any tips?

    Reply
    • Tips From a Typical Mom says

      October 17, 2018 at 8:24 am

      You might have overcooked it. There’s nothing you can do really to make it better besides warming it up a tad and then trying to cut it with a very buttered knife.

      Reply
  9. Catherine Hill says

    October 31, 2021 at 4:47 pm

    I use this caramel recipe to make a few caramel apples and then make popcorn balls for halloween. My whole family loves it! Thank you for the recipe 🙂

    Reply
    • Tips From a Typical Mom says

      November 3, 2021 at 8:21 pm

      That’s awesome!

      Reply

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