Caramel Apple has a sexy sister
With the excessive prodding by my youngest daughter Coda to pleeeease make caramel apples, I finally caved. In my mind it was going to be a sticky mess of gooey caramel to clean off of every surface in my kitchen. And since I don’t have a dishwasher (Gasp!) clean up is a consideration always. Coda has a way of linking cooking to quality time with Mom (where did she develop that notion?) so I did agree to give it a go. As usual I was also wanting to get creative and experimental with the traditional recipe. When shopping for all of the ingredients, I came upon these precious tiny pears, and thought they too might make a lovely companion to melted caramel. So begun the creation of caramel apple’s sexy sister! We also had various toppings that we experimented with such as sprinkles, chopped pecans, and to get a little risque, chopped smoked almonds. My good friend Cat has a recipe to make the caramel, but for a weeknight project, we used wrapped candies for these. I will be making her caramel recipe and sharing another treat in a later post.
When we were done with our creation, Tom Davis of Vidlocity Media helped to take this proper centerfold worthy picture of our dipped pears. Check out more of Tom’s work at www.vidlocity.tv Thanks Tom!
Ingredients:
2 bags pre-wrapped caramel candies
8 small pears (you of course can also use apples!)
toppings of choice such as sprinkles, chopped pecans, chopped smoked almonds, sea salt…
Unwrap all of the candies and place them in a medium sauce pan on med-low, stirring frequently.
As the candies start to melt, stir the caramel constantly. We used popsicle sticks to dip the apples, but I just used the stems on the pears. Dip the fruit into the caramel, spooning it over the area that is not submerged, and letting the excess drip off. Place the fruit onto wax paper and cool for about 20 minutes.
