Apple Pops

  

OK... I made these as a treat but I am so making these for our next party and for Halloween-time! These are great!!!


You need:



Apples, sticks, caramel, peanut butter, and sprinkles.


Here's what I did.....


(1) I washed my apples (I only had 2 and they were Red Delicious).
(2) I took my melon baller and made balls of apple (leave the skin on).
(3) I took popsicle sticks and put one in each ball (poked the stick through the skinned side).
(4) This is where you'd warm up your dipping agent. I used Caramel Bits by Kraft (nuked a small amount for 45 seconds in the microwave with a bit of water) and peanut butter (nuked for 30 seconds). Other great ideas would be Nutella, melted chocolate, melted cinnamon chips or fluff.
(5) Take a paper towel and dry an apple and then dip and swirl in the coating.
(6) roll in a coating such as nonpareils, sprinkles, mini chips, coconut, crushed cookies....
(7) place on waxed paper and cool in refrigerator (peanut butter ones are ready quickly (like 5 minutes) while the caramel needs about an hour).


These were so easy, the kids loved them, and so did I! :)

Apple Sandwiches

This is just an easy thing to do but makes snack-time a bit more special.


1. Slice an apple across into thin but not too thin slices.
2. Take a small cookie/fondant cutter and remove the core from each slice.
3. Pat the slices dry.
4. Lightly smear a layer of peanut better on the apple.
5. Top with an apple slice to make a sandwich.


*** Mom's note: you can do the lemon juice thing before you peanut butter up the slices but I find they go fast enough I don't need to do that. I also use Gala Apples (since their skins are thinner) and I think the brown a bit less.