Chocolate Sunflower Seed Caramel Apples

Up your caramel apple game with these delicious chocolate sunflower seed caramel apples.

Memories of fall always bring to mind sticky and sweet caramel apples, but this upscale Chocolate Sunflower Seed Caramel Apple is a perfect choice that will please kids and adults alike.  Chocolate sunflower seeds are a favorite special snack, but when you add them as a fun crunchy coating to a classic caramel apple they are amazing.  There is nothing like the saltiness of the sunflower seeds coupled with the rich chocolate, sweet caramel, and tart apples.

Chocolate Sunflower Seed Caramel Apples Recipe

These chocolate sunflower seed covered caramel apples take just one extra step to create, but it is well worth it when you see the smiles on the faces of your family while they devour them!

Ingredients:

• 4 Jonagold Apples (or whatever variety you prefer)
• 2 Bags of Caramel Squares
• 1 Cup of Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds
• 1/2 Cup Milk

Supplies:

• 4 Popsicle Sticks or Skewers
• Wax Paper

Directions:

1. Rinse and dry apples
2. Remove the stem and insert the Popsicle stick.
3. Use enough wax paper to accommodate four apples.
4. In a medium-sized sauce pot, melt 2 bags of caramels over medium heat. Stir in milk gradually. Only add enough to loosen the caramel.
5. When the caramel is melted, hold onto the Popsicle stick and dip apples into the melted caramel. Place dipped apples on the wax paper.
6. Set the caramel-covered apples in the refrigerator and allow them to cool for about 15 minutes.
7. Remove from fridge. Press the chocolate-covered sunflower seeds into the caramel-covered apples.
8. Place them back into the refrigerator to allow the caramel and sunflower seeds to fully set.

These chocolate sunflower seed caramel apples are not only delicious but a fun and colorful treat you can easily add to your party buffet this fall. These caramel apples make a great party food, a special after-school treat, or just a mid-afternoon snack for mom as a reward for finishing all of the laundry!

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Chocolate Sunflower Seed Caramel Apples Recipe

These chocolate sunflower seed covered caramel apples take just one extra step to create, but it is well worth it when you see the smiles on the faces of your family while they devour them!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Chocolate Sunflower Seed Covered Caramel Apples

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Cooling Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author D Durand

Equipment

• 4 Popsicle Sticks or Skewers
• Wax Paper

Ingredients

• ▢ 4 Jonagold Apples or whatever variety you prefer
• ▢ 2 Bags of Caramel Squares
• ▢ 1 Cup of Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds
• ▢ 1/2 Cup Milk

Instructions

• Rinse and dry apples
• Remove the stem and insert the Popsicle stick.
• Use enough wax paper to accommodate four apples.
• In a medium-sized sauce pot, melt 2 bags of caramels over medium heat. Stir in milk gradually. Only add enough to loosen the caramel.
• When the caramel is melted, hold onto the Popsicle stick and dip apples into the melted caramel. Place dipped apples on the wax paper.
• Set the caramel-covered apples in the refrigerator and allow them to cool for about 15 minutes.
• Remove from fridge. Press the chocolate-covered sunflower seeds into the caramel-covered apples.
• Place them back into the refrigerator to allow the caramel and sunflower seeds to fully set.

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