Halloween Caramel Apple Decorating Ideas

Welcome to the "13 Days of Halloween Treats" Blog Hop! Today it's my turn on the hop and I've decided to give you some Caramel Apple Decorating ideas by making these Halloween Monster Caramel Apples!

Recipe for Caramel Apples decorated like monsters, so cute! Great idea Halloween food to serve.

Halloween Candy Apples

Armed with a box full of spooky sweet Halloween inspiration courtesy of Wilton and Joann's, my kids and I went to work designing some spooky apples that would be the perfect Halloween Treat!

Table of Contents

Halloween Candy Apples
Instructions
How to Decorate the Apples
How to Make A Bat Caramel Apple
How to Make a Monster Candy Apple
Mummy Caramel Apple Directions
The Blob Candy Apple Directions

I decided to work with the candy eyeballs, the lollipop sticks, and the monster hands to create my treat for the hop. I also headed to Joann's to pick up some Wilton candy melts and a mummy candy kit also from Wilton.

Instructions

Halloween Caramel Apples

A recipe for Caramel Apples decorated as spooky Monsters perfect for Halloween.

Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 15 mins

Cool 15 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: halloween

Servings: 6 Large Apples

1 package Wrapped Caramels
1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
2-3 packages Candy Melts in Various Colors
Miscellaneous Candy Decorating Supplies

Unwrap the caramels and place in a glass or metal bowl. (If you have a double boiler use that). Place the bowl over a pan with boiling water and stir until the caramels melt.
Add a bit (1 – 2 T) of sweetened condensed milk as the caramels melt.
Remove the caramel from heat and dip apples before the caramel hardens up.
Decorate as desirned with packaged candies.

Be careful with the hot caramel. Make sure you are using all precautions, do not allow children to dip the apples in hot caramel.

How to Decorate the Apples

The first step is to insert the lollipop sticks into the apples. I used a small knife to poke a hole in the apple so that the sticks would slide in easily. Here's a tip- if the apples your working with are too heavy and don't hold up to the sticks, insert a bamboo skewer into the lollipop stick to make it a bit more sturdy (you can just hide it inside).

Next melt down your caramels in a double boiler. I don't actually have a double boiler, I just use a metal mixing bowl and place it over a pot of boiling water. I added a bit of sweetened condensed milk to the caramels to get them the consistency I wanted for dipping.

Let the apples cool completely, I put mine in the fridge for a bit.

Then dip the caramel apples in the candy dips, let them harden up and decorate as you like.

Here is my son working on his spider apple. He's using licorice to make legs for the spider.

How to Make A Bat Caramel Apple

To make the bat, dip 2 pretzels in black candy melts. Then dip the apple in the black candy melts. Cut a small slit in the side of the apple and insert the covered pretzels. Use a bit more of the candy melts to seal the hole and attach the eyes.

How to Make a Monster Candy Apple

The monster is made by dipping the caramel apple in white candy melts and attaching the eyes and monster hands.

Mummy Caramel Apple Directions

The Mummy might be my favorite, to make him just use the Wilton mummy kit. Wrap the candy around the apple (it will stick great) and attach the eyes with white candy melts.

The Blob Candy Apple Directions

The "blob" was a happy accident made by dipping the apple in orange candy melts then attaching the eyes before the melts were hardened all the way. The eye slipped down a bit giving this guy a fun expression.

After we made them we thought of a bunch of other fun ideas to decorate the apples as well! Wouldn't a ghost or vampire apple be adorable?

More Halloween Treat Ideas:

Non-Candy Halloween Treat Idea -with free printable

Caramel Dipped Marshmallows

Exploding Eyeball Cookies