Chocolate Caramel Apples

Chocolate Caramel Apples are a handy, tasty dessert on a stick, ideal as a wholesome snack for kids but also as a fun end to a meal on special occasions. In fact, chocolate-covered fruit, especially when decorated with nuts, instantly brings to mind the flavors of the Christmas holidays and lavishly set tables.

To coat our apples we chose classic dark chocolate, which has always gone perfectly with every kind of fruit, even the sweetest, as with the Chocolate-Covered Bananas.

We then decorated our Chocolate Caramel Apples with coarsely chopped hazelnuts, whose toasty notes pair well with the bold flavor of the dark chocolate and the mellower flavor of the Caramel Sauce. But you can coat the apples with the chocolate and toppings you like best, even making tasty White Chocolate Apples, since the tartness of the fruit balances the sweetness of this kind of chocolate nicely.

And if you want an original idea for setting up a lovely Christmas dessert buffet, wrap the Chocolate-Covered Apples individually and use them to fill baskets that guests can help themselves from: you’ll see, they’ll disappear in no time.

If you love chocolate-covered fruit, don’t miss the recipe for Chocolate-Dipped Mandarins too, a Christmas treat that’s hard to resist. We also suggest taking a look at our guide on How to Caramelize Fruit, where you’ll find lots of tasty ideas and useful tips for making different kinds of caramel and using them to coat fresh fruit and nuts.

Now let’s roll up our sleeves and get the stove ready: today we’re making Chocolate Caramel Apples together.