All things Apple...

Candy coated fruit--who wouldn't love it??  A couple of weeks ago a drug rep brought some yummy coated apples into the clinic.  He had purchased them from a shop in Tulsa and they cost anywhere from $8-$12 an apple, if he was telling me the truth.  With the designer box and fancy wrapping, I'm sure that he was.  Anywho, he had two kinds that he shared with us; a caramel-white chocolate-butterfinger and a caramel- white chocolate-oreo.  I wasn't a fan of the oreo and neither were my colleagues but we LOVED the butterfinger.  I'm pretty sure I had three BIG slices.  Well, I have been determined to make these delectable treats on my own--there is no way that I am paying that price for an apple of any sort!!  But I hadn't had the opportunity to make them.  I needed a good event and the time.  Between remodeling the bathroom and baking cookies for church, my creative time is spent.  Well, tomorrow is home group and since Lance gives me such a hard time about not making a dessert or any other new recipe more than once, I figured I would stick to that and make a new dessert;-)  I hope to make these again though because they are YUM-O!!

So, I started off with 4 green apples, washed and dried them and then stuck them with tooth picks.  I do not have skewers or popsicle  sticks and refused to buy them for this project--I am trying to conserve the money and not reach the $8 price tag!

lined with parchment paper (but you should probably use some cooking spray on the paper before you place them with the caramel on them--I learned the hard way.

Then I mixed an 11 oz bag of caramel bits with two tablespoons of water over medium heat, stirring constantly until the caramel was good and smooth.  Then remove the caramel from heat and start spooning the caramel onto your apples--trying to evenly coat.  Place coated apples in your parchment paper lined pan and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. (remember the cooking spray!)

After the caramel has set completely, you can then coat with the white chocolate.   I used 1 cup of white chocolate baking chips, mixed it with 1tbs of shortening and stirred constantly over medium heat until smooth. Then remove from heat and coat your apples again but with your white chocolate mixture.

I dipped the bottoms straight in the pan and then used the spoon to drizzle and cover the rest.

As soon as the apple is coated with the white chocolate, begin placing the ground butterfinger on it.  (I used about 6 fun size butterfinger and chopped them up in the food processor until they were fine.)  Continue those steps--coat with white chocolate, pack with Butterfinger until all of the apples are complete.  Store apples, covered and in the fridge until ready to serve,

This gets a little messy as the butterfinger starts sticking to your fingers....

Quarter, seed and serve when ready!!!
  These 4 apples cost about as much to make as one of the $8 gourmet apples costs to buy;-)  Happy saving!...and eating;-)