Frozen Themed White Chocolate Caramel Apples. If you have a Disney Frozen fan then you are going to love these white chocolate caramel apples. These homemade caramel apples are made with homemade caramel and then dipped in white chocolate, and decorated with Frozen themed sprinkles.
Frozen Themed White chocolate Caramel Apple
These caramel apples are sure to be hit with any of your frozen lovers in your house. When I came up with these I had my daughter in mind. She loves the Frozen movie so much she wants to wear her Anna or Elsa costume everywhere she goes and she is always asking me to come up with Frozen themed treats for her to enjoy.
These chocolate covered caramel apples are easy to make. They are made with fresh apples, homemade caramel, white chocolate and sprinkles. You can customize these white chocolate caramel apples to match any theme party you are having.
Frozen Themed Recipes
- Snowball Rice Krispie Treat
- Disney Frozen Inspired Snowball Cupcakes
- Sugar Cookie pancakes
- Disney Frozen Inspired Oreos Pops
- Frozen Movie Chocolate Cover Pretzels
Variations of this recipe
Change the sprinkles. I used Forzen theme sprinkles because we were going with the frozen theme, but you can use any sprinkles you want to.
Change up the chocolate. You can use milk chocolate, dark chocolate or white chocolate. If you are wanting to make these to match a different theme you can use gel food coloring to color white chocolate any color you want to.
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How do you clean apples for homemade caramel apples
The wax that makes apples so pretty in the store is also something that will make dipping apples in caramel difficult. It is important to clean apples before you make caramel apples because bubbles are more likely to happen if not cleaned. Make sure you clean the apples thoroughly and remove every bit of wax on the apples before making this caramel apples recipe. Once you are done washing the apples make sure to dry them well.
To remove the wax from apples fill a bowl with hot water and place the apples in the water. Allow the apples to sit for 5 minutes and then remove them. Dry the apples with a towel and then put the apples into the fridge to chill.
If you have picked apples fresh from the trees when going apple picking, you will not have to do the hot water bath, you can just rinse them off.
Tips for Dipping Apples
Making caramel. Making your own caramel can be tricky, you want to make sure you don’t stir the sugar once it comes to a boil and keep it from going down the sides of your pan any time you see sugar building up on the sides. If your caramel becomes one big lump or gritty it’s best to start over again before you dip your apples in it.
Be sure to clean and dry apples before dipping them. It is important to clean and dry the apples before dipping them in the caramel. It is also helpful to have chilled apples before you dip them in the caramel.
Let caramel harden. It is important that you let the caramel harden fully before cutting the apples to eat them.
Use parchment paper. While the waxed paper is often used for keeping things from sticking, when you are making caramel apples it is best to use parchment paper, not waxed paper as the caramel will stick to wax paper.
What are the best apples to use for caramel apples
My favorite apples to use are firmer apples like granny smith or honey crisp, but if you do not have those you can use other apples instead.
What is the best stick to use for caramel apples?
Caramel apples are kind of on the heavy side so you want to use caramel apple sticks or popsicle sticks when making this easy caramel apples recipe.
How Far in Advance Can I make This Caramel Apples Recipe?
This Caramel apples recipe can be made and eaten within 7-10 days of making. After a couple of days, the caramel will soften and get a bit “wetter” as it sits next to the skin of the apple – you will only notice this when you cut into the caramel apple to eat them. It is perfectly fine to eat still.
How to Store Caramel apples
After your caramel apples have set, store them in an air tight container in the fridge. It is important that they are stored in the fridge. It is not recommended that caramel apples be frozen.
Frozen Themed Caramel Apple Ingredients
- apples
- sugar
- light corn syrup
- water
- heavy cream
- butter
- vanilla extract
- salt
- White chocolate melting chips
- Blue and white nonpareil’s (sprinkles)
- Snowflake sprinkles
Frozen Themed Caramel Apple Supplies
- Small sauce pan
- Medium sauce pan
- Candy thermometer
- Whisk
- Sticks of the apples
Frozen Themed Caramel Apple Directions
Wash and dry your apples.
Place the sticks in the top of the apples going about halfway through the apple. If you are going to be adding toppings when making caramel apples, pour the toppings into bowls or a shallow dish.
Prepare a sheet pan with a greased parchment paper.
In a small saucepan melt the butter, salt, and cream over medium heat. Remove from the heat, but keep the pan close by.
In a medium sauce pan combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water.
Stir until the sugar is evenly moistened and forms a thick grainy paste.
Wipe down the sides of the pan with a damp pastry brush so there are no sugar crystals above the surface of the sugar mixture.
Clip the instant-read thermometer to the side of the pan so the tip is immersed in the sugar. It is important not to stir the sugar mixture anymore.
Cook the sugar mixture over medium heat. Don’t stir the mixture. Around 310°F, the syrup will darken slightly, then remove from the heat when it gets to 320°F.
Slowly pour the warm cream and butter mixture into the sugar syrup while whisking the sugar syrup gently. The sugar syrup will bubble up and triple in size.
Stop whisking once all the milk and butter mixture has been added. Return the pan to medium heat and let the caramel come to a boil without stirring.
Remove from heat when the caramel reaches 245°F to 250°F. Whisk the vanilla extract into the caramel mixture.
Let the mixture cool just until the mixture is just thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Angle the pot so all the caramel pools to one side of the pot or pour the caramel into a bowl. Twirl the apple in the caramel until the whole apple is coated.
Twirl the apple in the caramel until the whole apple is coated. Place the apple on the parchment-lined cookie sheet. Pour your white and blue nonpareil’s into a bowl.
Roll the caramel apple into the nonpareil’s and press them into the caramel.
With a double boiler melt the white chocolate.
Drizzle your melted white chocolate with a spoon over the top of your apples just until it starts to drip down the sides.
Randomly stick the snowflake sprinkles into the white chocolate. Let the apple set for an hour and enjoy.
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Frozen Themed White Chocolate Caramel Apples
Equipment
- Small sauce pan
- Medium sauce pan
- Candy thermometer
- Whisk
- Sticks for the apples
Ingredients
- 6 apples
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 water
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 2 cups White chocolate melting chips
- 2 cups Blue and white nonpareil’s
- Snowflake sprinkles
Instructions
- Wash and dry your apples.
- Place the sticks in the top of the apples going about halfway through the apple. If you are going to be adding toppings when making caramel apples, pour the toppings into bowls or a shallow dish.
- Prepare a sheet pan with a greased parchment paper.
- In a small saucepan melt the butter, salt, and cream over medium heat. Remove from the heat, but keep the pan close by.
- In a medium sauce pan combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water.
- Stir until the sugar is evenly moistened and forms a thick grainy paste.
- Wipe down the sides of the pan with a damp pastry brush so there are no sugar crystals above the surface of the sugar mixture.
- Clip the instant-read thermometer to the side of the pan so the tip is immersed in the sugar. It is important not to stir the sugar mixture anymore.
- Cook the sugar mixture over medium heat. Don’t stir the mixture. Around 310°F, the syrup will darken slightly, then remove from the heat when it gets to 320°F.
- Slowly pour the warm cream and butter mixture into the sugar syrup while whisking the sugar syrup gently. The sugar syrup will bubble up and triple in size.
- Stop whisking once all the milk and butter mixture has been added. Return the pan to medium heat and let the caramel come to a boil without stirring.
- Remove from heat when the caramel reaches 245°F to 250°F. Whisk the vanilla extract into the caramel mixture.
- Let the mixture cool just until the mixture is just thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Angle the pot so all the caramel pools to one side of the pot or pour the caramel into a bowl. Twirl the apple in the caramel until the whole apple is coated.
- Twirl the apple in the caramel until the whole apple is coated. Place the apple on the parchment-lined cookie sheet. Poor your white and blue nonpareil’s into a bowl.
- Roll the caramel apple into the nonpareil’s and press them into the caramel.
- Drizzle your melted white chocolate with a spoon over the top of your apples just until it starts to drip down the sides.
- Randomly stick the snowflake sprinkles into the white chocolate. Let the apple set for an hour and enjoy.
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