After long summer hiatus I am back! Fall is a great time to step back, reflect on summer, get ready for the Holiday season ahead and perhaps even take a few days off here and there to refuel for the craziness of pre-Christmas rush.
A lot of retailers that carry our caramels are organizing harvest events and we're invited to delight customers with our caramels and make taffy apples. On 10/20 Katie and Das Caramelini were invited to the Green Grocer Chicago to make some yummy taffy apples with melted Classic caramels. Green Grocer Chicago is a cozy small grocery boutique that prides on only selling sustainable, green and locally made foods. What a perfect place to showcase our sustainable caramels!
I brought a few pounds of bulk Classic caramel and melted it in a slow cooker with just a splash of organic heavy cream. Then I dipped small Johnagold apples in the resulting goodness and voila- odl fashioned caramel apple taken to the new heights!
Many people asked for the recipe for caramel dipping, so here it is. Enjoy!
Easy Caramel Apples
Serves 4
What you’ll need:
4 medium apples
4 oz Das Caramelini caramels
3 Tbsp Heavy Cream
4 ice cream sticks or cinnamon sticks
Optional toppings: Oreo cookies, walnuts or peanuts, crushed, chocolate morsels.
What you’ll do
:Wash apples and insert cinnamon sticks/ice cream sticks in each apple. Place apples on baking tray or a large plate lined with parchment paper.
Melt caramel and cream in a microwave-safe wide mouth bowl on high for 2-3 min in 30 sec. increments until caramel is melted completely and cream is well mixed in. The mixture should be hot, but not bubbling.
Dip each apple in the bowl with caramel and set on parchment paper to dry
Optional: while caramel is still hot, dip each apple in toppings of your choice
Grand opening was an excellent occasion to come in and speak about our own efforts to increase visibility for the locally made foods and, of course, sample the caramels. 
