A fond memory. Back in the mid 1970s, a friend and I (we were around 10) made candied apples for a school fundraiser bake sale. Neither one of us knew what we were doing and didn't ask for help. We luckily made the candied apples without getting burns, and the were the prettiest candied apples you have ever seen. We proudly took them to the bake sale and sold them for $4.00 an apple. I can't believe anyone bought them for that price. That would probably be equivalent of asking $12.00 per apple now. Surprisingly, we sold every one of them. My friend and I are still best friends after all these years, and talk about this memory every year at this time.
What a lovely memory to be able to share with your friend in person after all those years! Would you believe $5 in 1975 is actually worth $23 in today's money!! But people always pay a premium (and more) for homemade goodies at fundraisers. We made a lot for my children's annual school fairs over the years.
I am a 72-year-old Australian woman and I have such wonderful memories of my mother and her sister making toffee apples as we call them here. It has been quite a few years since I have even thought of them until we went to a celebration of life for a dear friend. Her request was for toffee apples and her friend made some for her, they were wonderful we always used red apples though and not as big as it is hard for children to eat a full big one. Never tried Caramel Apples though, will try them too. Thank you for bringing back the memories. I have always made caramel from condensed milk, my mum used to save up her condensed milk and do a large batch at once. She always cooked them for 3 hours to get a lovely golden colour. They will last forever in the pantry and are so handy. The best caramel ever. My mother had one that had been in the cupboard of our caravan for quite some time. When she opened the can it was a light caramel as they caramelise as the can ages.
My 16 year old granddaughter works at an apple orchard in the bakery/food area. She dipped lots and lots of apples last weekend! They actually have a 5 person assembly line to keep the task moving along quickly. The apples turn out gorgeous, some are basic dips and others having amazingly creative decorations. She also makes and decorates hundreds of donuts each day. She loves her job!
We always threw in some red hots candies in with our candy apple mixture. My daughter has taken a melon baller and used it to carve out little balls of apple and used cocktail sticks to dip them in the caramel and candy mixture . They made the perfect one bite and were really cute on the party buffet table. That way you weren't forced to eat a whole apple covered in caramel or hard candy. Everyone loved them .
I just love the fact that you are so considerate of Josh and what he does and doesn’t care for! I think that is awesome! You two are an exemplary example of a wonderful, loving marriage! ❤
Hello, Friend. As a 50ish year old man with no interest in cooking, I am having trouble figuring out why and how this is so entertaining, comforting, and relaxing. You're a good egg, and we need to see more Josh.
Probably the simplest answer to your question is that everyone has different interests. A lot of people, even women, probably don’t get entertained by watching videos like this… Whereas others love it. I personally love it…not because I feel like she’s a friend talking to me through the screen, but she does the things that I wish I could do, but never have had a chance to. So it’s almost like it’s occurring vicariously through her… If that makes sense at all.
Probably the simplest answer to your question is that everyone has different interests. A lot of people, even women, probably don’t get entertained by watching videos like this… Whereas others love it. I personally love it…not because I feel like she’s a friend talking to me through the screen, but she does the things that I wish I could do, but never have had a chance to. So it’s almost like it’s occurring vicariously through her… If that makes sense at all.
I made caramel apples with my stepson when he was about 7-8 years old. He absolutely loved doing that project with me. He is now 29 years old. The memories you bring back to me is wonderful.
Years ago I belonged to a cooking group called Gourmet. We would cook in pairs, had 4 - 5 dinners a year and they all had different themes. Each dinner included a printed menu with all of the recipes and usually also included a favor that the guests could bring home. One dinner that I co-hosted was a NY theme. We named it The Big Apple. I can’t remember everything we served but our centerpiece was a tray of fancy caramel apples packaged in cellophane bags just like you made. Watching you brought back some fun memories. ❤
Hi all in this lovely community. Becky, you're such an inspiration, I just wish I was 50 years younger and had a garden. Your island in the kitchen is bigger than my backyard. I follow your advice when it comes to the cooking though. Instead of cooking just for the day, I make enough for another day or two. Very much enjoy your vids and love the comments and tips from the subscribers. Love to you all ❤️ from Cape Town, South Africa
Yes, you bite into those candied apples as your walking around the fair grounds. The first bite takes "skeels" LOL so you don't lose a tooth! Good family memories right there! 🥰😃
I have been watching your channel from the beginning, and oh how I wish I was a friend or family member! You are so talented and gracious with your talent in the kitchen 🫶🏻🫶🏻
I'm a veteran Toffee Apple consumer. I eat it straight from the stick. The trick is to peel a small section of the toffee off the apple with your teeth then bite into the apple. Then you can just munch around the apple until you're done. 🍏
Friend, The discussion between you and Josh regarding the nuts and the teeth breaking and all the things was my very favorite part of the video. 😂 Including Josh’s commentary on the hierarchy of the nuts 🥜 lol. So awesome
I came here to comment this 😂 I was giggling the whole time. Especially when she said “maybe I can put walnuts in my brownies” and before she even finished her sentence he said “no!” 😂😂😂
When I was a kid they sold Carmel sheets in the grocery store for caramel apples. They were caramel sheets with wax paper in between. Popcorn balls were also a fall or Halloween treat.
Ooh! Boiling a tin of condensed milk is how we make the ‘toffee’ for banoffee pie in Scotland. It’s also part of the recipe to make Tablet - which is delicious! Toffee apples always make me think of Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes)…. It was always a big treat to get one!
Becky, if my neighbor came over with homemade candy or caramel apples I would be so thrilled. In my youth I did bite into candy or caramel apples. It's messy, but fun
Absolutely delish!! When we were dating, 56 years ago, my husband always brought me a caramel apple every night during the fall!❤ We will celebrate 56 years this December.❤❤🙏🙏xxoo
I love Josh's choice of words. I have never eaten a caramel or candied apple because I, too, like to control how I eat treats like that. "Control" being the operative word! I do, however, like to dip apples in a caramel sauce. I make a caramel apple bar for my kids and their friends with sliced apples, caramel dipping sauce, and various toppings (chopped nuts, mini m&ms, mini chocolate chips, etc).
I agree, Costco should bring back the ice cream bar. It was so good! Love your adventurous spirit too, you never disappoint. No to glitter!! It gets everywhere. Your apples looked delicious!
Love your videos! 💖 Please, forget the caramel apples and go for APPLE NACHOS. Slice the apples and top with your delicious caramel sauce. Then top with your favorite toppings...peanuts, crushed oreos, crushed bitterfingers, etc. Yum! 💕
Yes Josh lol! We just bite right into it holding the stick! Guess who's making candy apples for the grandkids this weekend thank to you Becky...that would be me lol
I always wash my apples in really warm water and a drop of Dawn. Cuts the wax right off. We used Kraft caramels, melted, for dipping. We got candied and caramel apples at out county fair last week.
If you can find a mini crock pot, that works well to hold the Caramel temp where you want it. You do have to refill it often, but it is the perfect size for dipping apples (and chocolate covered pretzels).
I'm sitting here watching you, eating a dinner that I had prepared a few wks ago, and froze. Thanks to you, I have enough dinners and breakfasts prepared for myself for, at least a mth. Unfortunately my husbands taste is a lot plainer and he won't eat them, so I cook enough for between 4 to 6 portions and freeze in portions. I really enjoy your videos and all the tips that you give us. Thank you ❤🇮🇪
YAY for you, Becky, not using artificial colors in those candy apples; I’m so SUPER proud of you! You have a much larger attentive audience than I do but I’m trying my best to inform people on the dangers of artificial colors. Again….WAY TO GO!
Just a note, your countertop is very cold and will draw the heat out of your pot quickly. So, doing it on the stove or if putting on the counter, put a pot holder or towel under your pot first. They look amazing!
What a lovely surprise, first to comment. Love your videos Becky, whatever their content. Interestingly, in the U.K. candy apples are traditionally purchased at a fun fare, at Halloween or on bonfire night (on 5 November). Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge. Best wishes from London, England.
@ start a new trend! Bonfire night (Guy Fawkes day) is an observance celebrated on 5 November each year commemorating the failure of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators in 1605 to blow up the Houses of Parliament (the English equivalent of Congress). A life-size effigy dressed in old clothes is placed on top of a huge bonfire prior to it being set alight. Candy apples, we call them toffee apples, and sweet treats are served around the bonfire while fireworks are let off in celebration.
Yummy, you did awesome. If you get some heavy duty styrofoam cover with parchment paper and pre made holes, to put the stick in once you dip them the Carmel won’t pool on them., just leave them off the paper the extra will run off.That’s how I do mine.❤
You should put your Carmel pan in a larger flat pan with hot water on the stove, that way your Carmel can be kept hot without over cooking, besure to used a rack in the boiling water pan. A jar ring works well.
The back office of the nursing station is heaven for eaters every holiday season … you have to make sure and put some of the treats away from day shift for night shift cause days will eat everything out of house and home ..: ❤Glenda
Since Josh often does taste testing with you it was good seeing him in the video because we were able to see his facial expressions along with his opinions, your candied apples looked great!😊
Hi Becky its been long time can you please make a video on your fruit garden. Because I remember from you previous home garden you yse to harvest tones of apple. Guy like the comment coz it will help Becky, that how many are interested❤
I loved this Becky. Candy apples have always been my favorite snack to get at the fair and when I was 7 I lost my first front tooth after biting into a candy apple lol. I took a bite and when I pulled the apple back my tooth was still in the apple!
Becky I’ve been making caramel apples for years and I still have the caramel pool under the apples, don’t think you can avoid that. 🥴 we love making caramel apples dipped in white chocolate and then rolled in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. We call it “apple pie caramel apples” it is so good!
My grandma used to make candy apples with red hot candies , it was sooo good the cinnamon and spice from the candy and the sweetness of the apples ...she used to make them for the holidays when we were little, Okay so hear me out the red candy apples on the table with white christmas lights would look amazing!
I remember when I was a little girl, Kraft, would have individual caramel squares that you would melt,then dip your apple in that. Mom would make them around Halloween. In fact, when I went trick or treating, sometimes we were given caramel apples instead of candy. I also remember Kraft sold caramel sheets, that you would wrap around the apple.
Hi my fiend i was so inspired by u nd ur garden nd i started my own backyard garden in containers nd im soooo excited when i went to water my garden i have my 1st butternut bloom we had our first harvest of parsley for a meal i was so proud of myself an unemployed mama of 3 growing our favorites in my backyard nd in south africa cape town candy apples are a favorite we call it toffee apples as I'm afrikaans yr super fan ashlynn in cape town much love n blessing to you nd ur family can't wait to see what u cook next
Hey Becky! Yum yum! 😋 😋 My favorite, were making some this weekend with the grandbabies with lots of different toppings 😊😊. Thanks for the tip on the wax.
Becky if you are going to boil Condensed Milk , put the tin on it’s side. That way it won’t explode if the pot should run dry. If you stand the tin upright it can form a vacuum between the tin and saucepan
You can put sweetened condensed milk in the instant pot for 45 minutes to make dolce de Leche also. You just fill the instant pot up with water that comes halfway up the can of sweetened condensed milk. Also make sure you place your can on a trivet so that it’s not at the bottom of the instant pot
We always used to have toffee (candy) apples on Bonfire Night whilst watching the fireworks - the sight & sound instantly takes me back to my 80s childhood!
You guys are so cute together. We don’t get to see Josh enough. He’s a lucky guy in that you keep his belly full and happy. Lol. The apples all look sooo delicious. I’d love to try this….
So fun! We do chocolate covered apples with dairy free chocolate. My little guy can't have dairy or red dye due to allergies but they look so good and LOVE that the dye free Watkins worked well. We use them for things that we don't cook with such good results!
I really enjoy your videos 🎉 my head spins as you very successfully do several tasks at once.❤ Your nails are beautiful. Your kitchen is gorgeous, outfitted with lots of pots& gadgets, tis a kitchen i only dream about. Your garden is awesome ❤ Keep on keeping on❤❤❤
What great memories this video brought back. For many years, we had so many children and adults come to our home to trick-or-treat. One year, we tried to count but stopped when we reached 500. I always made a huge pot of chile or stew to feed the crowd of people that came to our house. I would start the day before and make popcorn balls and caramel apples. I would make about 100 caramel apples. They were the first to go. If you put your sauce pan on a warming plate while dipping the apples, that will help a lot. Dip the apples quickly and place them on the buttered parchment. The caramel is going to pool at the bottom, so trying to prevent that is like trying to rewrite the law of gravity. Dip the apples and put them down. Thanks Becky. I love your videos.
I used to work at a local candy store and we would make hundreds of caramel apples (and cotton candy) for school fairs and other functions! It always smelled so so good❤
I think, as a child, I was strange because I've always hated the way it felt in my mouth to bite into a whole caramel apple. 😅 Slice them suckers up and I'm all over em!
Hi Becky and Josh, yes you just bite into the candied apple. That one is my husbands most favorite! You also did a great job on the caramel ones with nuts. We grew up eating these as kids. I laughed out loud when Josh said "no no" to the walnuts in your brownies...too funny! TFS. God bless
lol when my boyfriend says ‘very interesting’ about food I made, it means he is being polite but does not like it 😂 I have never been a fan of candied apples myself but they look so pretty 😘
If your using a wide ribbon again as a bow, instead just tie the ribbon in a knot and trim both ribbon ends with the center noth or at a angle ti one side. Have one ribbon end facing uo and the other downward. Its a simple but classic look. Yiur apples look great honey.🍎
Loved Josh’s comments about walnuts in brownies. My husband only likes peanuts too. However, all my Aunts in AL had pecan trees and sent us 15 lbs of shelled nuts every year. If a baked good called for nuts, it was pecans. I bake 25 varieties of Christmas cookies and I use pecan flour, that I make. My husband loves my cookies, he has no idea how many pecans he’s eaten over the years.
The 'candy' apple is known as a 'toffee' apple here in Australia. Red is the most popular colour but I have seen them coloured green but not often. Woolworths (supermarkets) used to sell the red toffee apples, but now they seem to be seen only at the annual Shows/Fairs.
Becky-Those dipped apples, especially the ones with peanuts, looked super delicious! You did it so well, again! Yum!❤I love peanuts, but I bet salted roasted Almonds would be super deluxe delicious, too!❤Tysm, Becky! You are entertaining the masses with your great videos! You already feel like family!❤😊God bless you all!❤Ps. 91❤
Good advice about the wax. When I made both of these for my kids, back in the day, there was no wax. Would never have even thought of it! Beautiful apples, Becky! The red color is amazing!! For Christmas, I would sometimes make the candy coating, spread it out on a sprayed pan and made glass candy! Just break it up like peanut butter. You can make some green and put a little mint flavoring in it.
I just ordered my ingredients to make the carameled apples today. I LOVE that you used roasted salted peanuts. There is nothing worse than purchasing a caramel apple with peanuts and realizing the peanuts aren't salted. This recipe looks like the caramel isn't going to rip out a filling. I've been looking for a recipe like this, and I was so happy that you made these! Once I make them, I will comment on how they turned out. Thank you, Becky.😊
My Mom made Carmel Apples and Candy Apples every year for us. She would always melt red hots in the Candy Apples. They already had the red dye in them and they added a cinnamon touch to the Candy Apples. They were delicious.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Wonderful treat was the candied apples we always had at the fair. Only place I ever saw them. 60ish years ago. Then the memories of making caramel apples every year with my grandma. Bought bags of caramel candy, opened one by one then melted and swirled. Lots easier to have more than one person doing it. One could hold the apples upside down to harden a little while the other could swirl in pot. This has been so much fun Becky! Thanks!😊
A fond memory. Back in the mid 1970s, a friend and I (we were around 10) made candied apples for a school fundraiser bake sale. Neither one of us knew what we were doing and didn't ask for help. We luckily made the candied apples without getting burns, and the were the prettiest candied apples you have ever seen. We proudly took them to the bake sale and sold them for $4.00 an apple. I can't believe anyone bought them for that price. That would probably be equivalent of asking $12.00 per apple now. Surprisingly, we sold every one of them. My friend and I are still best friends after all these years, and talk about this memory every year at this time.
What a lovely memory to be able to share with your friend in person after all those years! Would you believe $5 in 1975 is actually worth $23 in today's money!! But people always pay a premium (and more) for homemade goodies at fundraisers. We made a lot for my children's annual school fairs over the years.
What a sweet memory! Made me smile ❤
I wonder why I can't put my own comment. But I was going to ask if she misses her previous home that had apple trees.
What an amazing memory and friend! ❤
One most definitely can bite right into a candied apple!!! Fantastic!❤
I am a 72-year-old Australian woman and I have such wonderful memories of my mother and her sister making toffee apples as we call them here. It has been quite a few years since I have even thought of them until we went to a celebration of life for a dear friend. Her request was for toffee apples and her friend made some for her, they were wonderful we always used red apples though and not as big as it is hard for children to eat a full big one. Never tried Caramel Apples though, will try them too. Thank you for bringing back the memories. I have always made caramel from condensed milk, my mum used to save up her condensed milk and do a large batch at once. She always cooked them for 3 hours to get a lovely golden colour. They will last forever in the pantry and are so handy. The best caramel ever. My mother had one that had been in the cupboard of our caravan for quite some time. When she opened the can it was a light caramel as they caramelise as the can ages.
My 16 year old granddaughter works at an apple orchard in the bakery/food area. She dipped lots and lots of apples last weekend! They actually have a 5 person assembly line to keep the task moving along quickly. The apples turn out gorgeous, some are basic dips and others having amazingly creative decorations. She also makes and decorates hundreds of donuts each day. She loves her job!
We always threw in some red hots candies in with our candy apple mixture. My daughter has taken a melon baller and used it to carve out little balls of apple and used cocktail sticks to dip them in the caramel and candy mixture . They made the perfect one bite and were really cute on the party buffet table. That way you weren't forced to eat a whole apple covered in caramel or hard candy. Everyone loved them .
This is brilliant!
Thank you for sharing that! What a fabulous idea! I'm totally using it!
That is bloody brilliant
I LOVE THIS IDEA!!!
I love this idea. I can’t handle a whole apple
I just love the fact that you are so considerate of Josh and what he does and doesn’t care for! I think that is awesome! You two are an exemplary example of a wonderful, loving marriage! ❤
I love the chatter between you and your husband at the end. It makes it seem like we’re all just hanging out in the kitchen together.
Hello, Friend. As a 50ish year old man with no interest in cooking, I am having trouble figuring out why and how this is so entertaining, comforting, and relaxing. You're a good egg, and we need to see more Josh.
It is because Becky makes you feel like a friend sitting in her kitchen or out in the garden with her.
Perhaps this is your time to develop an interest in cooking..... She's got a great channel.
Probably the simplest answer to your question is that everyone has different interests. A lot of people, even women, probably don’t get entertained by watching videos like this… Whereas others love it. I personally love it…not because I feel like she’s a friend talking to me through the screen, but she does the things that I wish I could do, but never have had a chance to. So it’s almost like it’s occurring vicariously through her… If that makes sense at all.
Probably the simplest answer to your question is that everyone has different interests. A lot of people, even women, probably don’t get entertained by watching videos like this… Whereas others love it. I personally love it…not because I feel like she’s a friend talking to me through the screen, but she does the things that I wish I could do, but never have had a chance to. So it’s almost like it’s occurring vicariously through her… If that makes sense at all.
I made caramel apples with my stepson when he was about 7-8 years old. He absolutely loved doing that project with me.
He is now 29 years old. The memories you bring back to me is wonderful.
Years ago I belonged to a cooking group called Gourmet. We would cook in pairs, had 4 - 5 dinners a year and they all had different themes. Each dinner included a printed menu with all of the recipes and usually also included a favor that the guests could bring home.
One dinner that I co-hosted was a NY theme. We named it The Big Apple. I can’t remember everything we served but our centerpiece was a tray of fancy caramel apples packaged in cellophane bags just like you made. Watching you brought back some fun memories. ❤
Hi all in this lovely community. Becky, you're such an inspiration, I just wish I was 50 years younger and had a garden. Your island in the kitchen is bigger than my backyard. I follow your advice when it comes to the cooking though. Instead of cooking just for the day, I make enough for another day or two. Very much enjoy your vids and love the comments and tips from the subscribers. Love to you all ❤️ from Cape Town, South Africa
Yes, you bite into those candied apples as your walking around the fair grounds. The first bite takes "skeels" LOL so you don't lose a tooth! Good family memories right there! 🥰😃
I have that same memory!!!❤
I have been watching your channel from the beginning, and oh how I wish I was a friend or family member! You are so talented and gracious with your talent in the kitchen
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Quick tip!! We pick local apples from the farm and they don't have that wax. Saves me time and sanity. Plus they're super fresh!! 😍
That is a very smart idea!
All apples even organic have a wax substance on them called the bloom it is not added later but it is natural and will repel the Carmel.
You are sooo fortunate to be in an area where apples grow!
@@MsHighpocketsI had to look that up!
I did that they said there was no wax bought good caramel but it still fell off lol
I love it when Josh joins you!
I cheat way is to cut up a apple and a milky way and eat together…yum
I'm a veteran Toffee Apple consumer. I eat it straight from the stick. The trick is to peel a small section of the toffee off the apple with your teeth then bite into the apple. Then you can just munch around the apple until you're done. 🍏
I can tell you are a veteran in the apple life.
Friend,
The discussion between you and Josh regarding the nuts and the teeth breaking and all the things was my very favorite part of the video. 😂
Including Josh’s commentary on the hierarchy of the nuts 🥜 lol. So awesome
I came here to comment this 😂 I was giggling the whole time. Especially when she said “maybe I can put walnuts in my brownies” and before she even finished her sentence he said “no!” 😂😂😂
We used hot cinnamon candies in our red apples
Us too!
Oh ya! I forgot they tasted like Red Hots!🤦🏻♀️
I was just getting ready to say the same thing!
Red hots make the best candied apples and popcorn balls
When I was a kid they sold Carmel sheets in the grocery store for caramel apples. They were caramel sheets with wax paper in between. Popcorn balls were also a fall or Halloween treat.
They are called wrapels by kraft. They still make them.
Ooh! Boiling a tin of condensed milk is how we make the ‘toffee’ for banoffee pie in Scotland. It’s also part of the recipe to make Tablet - which is delicious! Toffee apples always make me think of Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes)…. It was always a big treat to get one!
Yes, we always bit into that red candied apple. Yummy!!!!
Becky, if my neighbor came over with homemade candy or caramel apples I would be so thrilled.
In my youth I did bite into candy or caramel apples. It's messy, but fun
My 97 year old Aunt just passed away in September and she used to make these both for 9 of us kids thanks for the memories ❤️😊
Have you ever had stuffed apples.? Using Cereal and peanut butter.?
Absolutely delish!! When we were dating, 56 years ago, my husband always brought me a caramel apple every night during the fall!❤ We will celebrate 56 years this December.❤❤🙏🙏xxoo
I love Josh's choice of words. I have never eaten a caramel or candied apple because I, too, like to control how I eat treats like that. "Control" being the operative word! I do, however, like to dip apples in a caramel sauce. I make a caramel apple bar for my kids and their friends with sliced apples, caramel dipping sauce, and various toppings (chopped nuts, mini m&ms, mini chocolate chips, etc).
Cute!
I agree, Costco should bring back the ice cream bar. It was so good! Love your adventurous spirit too, you never disappoint. No to glitter!! It gets everywhere. Your apples looked delicious!
Love your videos! 💖 Please, forget the caramel apples and go for APPLE NACHOS. Slice the apples and top with your delicious caramel sauce. Then top with your favorite toppings...peanuts, crushed oreos, crushed bitterfingers, etc. Yum! 💕
Yes Josh lol! We just bite right into it holding the stick! Guess who's making candy apples for the grandkids this weekend thank to you Becky...that would be me lol
I always wash my apples in really warm water and a drop of Dawn. Cuts the wax right off. We used Kraft caramels, melted, for dipping. We got candied and caramel apples at out county fair last week.
as a caramel apple junkie, I LOVE the extra caramel piled up at the bottom lol
Fun fact- apples actually produce their own wax, too! So even if you picked it straight from the tree, it would have a thin layer of wax!
Yes, I grow apples and have noticed that. Surprising.
I never knew that! So fascinating.
I didn't know that 😮!! But makes sense, kinda like self preservation kinda thing.
My mom used to boil a can of sweetened condensed milk for a long time to make a caramel back in the 1960’s. Yummy
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You can also do this by putting the can in the oven. 😉
In the UK, you can buy a can of caramel condensed milk. It's great for salted caramel brownies, minimal effort.
If you can find a mini crock pot, that works well to hold the Caramel temp where you want it. You do have to refill it often, but it is the perfect size for dipping apples (and chocolate covered pretzels).
THANK YOU so much for this video! Now, after 40 years I know why my caramel apples didn’t turn out well. You’re an ANGEL!
Becky, your apples turned out beautiful. I appreciate all of the hard work you put into making these videos, for everyone. Happy Halloween🎃🎃
I'm sitting here watching you, eating a dinner that I had prepared a few wks ago, and froze. Thanks to you, I have enough dinners and breakfasts prepared for myself for, at least a mth. Unfortunately my husbands taste is a lot plainer and he won't eat them, so I cook enough for between 4 to 6 portions and freeze in portions. I really enjoy your videos and all the tips that you give us. Thank you ❤🇮🇪
I saw somewhere you can clean your apples in hot water with lemon and add 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar for heavy wax build up.
Your finished product is beautiful. Well done Becky.
YAY for you, Becky, not using artificial colors in those candy apples; I’m so SUPER proud of you! You have a much larger attentive audience than I do but I’m trying my best to inform people on the dangers of artificial colors. Again….WAY TO GO!
The party favor idea is great. You could add a little name tag on the ribbon for place settings. Super cute idea.
One of the best things to do with apples. Yum. Takes me back to being a kid again.
OMG Becky, the look on Josh's face when bit into the candy apple was absolutely PRICELESS
I never knew that you need to take the wax off the apples! I always learn something from your videos...keep 'em coming!🍏🍏🍏You are very inspirational!
Just a note, your countertop is very cold and will draw the heat out of your pot quickly. So, doing it on the stove or if putting on the counter, put a pot holder or towel under your pot first. They look amazing!
Super smart way to get the wax off the apples. I didn’t know that! 🍏 I have a bunch of apples to use. What a fun family project!
What a lovely surprise, first to comment. Love your videos Becky, whatever their content. Interestingly, in the U.K. candy apples are traditionally purchased at a fun fare, at Halloween or on bonfire night (on 5 November). Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge. Best wishes from London, England.
Bonfire night?! I want America to have one of those!! 😂
Much love from West Texas ❤❤
@ start a new trend! Bonfire night (Guy Fawkes day) is an observance celebrated on 5 November each year commemorating the failure of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators in 1605 to blow up the Houses of Parliament (the English equivalent of Congress). A life-size effigy dressed in old clothes is placed on top of a huge bonfire prior to it being set alight. Candy apples, we call them toffee apples, and sweet treats are served around the bonfire while fireworks are let off in celebration.
@@KlubMila0124in New Zealand we call it Guy Fawkes. Named after someone who plotted to blow up British parliament. Love from Lynda in Auckland
Yummy, you did awesome. If you get some heavy duty styrofoam cover with parchment paper and pre made holes, to put the stick in once you dip them the Carmel won’t pool on them., just leave them off the paper the extra will run off.That’s how I do mine.❤
You should put your Carmel pan in a larger flat pan with hot water on the stove, that way your Carmel can be kept hot without over cooking, besure to used a rack in the boiling water pan. A jar ring works well.
Good tip!
Love these tips.
The back office of the nursing station is heaven for eaters every holiday season … you have to make sure and put some of the treats away from day shift for night shift cause days will eat everything out of house and home ..: ❤Glenda
I can vouch for Day shift eating all the goodies lol 🤪
Since Josh often does taste testing with you it was good seeing him in the video because we were able to see his facial expressions along with his opinions, your candied apples looked great!😊
I agree! I loved seeing him and it should be a regular so we can see his facial expressions 😊
You’re amazing!! Nothing like a good candy apple. I can just see you making a beautiful table setting with them!
Hi Becky its been long time can you please make a video on your fruit garden. Because I remember from you previous home garden you yse to harvest tones of apple. Guy like the comment coz it will help Becky, that how many are interested❤
In previous videos she said this year apples didn't do well
Those look delicious. reminds me, when I was young, we would go the fair and get a candy apple you did such an awesome job Becky .❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
2/3 cup brown sugar,1/3 cup powered sugar and 1 eight ounce package cream cheese. Mix and tastes like carmal dip
I loved this Becky. Candy apples have always been my favorite snack to get at the fair and when I was 7 I lost my first front tooth after biting into a candy apple lol. I took a bite and when I pulled the apple back my tooth was still in the apple!
Becky I’ve been making caramel apples for years and I still have the caramel pool under the apples, don’t think you can avoid that. 🥴 we love making caramel apples dipped in white chocolate and then rolled in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. We call it “apple pie caramel apples” it is so good!
i love watching you and Josh!!!!!!! what a love!!
These looked great! You definitely should try the traditional CINNAMON candy apple once in your lifetime!
My grandma used to make candy apples with red hot candies , it was sooo good the cinnamon and spice from the candy and the sweetness of the apples ...she used to make them for the holidays when we were little, Okay so hear me out the red candy apples on the table with white christmas lights would look amazing!
If you put them in microwave for 10 to 15 seconds it takes wax off ,great video as usual ❤
A caramel apple is my #1 guilty pleasure - with just caramel and nuts. I love how you take care to make things Josh likes ❤
I remember when I was a little girl, Kraft, would have individual caramel squares that you would melt,then dip your apple in that. Mom would make them around Halloween. In fact, when I went trick or treating, sometimes we were given caramel apples instead of candy.
I also remember Kraft sold caramel sheets, that you would wrap around the apple.
Hi my fiend i was so inspired by u nd ur garden nd i started my own backyard garden in containers nd im soooo excited when i went to water my garden i have my 1st butternut bloom we had our first harvest of parsley for a meal i was so proud of myself an unemployed mama of 3 growing our favorites in my backyard nd in south africa cape town candy apples are a favorite we call it toffee apples as I'm afrikaans yr super fan ashlynn in cape town much love n blessing to you nd ur family can't wait to see what u cook next
Hey Becky!
Yum yum! 😋 😋
My favorite, were making some this weekend with the grandbabies with lots of different toppings 😊😊.
Thanks for the tip on the wax.
I love walnuts in my brownies too! 😂 The apples looked delicious!
Love Carmel apples gala and yellow delicious favorite 😋
Becky if you are going to boil Condensed Milk , put the tin on it’s side. That way it won’t explode if the pot should run dry. If you stand the tin upright it can form a vacuum between the tin and saucepan
Yumm ❤ looks like fun and yes totally would be great for dinner parties.
You can put sweetened condensed milk in the instant pot for 45 minutes to make dolce de Leche also. You just fill the instant pot up with water that comes halfway up the can of sweetened condensed milk. Also make sure you place your can on a trivet so that it’s not at the bottom of the instant pot
We always used to have toffee (candy) apples on Bonfire Night whilst watching the fireworks - the sight & sound instantly takes me back to my 80s childhood!
You guys are so cute together. We don’t get to see Josh enough. He’s a lucky guy in that you keep his belly full and happy. Lol. The apples all look sooo delicious. I’d love to try this….
So fun! We do chocolate covered apples with dairy free chocolate. My little guy can't have dairy or red dye due to allergies but they look so good and LOVE that the dye free Watkins worked well. We use them for things that we don't cook with such good results!
I really enjoy your videos 🎉 my head spins as you very successfully do several tasks at once.❤ Your nails are beautiful. Your kitchen is gorgeous, outfitted with lots of pots& gadgets, tis a kitchen i only dream about. Your garden is awesome ❤ Keep on keeping on❤❤❤
My grandma used to pressure cook the sweetened condensed milk can to make dulce de leche
What great memories this video brought back. For many years, we had so many children and adults come to our home to trick-or-treat. One year, we tried to count but stopped when we reached 500. I always made a huge pot of chile or stew to feed the crowd of people that came to our house. I would start the day before and make popcorn balls and caramel apples. I would make about 100 caramel apples. They were the first to go. If you put your sauce pan on a warming plate while dipping the apples, that will help a lot. Dip the apples quickly and place them on the buttered parchment. The caramel is going to pool at the bottom, so trying to prevent that is like trying to rewrite the law of gravity. Dip the apples and put them down. Thanks Becky. I love your videos.
Love this, reminds me of my childhood. A long time ago!! ☘️🇮🇪☘️. ❤️❤️❤️
I used to work at a local candy store and we would make hundreds of caramel apples (and cotton candy) for school fairs and other functions! It always smelled so so good❤
Yum! I love both kinds and have the dental work to prove it 😂
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I had to start cutting them into pieces because I can't bite thru them any more! Ouch
I think, as a child, I was strange because I've always hated the way it felt in my mouth to bite into a whole caramel apple. 😅 Slice them suckers up and I'm all over em!
Y’all are so cute tasting your creations together!! Love y’all!
Hi Becky and Josh, yes you just bite into the candied apple. That one is my husbands most favorite! You also did a great job on the caramel ones with nuts. We grew up eating these as kids. I laughed out loud when Josh said "no no" to the walnuts in your brownies...too funny! TFS. God bless
I chuckles when I heard him say"no,no" then I thought, hey, maybe peanuts, since in his hierarchy of nuts, peanuts is at the top!😂
Those look so good!!! My kiddos will love these, thanks for sharing.😊
lol when my boyfriend says ‘very interesting’ about food I made, it means he is being polite but does not like it 😂 I have never been a fan of candied apples myself but they look so pretty 😘
Great tip: Sub “Red Hots” candy drops melted for candied apples. It has cinnamon oil in it! Perfection! Gotta have the cinnamon!!
If your using a wide ribbon again as a bow, instead just tie the ribbon in a knot and trim both ribbon ends with the center noth or at a angle ti one side. Have one ribbon end facing uo and the other downward. Its a simple but classic look. Yiur apples look great honey.🍎
Loved Josh’s comments about walnuts in brownies. My husband only likes peanuts too. However, all my Aunts in AL had pecan trees and sent us 15 lbs of shelled nuts every year. If a baked good called for nuts, it was pecans. I bake 25 varieties of Christmas cookies and I use pecan flour, that I make. My husband loves my cookies, he has no idea how many pecans he’s eaten over the years.
The decor on the candy apples is so Beautiful 😊
Childhood memories. I always asked my mom if I could lick the spoon when she baked or cooked sweets. I want that Carmel spoon!
BECKY THE MACCCCHHHHIIINNNNEEEE coming out with ANOTHER video. How does she do it so fast?!?!
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Thank you for sharing this with me❤💕
The 'candy' apple is known as a 'toffee' apple here in Australia. Red is the most popular colour but I have seen them coloured green but not often. Woolworths (supermarkets) used to sell the red toffee apples, but now they seem to be seen only at the annual Shows/Fairs.
Becky-Those dipped apples, especially the ones with peanuts, looked super delicious! You did it so well, again! Yum!❤I love peanuts, but I bet salted roasted Almonds would be super deluxe delicious, too!❤Tysm, Becky! You are entertaining the masses with your great videos! You already feel like family!❤😊God bless you all!❤Ps. 91❤
God bless everything you touch with your hands
Good advice about the wax. When I made both of these for my kids, back in the day, there was no wax. Would never have even thought of it! Beautiful apples, Becky! The red color is amazing!! For Christmas, I would sometimes make the candy coating, spread it out on a sprayed pan and made glass candy! Just break it up like peanut butter. You can make some green and put a little mint flavoring in it.
Agree with Josh... No walnuts in brownies
I totally agree! Though, brownies with pecans sounds pretty good... 👍
Agree!...no walnuts, just use pecans!! 😂
I just ordered my ingredients to make the carameled apples today. I LOVE that you used roasted salted peanuts. There is nothing worse than purchasing a caramel apple with peanuts and realizing the peanuts aren't salted. This recipe looks like the caramel isn't going to rip out a filling. I've been looking for a recipe like this, and I was so happy that you made these! Once I make them, I will comment on how they turned out. Thank you, Becky.😊
The black ribbon looks stunning!!!!! ❤❤❤
I put my Carmel over a double broiler,stays warm not hot,these look incredible
My Mom made Carmel Apples and Candy Apples every year for us. She would always melt red hots in the Candy Apples. They already had the red dye in them and they added a cinnamon touch to the Candy Apples. They were delicious.
The red hots are a wonderful addition to the apples I thought everyone made them with a cinnamon flavor
Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Wonderful treat was the candied apples we always had at the fair. Only place I ever saw them. 60ish years ago. Then the memories of making caramel apples every year with my grandma. Bought bags of caramel candy, opened one by one then melted and swirled. Lots easier to have more than one person doing it. One could hold the apples upside down to harden a little while the other could swirl in pot. This has been so much fun Becky! Thanks!😊
Use a silicone spatula and swirl the bottom of the apple against it instead of turning it upside down or shaking it.