Party Caramel Apples

• 8 medium Red Delicious apples
• 8 Popsicle sticks
• 2-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, cubed
• 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
• 3/4 cup dark corn syrup
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1-1/2 teaspoons molasses
• Dash salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Chopped salted peanuts and red-hot candies
• 4 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped

1. Wash and dry apples; remove stems. Insert Popsicle sticks into bottoms of apples. Place on a buttered
2. ; refrigerate until ready to use.
3. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter, milk, corn syrup, maple syrup, molasses and salt. Stir with a wooden spoon over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer reads 248u0b0 (firm-ball stage). Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla.
4. Dip apples, one at a time, into caramel and then into an ice-water bath for 1-2 seconds to set caramel. Dip apples in peanuts; place on the buttered
5. . Press red-hot candies onto apples as desired.
6. In a microwave, melt white chocolate; stir until smooth. Transfer to a small resealable plastic bag; cut a hole in a corner of the bag. Drizzle over apples. Repeat with semisweet chocolate. Decorate with additional nuts and candies as desired. Let stand until set.

red delicious apples, brown sugar, butter, condensed milk, corn syrup, maple syrup, molasses, salt, vanilla, peanuts, white baking chocolate, semisweet chocolate

Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/party-caramel-apples/ (may not work)