How lucky we are to have an opportunity to feast on the ever so yummylicious caramel apple...Tradition holds that a caramel apple starts with a crisp Granny Smith style apple. It just makes the perfect blend of sweet, sour, tart, and chewy.
Other apples that are good replacements if the tart Granny Smith isn't for you include the ever popular and perfectly sweet Red Delicious and the sweet and slightly tart Pink Lady.
Many other apples have good flavor, but just aren't, in our opinion, good options for the Caramel Apple confection. They either have a soft interior and don't hold the wooden stick well, or they brown too quickly and have a short shelf life. There are few things more discouraging than slicing open an apple only to find it has browned. A local produce manager at a well known grocery chain recommends a 7 day shelf life for an apple, but we cut that in half just to be extra safe.
Whether you eat it sliced or straight from the stick, few things are more pleasing than an apple drenched in sweet caramel. How lucky we are, indeed!!
Do you agree? When was your last caramel apple?
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