Caramel Apples With Crushed Peanuts

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 12 large granny smith apples
• 12 craft sticks
• 2 (14 ounce) packages individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups chopped peanuts or 2 cups walnuts or 2 cups cashews or 2 cups pecans
• candy bars (such as snickers and butterfinger chopped into small pieces m&m's, mini chocolate chips, toffee bric) or any other of your favorite decorative candies (optional) or chocolate candy bar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 remove the stem from each apple, and press a craft stick into the top, and almost through the apple.
• 2 butter a large baking sheet.
• 3 place caramels and milk in a microwave safe bowl, and microwave on high for 3-4 minutes until caramels are melted, stirring once or twice during cooking time, allow to cool briefly.
• 4 roll each apple in caramel sauce, until well coated.
• 5 roll in chopped nuts, candy bars, or candy pieces, and let set on baking sheet, until cool.