caramel apples

has anybody made these using store-bought caramels?

if i melt, say, werther's chewy caramels double-boiler style, then just coat the apples, do you think that would do it?

i want to make them for my mother-in-law's halloween party this weekend, but i haven't got a candy thermometer to make caramel from scratch (never done it before, either).

It's been a looooong time, but I *think* that's how we did it when I was a kid. I know for sure my mom never made homemade caramel! That was my grandpa's job.

We just used Wrapples.

I just googles some recipes, and they made them the way you're going to, but added either quarter cup of water, or two tablespoons water to the caramels. I guess that's to help them melt. Now I'm going to have to make some!!

You could also just melt the caramels with a bit of cream and then slice up the apples and use the caramel as a dip!  Then you can make sure every bite has caramel on it!

We just used Wrapples.

So did we!

We just used Wrapples.

I forgot about Wrapples! I used those, too! That is, until I discovered Mrs. Prindable's apples. Then I never bothered making my own again. Unfortunately, they don't ship outside the US. 

I've never added water to caramel. We always used milk. And we liked to chop our apples up into bite-size peices and then drizzle the caramel all over and eat with a spoon. Caramel in every bite and less messy than a dip! Yum!

Just found out they're going to be selling toffee apples at the deli at my work this week!  I'll have to remember to get one!

i made these on saturday--so freaking easy!

used three bags of sainsbury's brand dairy toffees, popped them into a pyrex bowl with a it of milk & nuked the lot for 20 seconds. kept nuking & stirring every 10 seconds.

ended up with exactly enough lovely creamy caramel for 10 apples.

I cheated and bought some at Sainsbury's this weekend.

Just found out they're going to be selling toffee apples at the deli at my work this week!  I'll have to remember to get one!

I want to work where you do!

Am I correct in understanding this?  What they sell as 'toffee apples' here in the UK are those red candy-covered ones -- what I would call 'candy apples' in the US?  (At least that's what they sell in Morrisons, which may not be a good guide to go by.)

But I want a proper caramel apple!  Waaaah!

No... toffee is caramel.

The red crunchy stuff is 'candied' apple.

The red crunchy stuff is 'candied' apple.

Morrisons has had those for sale recently with a sticker saying 'toffee apple' on them.

I was sooo confused!