We chose treats... lots of treats.
Caramel Apples:
To make caramel apples you'll need a candy thermometer and yes you can do it without it but you'll have to test it in a small bowl of cool water for consistency. Do yourself a favor and buy one. Other than that you'll need 1 can of condensed milk, 1/2 cup butter, 1 bottle of Light corn syrup and 2 cups of sugar.
To make caramel apples you'll need a candy thermometer and yes you can do it without it but you'll have to test it in a small bowl of cool water for consistency. Do yourself a favor and buy one. Other than that you'll need 1 can of condensed milk, 1/2 cup butter, 1 bottle of Light corn syrup and 2 cups of sugar.
The first time around I just put everything in a pot and mixed it together which apparently was wrong but we didn't notice any difference. What your "supposed" to do is combine the syrup and sugar in a pot and bring to a boil. Once sugar is dissolved alternate adding milk and butter in small quantities until used up. Really we didn't think it mattered. the first time around we also boiled it to "hard ball" temperature which was too hard. Batch 2 we stopped at "soft ball". Once you reach your desired thickness add 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
We then transported it to a small crockpot to keep it warm enough to dip. MMMM looks sooo good!
Then you poke your apple and dip....
... roll in nuts and decorate with festively coloured chocolate.
Aren't they just gorgeous!?
Cake Balls:
I think since the time that I moved here 2 years ago I've made about 1,000 of these. They are just so simple and can be done in so many different ways! Step one is to bake a cake, any cake you want and let it cool completely.
Once your cake it completely cool find the biggest bowl you have and dump it in. Your going to break up it until it's nothing but crumbs. That's right, you heard me, destroy that beautiful cake.
Next you'll need jar of frosting. We have found cream cheese to be best but that is just a personal preference. No you cannot make your own frosting unless you want to battle with constancy.
Empty the entire jar and start mixing it into your now crumbled cake. Now is the perfect time to add chopped nuts or chocolate chips of you'd like. Chopped pecans are a personal favorite!
Roll it into relatively small balls (one bite is best) and freeze. From experience the cake ball will stay together MUCH better when you go to dip them if you freeze them first. Whip out that chocolate melter and away you go!
Like I said easy! Plus one box of cake goes a long way! Happy Halloween!
2 comments:
I think maybe next time you shouldn't make your cake balls look so, real.
I didn't even know they were cake balls! I thought they were just decoration! I should have known better!
Are you serious!? I think You're ridiculous!
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