{"id":174,"date":"2013-06-25T09:40:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T15:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/?p=174"},"modified":"2013-11-09T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T16:39:07","slug":"mini-caramel-apple-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/desserts\/mini-caramel-apple-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Caramel Apple Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bite-size Caramel Apples ~ WOW! You don&#8217;t have to eat the whole apple anymore!! Kids will love this!<\/p>\n<p>1 bag (11 oz.) KRAFT Caramel Bits<br \/>\n2 Tbsp. water<\/p>\n<p>Make apple rounds with melon baller.<\/p>\n<p>INSERT one candy stick into each apple round. Cover plate with waxed paper; spray with cooking spray. Set aside.<br \/>\nPLACE caramel bits in medium saucepan. Add water; cook on medium-low heat 3 min. or until caramel bits are completely melted, stirring constantly.<\/p>\n<p>DIP apples into melted caramel until evenly coated, spooning caramel over apples if necessary. Allow excess caramel to drip off. Scrape bottoms of apples; place on prepared plate. Refrigerate at least 1 hour. Remove from refrigerator 15 min. before serving. Store any leftover apples in refrigerator<\/p>\n<p>* Could also be used with candy apple recipe<\/p>\n<p>2 cups white sugar<br \/>\n1 cup light corn syrup<br \/>\n1 1\/2 cups water<br \/>\n8 drops red food coloring<\/p>\n<p>1. Lightly grease cookie sheets. Insert craft sticks into whole, stemmed apples.<br \/>\n2. In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine sugar, corn syrup and water. Heat to 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Remove from heat and stir in food coloring.<br \/>\n3. Dip apple pieces in caramel and let stand to set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bite-size Caramel Apples ~ WOW! You don&#8217;t have to eat the whole apple anymore!! Kids will love this! 1 bag (11 oz.) KRAFT Caramel Bits 2 Tbsp. water Make apple rounds with melon baller. INSERT one candy stick into each &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/desserts\/mini-caramel-apple-bites\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.scottsontherocks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}