Miniature Candy Apples (a.k.a. Grapes)
We had a wonderful dinner at a great friends house last night. Now while I REALLY want to steal her Chicken Chili recipe, the one that I DID bring home and copy today was her dessert, miniature candy apples made with grapes. They were AMAZING. As most of you know I have NO SHAME in stealing recipes and trying there right here on my blog, most of my cookbook contains someone else's original recipe with slight modifications.
So; while at the store this morning I picked up the ingredients and gave it a shot. The ONLY thing I changed was I bought RED grapes and covered the entire (at least I tried) grape to make it look like a real candy apple. I know it is JUST a mental image, but these things give you the taste of a real candy apple...you don't notice the grape taste; it's a mind trick I suppose but makes this dessert a real treat.
The ingredients are simple:
Toothpicks
Directions:
De-stem the grapes, wash and set aside.
Chop 3-4 Oz. of Peanuts.
Dump the Carmel Bits into a medium high sauce pan and melt.
When melted, cover, dip or whatever method you can figure out with carmel and roll in chopped peanuts.
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