Chocolate and Peanut Butter Dipped Apple Bites

Who doesn't love dipped apples in candy, caramel or chocolate?  My kids have been asking me to make them dipped apples since the beginning of Fall.  But I had a few hesitations to make them these fun Fall treats.  The problem is their little mouths have a hard time eating a whole apple that is dipped and most of the apple is left behind once the coating is eaten off.  I didn't want to hold back the fun so I decided to make it more child friendly by slicing the apples into wedges.  The dipped apple bites were a big hit because there was more coating to go around each slice of apple and they were so much easier to eat.  I tripled dipped these in peanut butter then chocolate and then crushed peanut.  They were fun to make and totally fun to eat.  Now this is a great way to have an apple a day and keep the doctor away. : )


Ingredients:

4-5 medium granny smith apples cored and sliced into wedges
1 cup chocolate chips (milk or semi-sweet chocolate)
1 cup peanut butter chips
4 Tbs of milk
1/2 cup of crushed roasted peanuts

toothpicks
parchment paper


Directions:

Cut your apples into wedges.  An apple corer/slicer is a handy here. Then poke toothpicks in each wedge.







In a bowl add 1 cup of peanut butter chips and 2 Tbs of milk.  Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds or more to melt.  Stir the mixture until fully melted and creamy.  Dip each apple in the peanut butter mixture.  Place on the parchment paper for 15-20 minutes until the peanut butter hardens around the apple.

In a bowl add 1 cup of chocolate and 2 Tbs of milk.  Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds or more to melt.  Stir the mixture until fully melted and creamy.  Dip each apple in the chocolate mixture then into a bowl of crushed peanuts. Place on the parchment paper for 15-20 minutes until the chocolate hardens around the apple.

Makes about 25-30 dipped apple bites.  Enjoy.  You can also use this method with candy apple sauce, caramel sauce etc..