Halloween Chocolate Apples
Every October the shops are filled with toffee apples for Halloween and Bonfire night but it’s never these that interest my kids it’s the chocolate ones! I did make toffee apples many years ago and after eating one you really don’t want to eat any more and I made masses! So with this in mind I decided to make my own Halloween Chocolate Apples which are equally good for Halloween or Bonfire Night!
Making Halloween Chocolate Apples
My recipe (if you can call it a recipe) makes 4 so you can just tailor it to the number you want to make. You don’t have to make a web pattern of course, you could do any numbers decorations and get your kids involved in piping on spiders, skulls, ghosts, cats etc and it really doesn’t matter if they’re not perfect looking, the idea is to have fun! I was given some Halloween sprinkles recently but after seeing all the e numbers in them I decided that unadulterated chocolate was the only thing I was going to feed my family! Call me old fashioned but if something doesn’t look like you should be eating it eg glittery then I really don’t want to eat it!
I do hope you have a go at making your own Halloween Chocolate Apples and if you’re having a party I think they would be lovely to give to your guests as party favours. If you think it’s a bit of a faff to get hold of cellophane to wrap them in take my tip and use a roasting bag (folding the excess around the back) and cut to size! No-one will know!
- 4 Apples (washed & dried)
- 200g White chocolate
- 200g Dark chocolate
- Equipment needed:
- 4 Lolly sticks
- Baking paper
- Push a lolly stick into each apple.
- Melt the dark chocolate in a small bowl over a small pan of barely simmering water. (Turn off heat once melted).
- Holding the stick roll 1 of the apples in the chocolate (you may need to tilt the bowl for full coverage) then place on baking parchment to set.
- Repeat with a second apple.
- Then melt the while chocolate in the same way as the dark and coat 2 more apples and then place all the coated apples in the fridge for 10 minutes to fully set.
- Once the chocolate has set put the white chocolate back over the heat to melt and place half of it in a small piping bag with a tiny nozzle or one fashioned out of baking paper with the end sniped off.
- Decorate a dark chocolate apple with a web pattern by starting with a series of downward stripes and then proceed to join those stripes with a small curve.
- Repeat procedure for the next dark chocolate apple.
- Then melt the remaining dark chocolate and repeat the above procedure for the white chocolate apples.
- Allow to set and then wrap in cellophane or roasting bags and tie with a ribbon or string!
Decorating the apples!
For more seasonal sweet treat inspiration why not check out my Kransakage Mummies or Jacqueline’s Soot Sprite Truffles.
I am entering the following blog events with my Halloween Chocolate Apples:
Credit Crunch Munch which I run with Fuss Free Flavours & this month hosted by A New Addition.
Treat Petite where the theme is Trick or Treat which is run by Cakeyboi and The Baking Explorer who is also this month’s host.
We Should Cocoa where the theme is Halloween which is run by Chocolate Log Blog & hosted this month by Honey & Dough.
Lets Cook for Halloween which is run by Simply Food.
Simple & in Season which is run by Ren Behan.
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Amy Fidler
20/06/2017 at 7:39 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
These look great i’m hoping to attempt them this Halloween x
Amy Fidler
29/03/2017 at 7:58 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Will try these this year x
Camilla
29/03/2017 at 9:52 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Excellent Amy:-)
Jacqui Bellefontaine
25/10/2016 at 2:32 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Love the look of these apples. So effective!
Maya Russell
10/05/2015 at 7:06 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
These are absolutely fantastic – it’s an art – and look perfect. Yum.
Camilla
10/05/2015 at 11:54 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Aaw, thank you Maya – had a lot of fun creating these:-)
Kris Wright
03/11/2014 at 5:03 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Fab will try this next year
Camilla
03/11/2014 at 7:19 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you, I’m sure they’ll go down well:-)
Ursula Hunt
02/11/2014 at 11:34 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
My apples didn’t look this good but still went down a treat
Camilla
02/11/2014 at 3:20 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
And that’s all that matters Ursula – glad you and yours enjoyed them:-)
Sharon Hingley
31/10/2014 at 8:41 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
They look fabulous, far neater than my attempt.
Camilla
31/10/2014 at 10:29 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you, they taste good whatever:-)
Farhana
30/10/2014 at 7:03 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Looks great!
Ashley @ Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen
29/10/2014 at 5:46 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
These are so cute! What a fun treat 🙂
Camilla
29/10/2014 at 10:11 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you:-)
Hannah
29/10/2014 at 8:45 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Perfect spider webs, thank you for sharing these with We Should Cocoa.
Camilla
29/10/2014 at 10:15 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you Hannah:-)
Di Wareing
28/10/2014 at 10:27 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
These look fab. The granddaughters are going to love them… if there are any left by the time they get here 😉
Camilla
29/10/2014 at 10:41 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you – have fun:-)
Ursula Hunt
28/10/2014 at 8:15 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
The piping is great, not sure mine would look so good!
Camilla
29/10/2014 at 10:43 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
It’s just patience Ursula, I’m sure you could do it:-)
Deena Kakaya
28/10/2014 at 12:01 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Camilla they look gorgeous! You clearly have a very steady hand x
Camilla
29/10/2014 at 10:45 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you Deena:-)
Heather Haigh
27/10/2014 at 5:34 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Those look lovely. I think chocolate apples are much nicer than toffee apples and way healthier than gaudy sweets.
Camilla
27/10/2014 at 10:06 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you Heather, my thoughts exactly:-)
Katie Bryson
26/10/2014 at 2:53 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
These look so fun Camilla! I think this’ll make a fun activity for the boys over half term 🙂
Camilla
26/10/2014 at 9:56 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thanks Katie, I think we’ll be making some more too:-)
Choclette
25/10/2014 at 7:48 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Camilla these are fantastic, so beautifully done. You make it all sound so simple, but I know I’d make a real mess and just smear everything with chocolate. Great photos too. Thanks for sending them in the We Should Cocoa direction.
Camilla
26/10/2014 at 10:04 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Aaw thank you Choclette and a pleasure:-)
Maddy
25/10/2014 at 12:39 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Wow, you make it look so easy, LOL!
Jeanne Horak-Druiff
25/10/2014 at 11:59 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Clever clever clever! And a lot more exciting than toffee apples which always seem hard to eat… Can I come trick or treating round your house this year please?? 😉
Camilla
26/10/2014 at 10:14 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thanks Jeanne, yes toffee apples may as well be covered in superglue to my mind LOL:-)
Kavey
25/10/2014 at 11:53 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I’m afraid I had to skip the text today – my eyes are going through dry eye phase again (partly a side effect of the laser eye correction a couple of years ago) and the font you use is just really difficult for me.
But the photos look GORGEOUS!
Camilla
26/10/2014 at 10:10 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
That’s OK Kavey this is one of those posts where the pictures really do do all the talking:-) Hope your eyes feel better soon. With the font can you not drag (stretch) it on the screen to look bigger – that’s what I do as my eyesight is getting shocking and I most likely need glasses but keep putting off going to get them checked!
DANIELLE VEDMORE
24/10/2014 at 10:27 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
These are so fab! I love toffee apples but the kids in the family always want the chocolate ones in the shops. Now do I make toffee ones for myself or chocolate ones for them muhahaha!
Camilla
24/10/2014 at 11:01 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Well I think the chocolate ones last better as the toffee ones tend to go a bit sticky with age I found!
Nayna Kanabar (@SIMPLYF00D)
24/10/2014 at 4:32 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
These look amazing I love the detailed piping.
Camilla
24/10/2014 at 11:17 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you so much:-)
Helene @Croque-Maman
24/10/2014 at 3:36 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Oh!!! I saw them in the shops and I was wondering if I could be making some. I’m off to pinning your recipe and trying it out. I love your pictures and your little flying pumpkins (!!!)
Camilla
24/10/2014 at 11:03 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Fab, so glad to have inspired you:-) I love my flying pumpkins, just wait til Christmas:-)
Gill Bland
24/10/2014 at 2:02 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
These look amazing. Nice work. I fear though that if I tried to make them they’d end up as a horrible smudgy mess!
Camilla
24/10/2014 at 11:18 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Oh yea of little faith LOL – I bet you’d be fine!
frances hopkins
23/10/2014 at 8:02 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I’ve just shown this to my 15 year old son, and he said they worth about a tenner each, amazing!!
Camilla
24/10/2014 at 11:19 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Well maybe if they were in Harrods:-)
Paul Wilson
23/10/2014 at 1:01 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
They look amazing!
Camilla
24/10/2014 at 11:33 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you:-)
Anne Dalzell
22/10/2014 at 7:57 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Camilla, these are gorgeous. I’m so going to get my little boy to help me make these. I imagine we won’t be able to make them look quite so impressive but we’ll give it our best shot.
Camilla
24/10/2014 at 11:35 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Aaw, thank you! The main thing is to have fun:-)
Elizabeth
22/10/2014 at 6:58 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
What a great idea! Lovely photos too 🙂 I would prefer one of these over a toffee apple any day!
Camilla
24/10/2014 at 11:36 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you Elizabeth – yes my teeth aren’t what they were so chocolate is a much safer option:-)
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