All grown up and playing "House"!: Apple of my Eye

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Apple of my Eye

On Monday we decided to attempt to make our own Caramel apples a la "Rocky Mountain Chocolate Company" ones. Here are a few pictures of the results. They turned out delicious, and oh so much cheaper than purchasing the real ones.

Apples $0.68/lb.
Caramel Wraps $0.99/5

I think that we spent less on all of the toppings, supplies, etc. for the whole batch than we would have just buying one of them at the store! The kids had a fun time, and we had the best FHE treat ever that night. You should definately give this simple project a try - we give it 5 stars!

13 comments:

Paula said...: What a great idea! Is the white stuff marshmallow? Did you melt the caramels or use the wrap? Do you think they come in "low fat"? (haha) Fun time!; January 24, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Justin and Jill said...: One of my all-time favorite treats! My favorite is the Apple Pie Caramel apple. Great idea for FHE. I think we'll do that soon!; January 24, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Christina said...: Hahaha! I read your blog at just the exactright time! I am starving!! I just was at the Rocky Mountain Candy Company yesterday and had an apple!! Yours look just as beautiful and tasty for sure! I also got away with a HUGE rice crispy treat!; January 25, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Kako said...: Yum! I'll have to imitate!; January 25, 2009 at 3:34 PM
cskelton said...: Well, Viki, you continue to amaze me. Watch out you might soon be termed perfect. I love those 'specialized' apples and I think if I had children (really young ones like you) I would for sure do them. Love ya!; January 26, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Tasha said...: Oh looks so fun. thanks for the idea; January 26, 2009 at 9:01 PM
tam said...: Oh they look so good! I might have to try them as well!; January 27, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Tara said...: We make those a lot at our house too. We call them the "forbidden fruit"! Yours look amazing! I might have to go to the store now...
Tara; January 27, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Marilyn said...: We've gotten lazy when it comes to FHE treats, it's usually ice cream. No preparation required.; January 28, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Siope L Kinikini said...: cool treat! Makes us want to make those things.; January 29, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Carene said...: nothing so cool here in Gillette, so I may have to give this a try. Thanks for the idea. Your apples looked amazing.; January 29, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Bryan Crew said...: Those are awesome! There's a good chance that my boys would have just eaten the outer coating!; February 6, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Alison said...: Mmmm, yummy! Just the other day, I was looking for a cinnamon candy apple recipe. I'm craving one even more now. Your kids are cute. I like the comment about being able to sin for another month! That made me crack up.; February 21, 2009 at 1:54 PM

OVERHEARD

Emerson LOVES to play with the chickens - the other day he was chasing them around the backyard with a plastic fork with a piece of bark in it trying to feed them "Bite Bite" he would say as he poked the fork at their beaks!
At the indoor roller-rink the other day after Lane had fallen down about 2,00 times, he kept getting back up and trying it again. He went out with Maelynn and the disco ball was spinning. As he fell again, he looked up at her and excitedly said, "I just fell on a rainbow!"
While flipping through a little book Lane says to me, "You know what mom? I wanna make something." "Oh, yeah, what's that, Lane?" "Well, it is a special food that has fish and broccoli and donuts and red peppers in it!" "YUMMM!"
Lane was using the bathroom and while I was waiting for him he said, "Mom, did you know that Heavenly Father made this toilet for us?" I said, "Actually, it was made by a man for us to use." "He quickly replied, "Oh yeah. That's what I said. Like Dad or some other worker made it!"
Greg was bargaining with Lane in an attempt to motivate him to use the potty. Greg said, "Lane, I will pay you a quarter if you go pee in the potty, and 2 quarters if you go poo in the potty." Without skipping a beat, Lane responded, "And how much for a fart?"
Tonight I was asking the kids if they wanted me to make them grilled cheese sandwiches. Lane quickly told me, "Mom - I don't want a girl chese sandwich, I want a BOY chesse sandwich!"
Sadie says to me while sweeping up the kitchen floor: "Mom, I would absolutely HATE to be a little crumb. Because I would have to go in the stinky garbage bag and then live in the big stinky garbage can. I would NOT like that at all. I would NOT want to be a little crumb."
IT'S OFFICIAL... Lane inherited my "literal" bug. This morning he was being very grumpy so I said to him, "Lane, did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" To which he replied, "No Mom, I woke up IN my bed!"