I’ve enjoyed reading Amy’s Notebook lists - weekly lists of links to great ideas or fun projects she’s found. I bookmarked several of the ideas as things I wanted to try. This week, Amy has an exciting contest! Those of us who complete an “experiment” - take on a project or craft we found through her notebook - will be entered to win a great prize.
The list of “experimenters” and contest entry page can be found here.
A few weeks ago, in Amy’s Notebook entry from July 31st, I spotted a link to - let’s see if I can get this straight - an idea Amy found on Craftzine linking to Sakurako Kitsa’s flickr site featuring an idea she originally spotted on Iron Chef America! The funny thing was, I had just seen the same basic idea in the latest issue of Family Fun magazine.
It’s one of those ideas that is so clever that you wonder why you never thought to try it before.
We made bite-size caramel apples - also known as candy apples or, around here, taffy apples - by taking a melon baller to a full-size apple.
We made a special shopping trip for our supplies:
JediBoy poured some of the butterscotch chips into one bowl, and peanut butter chips into another. We microwaved them until they were melted.
While I was melting the chips, JediBoy added our toppings to three more bowls: chopped pecans, jimmies, and the big crystallized sugar.
JediBoy and I worked together to use the big end of our melon baller to scoop out apple balls.
Then we stuck lollipop sticks into the rounded ends (so they would sit flat in the mini cupcake papers) and started to dip!
(You can blame JediBoy’s funny face on his elfin personality and the fact that I asked him to stop and pose before he had eaten any treats. Blame BabyGirl’s crazy face on Pappy - or, as she calls him, Dappy. He taught her that making that face and then huffing and puffing is hilariously funny.)
We made about 8-10 tiny taffy apples from each large Fuji apple - and the three of us were hungry enough that we ate two and saved the other two Fujis for another day. This was a great snack, one that I can see us trying many more times as the fall season moves upon us. Both kids loved the interest of dipping, swirling, choosing toppings and eating a snack-on-a-stick. Definitely a success!
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