MINI chocolate dipped apples

May 17th, 2010 by justJENN

Warning, I am on a melted chocolate kick. Prepare for even more posts ahead. It’s like a Wonka factory up in here lately. With melted chocolate comes happiness, and to me happiness equals anything MINI.

ingredients:
16 ounces milk chocolate (I like Belgian : Callebaut)
10 mini apples
sprinkles, etc.

Now I like things tiny, but these apple I found at the Farmer’s Market were TIIIINY. We’re talking 1-1/2″ in diameter. Too cute for words.

Wash and thoroughly dry the apples. Set aside.

Melt the chocolate over a double boiler. Take the chocolate off the heat and by holding the tiny apple by the tiny stem, dip it halfway into the chocolate.

I don’t need to tell you that stem holding is vital in this process. That little thing gets away from you and you’ll have chocolate everywhere.

Sprinkle or dip the fun stuff on the melted chocolate. Sprinkles, sanding sugar, nuts, mini chocolate chips, any of that will work.

(Get a small child with clean hands to do it for you like I did.)

Put them on a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet once they are dipped and decorated. They can be kept in the fridge to set.

See how cute and tiny they are? SUPER TINY.

These were gifts for the kid’s teachers during Teacher Appreciation week, so I put them in bags and wrapped them up. They turned out super cute and the tiny apples were really sweet.