Candy-Dipped Apple Sundae Bar

This is my favorite new Fall dessert! It’s the perfect communal dessert for parties, with or without kiddos. And, oh the varieties of yummy-ness that you and your guests can create!

I provided chocolate fudge and caramel sauce to dip the apples into, then I provided a variety of sweet and salty topping choices. For a final bit of yummy, I also set provided small containers of sea salt, pumpkin spice, and dried orange peel. If you’d prefer to serve something with less sugar, you can go healthy and provide warm peanut butter or honey for dipping instead of caramel and chocolate and swap the candy for dried fruit and granola. The possibilities are endless!

Here’s a list of what I provided:

• selection of sweet red apples and tart green apples
• chocolate fudge sauce
• caramel sauce
• peanut butter candy
• toffee bits
• crushed sugar cones
• chopped nut mix
• crushed pretzels (I went with my favorite, Snyder’s Sourdough Hard Pretzels)
• mini dark chocolate chips
• pumpkin spice
• sea salt
• chopped dried orange peel

You’ll also want to provide:

• an apple slicer and corer (or you can pre-slice the apples)
• plates
• skewers, to hold the apple slices with
• spoons – some of my guests preferred to just dunk into the dipping sauces and toppings and others wanted to spoon them over the apple so I put some extra spoons in everything so everyone could have the kind of fun that they liked best

Top 5 Favorite Apple Toppings

Everyone had a great time making their favorite combinations and at the end of the fun we voted on our favorites.

1. caramel and peanuts with a sprinkle of pumpkin spice on a red gala apple
2. chocolate fudge with pretzels on a red delicious apple
3. caramel and sea salt on a granny smith apple
4. caramel with sugar cone and mini chocolate chips on a gala apple
5. chocolate fudge with peanut butter candies on a granny smith apple

Let me know if you give this a try, I’d love to hear about your favorites, or you can post them on my facebook page.

If you’re looking for more Thanksgiving or party ideas for groups, check out my Pine Cone Turkeys!