Caramel Apple Bark With Crisp Green Apple and Salty Pretzels
By Emma Collins
Servings
4
Level
Easy
Make caramel apple bark using four common supermarket ingredients and a microwave. Most of the work in making this recipe involves microwaving and cooling each bark layer. Fresh green apple slices provide tartness in this no-cook dessert made with pretzels and milk chocolate and caramel.
The main components of this recipe are 1 ¾ cups of melted milk chocolate chips spread in a rectangular shape on a sheet of parchment and covered with pretzels. Cut green apples are drained and coated with melted caramel and spread over the pretzels. More milk chocolate chips are drizzled over the top after cooling for decorative purposes and extra chocolate flavor. No additional baking pans or utensils are required.
Microwave in short intervals, mixing in between, to keep the chocolate and caramel pieces from scorching. Dry the apple thoroughly and make sure the caramel is fluid enough to spread before making the bark. The main concern with this recipe is excess moisture in the apple, which will affect the texture and layering of a chilled bark.
Cut into small pieces during the final hour of refrigeration and leave in the refrigerator until serving. Ideally served on the same day as preparation. Apple juices will seep out of the crust, and the pretzels will become limp if kept in the refrigerator overnight. Apples pretzels shouldn't be made in advance. Sharp kitchen knives will work to cut through the crust cleanly at home.
Why this recipe works
- Saves time in active work since the microwave can quickly melt chocolate and caramel, and other tasks mainly involve layering and refrigerating.
- Ingredients in this recipe include milk chocolate chips, one green apple, caramels, and pretzels. Easy-to-find ingredients make this recipe a good choice for home cooking.
- Nonabsorbent parchment can reduce cleanup and make it easier to remove the chocolate rectangle from the parchment, allowing it to be cut into pieces resembling tree bark.
- Eliminates stovetop procedures from recipe by using a microwave to melt chocolate and caramel candies. Constant stirring will help produce a smooth product.
- Offers visual checkpoints for quality: Pretzels are dipped entirely in chocolate and caramel and chilled to set before slicing.
- Makes a dessert that is convenient to slice and serve. Slices of the large chilled dessert contain apple and pretzel flavors as well as caramel and other chocolate flavors.
Ingredients
- •12 oz milk chocolate chips (bag)
- •1 green apple
- •35 individually wrapped caramels (or use caramel dip)
- •13 ½ oz caramel dip (alternative to individually wrapped caramels)
- •16 oz pretzels (bag)
Instructions
- 1
Melt 1 ¾ cups of chocolate chips in the microwave, stirring every 15 seconds until smooth.
- 2
Pour the melted chocolate onto parchment paper and use a rubber spatula to spread it into a rectangle.
- 3
Layer pretzels over the chocolate until it is covered.
- 4
Dice the green apple and dab it with a paper towel to remove as much moisture as possible.
- 5
Unwrap the caramels and microwave them in 15-second intervals, stirring until melted.
- 6
Mix the apples into the melted caramel, then spread the mixture over the pretzels.
- 7
Move the bark to the refrigerator and chill for 30 minutes.
- 8
Remove the bark from the refrigerator, melt the remaining chocolate, and drizzle it over the top.
- 9
Return the bark to the refrigerator for 1 hour, then cut it into bite-size pieces.
- 10
Keep the bark in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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