Valentine's Day

So I know I'm a little late with this post, but better late than never right?

Jarom, Addie, and I went to Macaroni Grill the Friday night before Valentine's Day and had a fantastic meal, then Saturday we cooked steaks, candied carrots, and baked potatoes. For dessert we made our own Monster croc apples and chocolate covered strawberries. It was so good! Jarom surprised me with gorgeous diamond earrings and Addie got a book and some cute "big girl" silverware.

We got the idea for the apples from the Chocolate Crocodile in Bridge Street. Since I was already making some chocolate covered strawberries, I figured I'd tackle this as well. They turned out so good, but since I prefer milk chocolate over white, next time this is how I'd do it....

This is what you need:

1 tray of Milk chocolate (for dipping)- you can find a bakers milk chocolate that comes in a great microwavable tray

1 tray of White chocolate (for dipping)

chopped pecans

Caramel- I used one of those caramel kits where the caramel is rolled out and you just stretch over the apples

4 apples- I used granny smith because I like the tartness vs. sweet of the chocolate

Melt white chocolate, dip apples until they are completely covered, let harden. Wrap in caramel, (I'm going to use 2 of the caramel pieces rolled out per apple next time), bake for 5 minutes at 200F, let sit until cool. Then melt milk chocolate, dip apples and immediately sprinkle with chopped pecans. Once cooled and hardened, cut into slices. You could substitute chopped M&Ms, Reece's pieces, or other candy for pecans.

Side note: You really need 2 people to do this because the chocolate hardens in the tray so quickly.

There will be some leftover chocolate, so we dipped pretzels, but you have to do it fast before the chocolate hardens because it doesn't melt right when you try to reheat it.

Enjoy!