What to do
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar, syrup, and beet puree and cook over medium-high heat covered with a lid, for about 8 minutes. Remove lid and let the caramel continue to boil until it reaches 275 degrees F.
- Add the sweetened condensed milk, coconut oil, salt, and Love Beets beet powder once it has reached 275 F and then continue to cook until the caramel reaches 245 degrees F.
- Carefully pour the hot caramel into a heat safe bowl, and let cool for 5 minutes while preparing the apples.
- Make sure your apples are dry after rinsing. Place branches or popsicle sticks inserted into the centers of each stem end of the apple. Set the apples on a parchment lined sheet pan. Dip the apples in the caramel and set on the parchment.
- Before the caramel has set, add desired toppings and enjoy!
Note: If the caramel starts to set you can add a few splashes of warm milk or place back in a saucepot to re-heat.
What you’ll Need
2 cups white sugar
¼ cup golden syrup or organic light corn syrup
¾ cup Love Beets Organic Cooked Beets, (pureed with the water)
½ cup water
1 cup coconut milk sweetened condensed milk (from one 11.25 oz. can)
½ cup coconut oil
½ tsp salt
¼ cup Love Beets Beet Powder
13 small Gala or Honeycrisp apples, preferably unwaxed and rinsed
Natural sticks, branches, popsicle sticks, or chopsticks
Toppings:
Toasted walnuts
Toasted coconut flakes
Chocolate chips
White chocolate chips
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Chia seeds
Marshmallows
Pretzels
Coarse sprinkling sugar or raw turbinado sugar
Anything that sprinkles!