Cinnamon Apple Chips with Salted Caramel Dip - Sweet and crispy, these apple chips pair perfectly with a salted caramel dip for an amazing fall snack!
This past weekend we enjoyed perfect early fall weather, with cooler temperatures, low humidity, a nice breeze, and warm, bright sunshine. I loved it! It really got me in the mood for all things fall, like mums, pumpkins, and of course caramel apples!
Then I started thinking about the Salted Caramel Mocha I had from Starbucks yesterday (what a wonderful treat!) and the idea hit me. Salted caramel apples! My mouth started watering just thinking about it.
I decided to do apple chips because they are so simple and are also easy to store at room temperature. A quick Google search revealed about a gazillion apple chip recipes out there! They are mostly similar, using apples (duh!) and a cinnamon-sugar mixture, and directions to bake at a low temperature for a couple of hours.
I took that basic model, eliminated the sugar (apples already have a lot of natural sugar), and then added my own easy salted caramel dipping sauce. (FYI, the recipe I referenced the most for the apple chips came from WeDoFunHere, so I am citing that recipe as the one I adapted.)
These are addictive, so beware! However, you can completely skip the dip if you want to keep things as healthy as possible. Even Thing 2 liked the cinnamon apple chips all by themselves! Speaking of Thing 2, can you guess what he rated these? Not surprisingly, he gave them 4.5 biscuits out of 5!
A couple of notes/tips:
- These are super-easy to make, but they take a lot of time in the oven! So don't start unless you can hang around the house for a few hours while they bake.
- Use a mandolin slicer if you have one. You need the apple slices to be pretty thin, and it is difficult to do that with a knife. If you don't have a mandolin slicer, make sure your knife is super-sharp and be really careful!
- Line your baking sheets with parchment paper for easy cleanup.
- The apple slices shrink as they bake, so if you want to feed a crowd or have extra on hand, you should slice more apples than the three listed in the recipe.
- You do not need to core the apples first, unless you want to. Most of the time, the seeds fell out naturally as I was slicing, leaving behind the pretty pattern in the middle of the apple slice. I removed the few seeds that were still stuck in the apple slices before baking.
- You can make your own caramel syrup if you are feeling ambitious, but in the name of simplicity I used some store-bought syrup that I had on hand and added salt to it. Yum!
I had so much fun taking the photos for this post. I liked how many of them turned out, so I made this little collage!
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Cinnamon Apple Chips with Salted Caramel Dip
Ingredients
For the apple chips:
- 3 sweet apples (Gala or Fuji work well)
- cinnamon
For the salted caramel dip:
- ¼ cup caramel syrup
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
For the apple chips:
- Preheat oven to 225 degrees F (105 degrees C).
- Slice the apples very thin.3 sweet apples
- Sprinkle both sides of the apple slices with cinnamon and place on baking sheets (I needed two baking sheets).cinnamon
- Bake for 1 hour, then flip the slices and bake for an additional hour.
- You may need to bake for additional time if the slices are not crispy after 2 hours.
- Once the slices are crispy, turn off the oven, but leave the apple slices while it cools in for another ½ hour to 1 hour.
- Remove the apple slices from the oven and allow to finish cooling, if needed.
For the salted caramel dip:
- Combine the caramel syrup and salt in a small bowl, and mix well.¼ cup caramel syrup, ¼ teaspoon salt
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate. The nutritional values for your final dish may vary based on measuring differences and products used.
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Joanne/WineLady Cooks
Kristen these look so delicious and yet seem to be a healthy snack. I love it! I'm sharing this on my FB page on Saturday. Thanks for sharing this with Foodie Friends Friday Celebrate Fall party this week.
We look forward to seeing you again soon,
Joanne/WineLady Cooks
Kristin King
Thanks Joanne! I appreciate you stopping by, and sharing on your FB page! Have a great day!
Elena
These look fantastic! I pinned this to my food board; thanks so much for sharing! Happy Friday!
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Kristin King
Thanks, Elena. The kids really do love them, if I can stop eating them while making them so that there are some left! 🙂
Natasha
Would you be interested in becoming my personal chef? These look so delicious! 🙂
Thanks so much for linking up to the Turn It Up Tuesdays blog hop! I'd love to also have you share a recipe or two to my new series, What's For Lunch Mommy, which seems to be a great complement to your What's For Dinner Mom series. Hope you'd be interested in sharing a few recipes! Feel free to reach me at 1epicmommy@gmail.com!
Thanks!
Natasha @ EpicMommyAdventures.com
Kristin King
Hi Natasha, thanks for your note, I will send you an email for more info! 🙂
Diana Rambles
Yummy!
Kristin King
Thanks!
Deb@CookingOnTheFrontBurner
Thanks for joining and linking up to MM this week! I'll be sharing this on FB this week also.
Kristin King
Thanks, Deb!
Denise
What a great idea! I might have to try that! Thanks so much for joining us for the Turn It Up Tuesday blog hop!! 🙂
Kristin King
Thanks, Denise! 🙂
Kim Beaulieu
Squee, these are amazing. My sis sends me apple chips all the time and I have to be honest I always think "way too healthy". But now that I know I can dunk them in caramel this opens a whole new world of possibilities for me. I might kinda love you right now. Almost as much as Josh Duhamel's abs. Almost.
Kristin King
Well, of course you have to put Josh Duhamel's abs first. I completely understand. A girl has to have priorities! 🙂
Jersey Girl Cooks
Great idea! I love the fall weather but it looks like we are getting summer back for a few days.
Miss Messy
Yum these look amazing! 😀 I can feel autumn in the air and these would be amazing!
janet macdonald
Looks so good that my mouth is watering already! Easy recipe, super photography!
Kristin King
Thanks, Mom! Love you! 🙂 <3