Caramel Apple Desserts

Best Caramel To Use For Apple Desserts

The best (and most popular) caramel to use for caramel apple desserts is classic soft caramel candy squares — like Werther’s Soft Caramels or Kraft Caramel Bits.

✅ You can also use caramel baking bits (no unwrapping required — they melt fast and smooth!).
✅ For richer flavor, soft caramel dip or dulce de leche works especially well in no-bake or layered desserts.
✅ Some recipes use Salted Caramel Sauce or homemade caramel for that gourmet bakery-style finish.

Each of these options adds a rich, buttery caramel flavor that pairs perfectly with apples — whether you’re making cupcakes, lush layered desserts, cookies, or traditional caramel-dipped apples.

Caramel Apple Cheesecake

This Caramel Apple Cheesecake combines creamy cheesecake with sweet caramel and tangy apples for the ultimate fall dessert. Perfect for gatherings, it’s easy to make and sure to impress everyone!

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars feature layers of buttery crust, creamy cheesecake, and cinnamon apples for an irresistible treat. Perfect for fall gatherings or anytime, they’re easy to make and always a hit!

Caramel Apple Dapple Cake

This Caramel Apple Dapple Cake is loaded with apple slices mixed with toasted pecans and covered in a sweet, decadent dulce de leche caramel glaze.

Caramel Apple Fries

Crispy, sweet Caramel Apple Fries are the perfect treat for any occasion. Coated in cinnamon sugar and served with creamy caramel dip, these fries bring a warm, crunchy twist to snack time. Quick to make and absolutely delicious, they’re a fun dessert the whole family will love.

Caramel Apple Enchiladas

A delightful apple dessert filled with the flavors of warm apples, cinnamon, and caramel and baked to a buttery golden brown inside a flour tortilla.

Caramel Apple Eclair Cake

There’s something irresistible about the combination of apples and caramel, and this caramel apple eclair cake takes that classic duo to the next level. With rich layers of pudding and graham crackers, it’s a dessert that feels indulgent but is surprisingly easy to put together. If you’re looking for a show-stopping treat that’s also simple to make, this is it.

Caramel Apple Dessert Cups

These sweet caramel apple dessert cups might be the most fun way to eat a treat! Instead of baking an entire apple crisp, you can make these single-serve snacks in minutes, perfect for a game-day treat, birthday party, or class snack. And, they’re no-bake!

Caramel Apple Pie

This sweet caramel apple pie takes a flaky crust and fills it with crisp tart apples and homemade caramel sauce, topping it with a crunchy crumble topping. What a decadent and delicious way to enjoy a favorite fall fruit.

Caramel Apple Pie Bombs

It’s an explosion of flavors with these caramel apple pie bombs. Fried dough packed with apple pie filling and creamy sweet caramels and then rolled in cinnamon and sugar – a sweet treat couldn’t get any sweeter.

Caramel Apple Dip

Creating this caramel apple dip recipe is a breeze! A sweetened cream cheese dip is made even more delicious by the addition of gooey caramel and crunch toffee bits. Perfect for fall gatherings or a cozy treat, this dip is a delightful blend of flavors that pairs wonderfully with fresh apple slices. 

Caramel Apple Dump Cake

This caramel apple dump cake combines layers of sweet apple pie filling and gooey caramel for a dessert you’ll want to dive into year-round. Plus, it’s easy to make: simply dump all of the ingredients in a casserole dish and bake it! 

Caramel Apple Bars

These delicious Caramel Apple Bars are simple to prepare using only 6 ingredients–they have all the taste and comfort of traditional apple pie but without the hassle. Baked with a buttery shortbread crust followed by an apple pie filling and topped with a caramel drizzled streusel!

Caramel Apple Bites

Simple to assemble with mini pretzels, caramels, and apple pieces, these tasty fall treats are an easy, sweet, and salty snack on a stick. Great for a party or an after-school snack!

Caramel Apple Grapes

Get ready to taste the cutest snack on a stick: Caramel Apple Grapes! Easy to make in 5 minutes with 4 ingredients and a microwave. A caramel apple with a twist!

Caramel Apple Slices

What could be better than biting into a chocolate-dipped, caramel-drenched, candy-decorated Caramel Apple Slices treat that fits in your mouth without making a mess on your face (or breaking your teeth)?

Caramel Apple Hand Pies

This Caramel Apple Hand Pies recipe simply packages the best parts of apple pie in a ready-made crust, eliminates the hard work, and delivers the most delicious, best-baked, fresh fruit dessert that you can pick up and hold in your hand.

Air Fryer Caramel Apple Dump Cake

This tender and moist Air Fryer Caramel Apple Dump Cake is a nearly effortless decadent dessert to make in minutes. Sweet fresh apples are swirled with gooey caramel and topped with a pecan cake mix in this super easy, 5 ingredient (plus a few optional), dump and bake cake recipe.

Cinnamon Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie Cups

This simple Caramel Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie Cups recipe is the best way to enjoy apple pie in a pinch because it uses 5 simple ingredients (including refrigerated cinnamon rolls and apple pie filling) to create the same cozy fall flavors in under 30 minutes.

Caramel Apple Trifle

This Caramel Apple Trifle couldn’t be any easier to make because it’s conveniently prepared with layers of premade pound cake, instant pudding, apple pie filling, caramel sauce, and pecans, then topped with a container of Cool Whip. The perfect Fall Dessert!

Caramel Apple Pie Cookies

Caramel Apple Pie Cookies recipe turns a classic fall dessert into the cutest bite-sized treats. With a flaky crust, warm apple filling, and a sprinkle of sparkling sugar, these mini apple pies look just like their larger cousin, complete with lattice covering!

Caramel Apple Pie Bites

Mini Apple pie bites are the perfect Summer and Fall treat! Sweet and delicious and made with crescent rolls and fresh apples. Then baked golden brown and topped with warm caramel sauce, they taste just like homemade apple pie, but bite-sized! 

Caramel Apple Pie Cinnamon Roll Bake

Apple Pie Cinnamon Roll Bake is an easy make-ahead casserole filled with cozy fall flavors and warm cinnamon spice. This breakfast bake is a delicious twist on the traditional apple pie and a fun way to turn a can of cinnamon roll dough into a brunch (or dessert).

Caramel Apple Pie Tacos

Apple Pie Tacos are a tasty twist on the classic apple pie recipe and turns a traditional Mexican meal into a hand-held dessert meant for after dinner. This cinnamon sugar-coated tortilla loaded with apple pie filling from a can is ready in under 20 minutes using only 6 simple ingredients.

Caramel Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls

Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls are a deliciously sweet breakfast recipe that combines two favorites: canned cinnamon rolls and apple pie! Soft cinnamon buns are topped off with a gooey homemade apple pie filling.

Caramel Apple Snickers Salad

This super simple Apple Snickers Salad recipe is a sweet and tart dessert salad, easily made in 10 minutes with a packet of vanilla pudding, milk, whipped cream, apples, Snickers, and caramel sauce.

Caramel Apple Crisp with Oats

This old-fashioned recipe combines the timeless flavors of apples, cinnamon, oats and a buttery, golden-brown topping. With its sweet, comforting aroma and delightful crunch, it’s no wonder this dessert has been a staple for generations. It’s an effortless way to bring a touch of nostalgia to your table. 

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Apple Fries

Apple fries are a quick, crispy dessert coated in cinnamon sugar and perfect for snacking. Serve them warm with caramel sauce for a sweet, crowd-pleasing treat.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 24 minutes mins

Total Time 34 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Desserts, Snacks

Cuisine American

Servings 64 fries

Calories 26 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 4 large tart/crisp apples (Granny Smith, Pink Lady, or Honeycrisp)
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons granulated sugar (divided into 1 tablespoon and 3 tablespoons)
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1½ teaspoons cinnamon (divided into 1 teaspoon and ½ teaspoon)
• ¼ cup vegetable oil (for frying)

DIRECTIONS

 

• Peel, core, and slice your apples into ½-inch to ¾-inch slices. Place them in a large bowl and pour over the milk. Toss to coat. Set aside.
• In a pie plate or shallow dish for dredging, combine the flour, cornstarch, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
• In a small bowl, combine 3 tablespoons sugar with ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Stir, then set aside.
• Take about 6 to 8 apple slices out of the milk, let them drip off any excess milk, and place them into the flour mixture. Toss them gently to evenly coat on all sides. Place them on a large plate or tray, and repeat until all the apple slices are coated in the flour mixture.
• Add ¼ cup of the vegetable oil to a medium-sized skillet that is set to medium heat. Place a paper towel-lined rimmed baking sheet, or large plate, next to your stovetop. This is where you will place your apple slices once fried to drain excess oil.
• Fry 6 to 8 coated apple slices on each side for 1 to 1½ minutes per side, or until lightly golden. Transfer fried apple slices onto the paper towel-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture, then transfer to a serving plate.
• Repeat until all apple slices are fried and sprinkled with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
• Because this recipe makes so many apple fries, you may need to drain your oil after frying half (or even a third) of the apple slices, then place a fresh ¼ cup of oil back into the pan to fry the remaining apple slices.

Notes

• I highly recommend keeping your apple slices no smaller than ½-inch and not as big as 1-inch. When they are too thin, they tend to get too soft with frying and too thick, then you still have too much of a crunch to your apples.
• Because this recipe makes so many apple fries, you may need to drain your oil after frying half (or even a third) of the apple slices, then place a fresh ¼ cup of oil back into the pan to fry the remaining apple slices. As you fry your apple slices, some of the excess batter will come off and into the hot oil, making it very dark, and as a result, your apple slices will be darker when fried. This is very normal when frying anything with a coating.
• You can also serve your platter of fried apples drizzled with warm caramel sauce if you do not wish to serve it with a dipping sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 26kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 0.5mg | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 12IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 0.1mg

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