I just found out today that Jorge is probably headed to NYC for 3 weeks. I am insanely jealous!
Yes, I get to visit him for a long weekend. And yes, we are taking a trip to NYC in December again with some friends…but he will get to live there for 3 straight weeks!
That’s like my dream! I don’t think I could be a full time BIG city girl, but I would be a really good part-timer.
I imagine Jorge will be eating at all the grandest places, strolling through Central Park (in Autumn people – my favorite season!!) and of course just living life like a real new yorker.
I’m even jealous that he is probably going to be riding the subway or cabbing it into an office every day. I obviously have a real fever for NYC.
To make my green jealousy eyes burn a little less brightly, I figured I would make something that could give me a little bit of Fall and NYC down here in Florida.
So for starters, I new I wanted to use a big red apple. I thought about making regular caramel apples…but then I got an idea for Caramel Apple Chocolate Bark.
It combines all of my favorites: crisp apples, dark chocolate & chewy caramel!!
Caramel Apple Chocolate Bark
Ingredients
- 1 large red apple
- 1 tablespoon Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
- 8 ounces dark chocolate
- 12 caramel squares, unwrapped
- milk, optional
Instructions
Baked Apples
- Preheat oven to 200°F. Line an 11×7-inch baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- Thinly slice apple using a very sharp knife or a mandolin. Place apple slices in a single layer on prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake for two hours, flipping apples halfway through baking. Turn off oven and let apples cool completely. Crush apple chips into large pieces; set aside.
Bark
- Line an 11×7-inch baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- In a medium microwave-safe bowl, microwave chocolate for 45 seconds and stir. If not completely melted, microwave in 15-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until smooth.
- Pour chocolate onto prepared baking sheet and spread into a rectangle. Top with apple chips. Set aside.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave caramels for 30 seconds and stir. If not completely melted, microwave in 10-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until smooth. (Some caramels may need a little milk added to soften caramels into a drizzle stage. If needed, add one teaspoon of milk and stir until smooth.) Drizzle caramel on top of bark.
- Chill bark in refrigerator for 30 minutes, or until hardened. Break into large pieces and serve.
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I made this a few years ago to rave reviews. I would like to make it again but I can’t remember how thin I sliced the apples on the mandolin. Would you say 1/8″ or 1/4″?
Wow! How good does that look! What a delicious combination.
Do you think that using pre-dried apple chips would work as well as freshly dried apples?
I think you could definitely use store bought apple chips!
Oh, this chocolate bark is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
I’m jealous of Jorge too!
This looks divine! I am feeling some caramel apple goodness coming my way :)
Oh yum. Caramel, apple, and dark chocolate? Yes please.
Aww I wish you were coming here for three weeks so that we could totally hang out!! Somehow I don’t think hanging out with Jorge will have the same allure :P
This chocolate bark is so freaking sexy – I waaaaaant it bad!
Yum! What a perfect combination of chocolate, apples and caramel.
I’m pretty jealous of Jorge too – NYC in the fall is amaze balls. What a great little fall treat!
1. This looks incredible. Please have Jorge bring some to NY and hand deliver to me
2. Do not be jealous of taking the subway. Neverrrrr be jealous of that dirty smelly mess lol
3. When you visit be sure to come to the West Village, it is both my neighb and home of the best restaurants in the city. Babbo & Extra Virgin are two of my favs :)
Seriously this is probably the best bark ever!
This looks so good! I love the apple caramel twist to regular bark. I know what you mean about NYC. I spent a week there once and pretended like I lived there. It was awesome.
This is so yummy looking! Your chocolate looks perfect!!
For starters, I knew I wanted… :-)
Oh yum! I am an apple and dark chocolate addict. I never though of using fruit in bark before but this has to be Xmas recipe keeper!
That dark chocolate is so smooooooooth. It’s calling my name!