mini caramel apple fudge sticks

well, i guess it's fall season.

crisp leaves,

cooler temps,

pumpkins galore.

but...

not around here in florida.

we have 

green leaves,

hot temps,

and summer heat galore.

so yesterday was summer.

today is summer,

and tomorrow will be summer.

summer summer summer.

ugh. ugh. ugh.

well, this fall girl will have to make up for the heat with a caramel apple treat.

but not just any caramel apple, 

let's make it with fudge ok?

and let's make 'em mini to boot:

yes you are seeing that right.

that's fudge.

and not an apple at all.

it just takes a few ingredients 

and freezing and decorating.

here we go:

the only reason i used caramel condensed milk is cuz my regular kind were expired...

since january 2016...uhoh!

so i had this caramel one that was still good 

and i said a caramel apple prayer that it would work.

let's look:

so like it says above, all you have to do is nuke the milk and chips together at 30 second intervals and stir til melted.

and yes-put that small bowl of 

80% melted caramel fudge on the side.

you'll see why in a sec, so don't mind the 

chips in there that still need melting.

so for the rest of the fudge, 

melt that completely and,

i was quite tickled when i colored the caramel red, 

thinking i was gonna get a funky color 

but yahoo it worked!

so next,form into mini apples,

or mini blob thingies pretending to be apples like i did:

freeze these blob apples for about an hour til nice and firm.

now it's time to mess with the 

small bowl of caramel and melt til smooth,

take your blob, 

dip it as shown, and place to dry.

you'll have to move quickly when you grab your apple 

cuz the warmth of your hands can make indentations.

no worries if it does, 

just cover with more caramel as shown below 

and add the details.

and there ya go.

mini caramel apples for summer fall season

in miniature size so you don't have to worry about waste.

(cuz goodness eating a real caramel apple fills you up 

doesn't it? or at least it does for me and i never finish it unless i share)

but no sharing will be needed here, 

well, at least for one apple eating.

unless of course they give you a quarter...?

(lol just wanted to show you the size of these)

happy apple season everyone! :)

halloween faux fun candy apples

ok guys.

i'm offically on the halloween band wagon.

hope you're ready cuz halloween's my bday and it gets a little crazy around here.

crazy meaning tons and tons of halloween crazy crafts & goodies so by the time halloween actually gets here,

you will be so sick of halloween you'll wanna shoot me. 

and then turkey day and christmas fever starts and before you know it, it's valentine's day.

BAHAHA

anyway, last week i went to world market.

i spent awhile looking at all the cool food in there, 

not knowing what half of the stuff tastes like.

the stuff i did get there was quite tasty though but i am always tempted to make some kinda craft with it.

my mind got a little overwhelmed so i ended up 

just getting a bag of fake apples.

you'd think i'd just stick them in a bowl or something but instead,

i made them into halloween crazies.

so crazy in fact, that now i am utterly tired and have decided to get some help with this post. 

so here's my posting partner, 

mrs. f. apple...

("whatever you got" meaning odds and ends and such...

hold on and you'll see)

they are supposed to be for real apples but i don't see anywhere on the package that says you can't use it 

for fake ones. lol

(i used the knife for all the apple mouths, even if they were just slits, 

and then went over them in paint pen.

you'll see on a few of them the cuts under the marker.)

ok let's move on.

now it's time to get that 

"whatever you got" stuff and some tacky glue...

just push those tic tac babies up in that ole styrofoam apple with a little bit o'glue on the end. 

next up:

repeat for a total of 6 legs.

or 8 if you want.

look something's flown into the room!

you having fun yet?

fancy eyes and nose you got there Mrs.F. Apple.

(oh and if you were wondering, i pushed a pink banana candy inside her mouth)

here's another beauty:

and someone else came in lookin' for a bite...

and possibly his mummy?

along with her green bodyguard.

don't ask about the frank furter thing-i think i'm delirious.

maybe i should be in ICU.

or it''s probably just a bad hair day.

ok guys, we got 2 more apples left in the dozen.

should we invite ghastly ghost?

mr. skely bones?

nah, we need a leader in this gang.

hmmm, maybe he's not so great cuz he's not a "true" pumpkin but rather an apple?!?...

woah! that's some hairdo! 

i'm sure hubby Frankenstein would approve.

too late.

so there they all are.

good hair, bad hair, no hair.

hope it's a hair raising experience making and showing these to all ghouls and goblins in your life.

and to actually make sure no one picks these up 

and eats 'em,

you can always stick them down with a removable glue dot like i did as you can see under Mama Mummy if you look real close.

and pick up a cutie patootie

witch cakestand at home goods for less than $20 before they're all gone too.

however way you choose to make them,

just remember to have fun and open up your mind to all kinds of crazies.

cuz crazy creepy cute is what i'm aiming for this halloween.

bad hair day or not.