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No one likes brown apples. Sure, it’s perfectly natural, but it can kill an appetite. But dig in your pantry. You probably have an ingredient that can banish brown fruit forever.

Brown apples is not an issue for candy apples. The apples never get sliced and never get the chance to turn brown. So why are we telling you about this here in our Candy Apple topic? Because we have some recipes coming up in the days ahead that use sliced apples. One is for Caramel Apple Nachos and one is for Caramel Apple Slices. Haha! I bet you want to see those right now! Hold your horses! They’re coming. First, here are our tips for preventing brown apples.

These tips are for slicing apples ahead of time to have in your fridge when you’re ready for them. Most of the solutions will work to keep apples unbrown once drained and served as well. See the bonus tip at the bottom for that info.

Oh, and FYI, cut apples can stay fresh for up to a week if kept in one of these solutions.

Prevent Brown Apples

1. Mix 1 tablespoon of lemon juice into 1 cup of cold water. Keep your apples in the solution until ready to use.

2. Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of salt into 1 quart of water.

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Candy apples with bourbon? And bacon? Say what? Ha! Just say YES!

There are so many options for candy apples. Why not add some bourbon and make a grown-up version that you can shamelessly enjoy?

I used boiled cider as the base of the caramel sauce. Have you ever had boiled cider? It’s basically a thick syrup made from a single ingredient: Apple cider. I bet you’re totally digging that one ingredient thing, right?

After you boil down the cider, you add in the normal makings of caramel sauce (butter, cream, sugar) and if you want a really grown up flavor for entertaining this fall, throw in a tablespoon of bourbon.

You can then use the sauce in a variety of recipes, including these grown up Apple Cider Bourbon Caramel Apples. Make them crazier by adding spicy spiced pecans and crispy bacon on top.

The flavors in this recipe are explosive and all mingle well together. Just remember to add the bourbon in last so the flavor really stays with those caramel apples.

Apple Cider Bourbon Caramel Apples with Bacon

Contributor: Samantha Seeley

Candy apples with bourbon? And bacon? Say what? Ha! Just say YES!

Author: Samantha Seeley
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 6 servings 1x

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Ingredients

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2 cups apple cider
1 cup light brown sugar
6 Tbsp. unsalted butter
½ tsp. salt
1 cup heavy cream
1 Tbsp. bourbon
6 apples, any variety
Cooked bacon, crumbled
Spiced pecans

Instructions

In a medium sized saucepan, boil the apple cider on medium-high heat until you are left with about ½ of a cup.
Add the light brown sugar and stir until sugar has melted. Once the sugar has melted, add the butter and salt and let the butter melt.
Remove from heat and add in the heavy cream, it’ll bubble. As it is bubbling, stir until the bubbles dissipate. Stir in the bourbon and transfer the caramel sauce into a small bowl, set aside in the fridge to cool.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and coat in cooking spray. Wash and remove the stem from the apples and push a stick in the top. Remove the caramel from the fridge and take the first apple by the stick and dip into the caramel sauce and rotate until the apple is fully coated with sauce.
Place dipped apple onto prepared pan and top with crispy bacon and/or spiced pecans. Repeat with remaining apples.

Take a sip, add bourbon to your caramel sauce, take a sip. Ha! #thecookful

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10 Ways to Stop Apples from Browning

No one likes brown apples. Sure, it’s perfectly natural, but it can kill an appetite. But dig in your pantry. You probably have an ingredient that can banish brown fruit forever.

Apple Cider Bourbon Caramel Apples with Bacon

Candy apples with bourbon? And bacon? Say what? Ha! Just say YES!

Apple Cider Bourbon Caramel Apples with Bacon

Ingredients

Instructions

This post originally appeared in October, 2015 and was revised and republished in September, 2016.

No one likes brown apples. Sure, it’s perfectly natural, but it can kill an appetite. But dig in your pantry. You probably have an ingredient that can banish brown fruit forever.

Candy apples with bourbon? And bacon? Say what? Ha! Just say YES!

Ingredients

Instructions

This post originally appeared in October, 2015 and was revised and republished in September, 2016.

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Christine Pittman