Hi,
I am planning on making some chocolate covered apples for my son's birthday and was wondering how far in advance I can make these. I would like to be able to go ahead and get these out of the way before making the cake. Any ideas how long these will keep? Should I keep them in the fridge the whole time? or just let the choc set and then store them on the counter top?
TIA

No one?
I would really appreciate anyone's advice.
TIA

Anytime I make these, they never stick around long enough to store them! Sorry I'm no help but maybe this will give you a bump and someone with more experience can help you.

I don't know either but I have a friend who makes and sells those caramel ones with the chocolate on top of them and they have held for a week or more. I think if you keep them cool and dry you should be ok.

Good luck...

(Now I am drooling, I love my friend Dee's apples... yummy!)

I used to work at a shop that was known for its gourmet apples. They were dipped in homemade caramel, rolled in chopped pecans then drizzled with milk chocolate and white chocolate. We let them dry at room temp then bagged them, tied the bags up with curly ribbon and placed in the cooler. I have had these apples in my fridge at home for a month before and my husband would cut them and they were perfectly fine. I think anything on the outside of the apple seals it and keeps it fresh. We refrigerated them mostly because of the caramel. But we also made them without the pecans and those were practically dipped in chocolate to cover the caramel so it wouldn't stick to the bags. I think I would probably keep them in the fridge and maybe make them a few days to a week ahead of time.
Hope this helps.


Diane

PS: Just a hint: To keep them from sticking to our trays after they were dipped we would lightly sprinkle our trays with sugar. Once they harden you can brush off any loose sugar and they turn out great. Good Luck

Apples will keep for a month or so refrigerated, according to the grocery store label I get. I imagine the caramel and chocolate will stay fresh for a while. The only problem could be the chocolate turning white. Definitely wrap them so they don't pick up smells or tastes from the fridge.

Apples will keep for a month or so refrigerated, according to the grocery store label I get. I imagine the caramel and chocolate will stay fresh for a while. The only problem could be the chocolate turning white. Definitely wrap them so they don't pick up smells or tastes from the fridge.

My experience with simple caramel apples and the big caramel drizzled with choc and rolled in nuts kind was that once you jam a stick in them you essentially pop a hole in their shelf life. You can keep them a little while but the air starts getting in around the stick and the juice starts to flow etc etc. It's sort of like a bug bite in an apple. It starts to turn brown the soft. You get the picture. I've made and given them as gifts and I always tell the recipients not to try and save them for long. This has been my experience, for what it's worth.

Truthfully? I don't believe in letting those babies sit around my kitchen very long. Hmm....I think I just happen to have some wrapples in my pantry.

Just don't drive the stick all the way through to the bottom of the apple and be sure the chocolate seals good around where the stick will go into the top. Round sticks work better than the popsicle type. You can cut dowel rods and sharpen just enough so that it will go into the apple easier. CKSouth has them precut and sharpened.
We have also made thousands of these for youth fundraisers for mission trips at our church.

Thanks to everyone for the great advice!!

Yes, these are great tips, and I was wondering about this also.