Delicious Caramel Apple Nachos: A Sweet Twist on a Classic Treat
Make Caramel Apple Nachos
You don’t always need a fork to enjoy apple pie. We have a delicious caramel apple nachos recipe that you can enjoy all year long. The warm deliciousness of a caramel apples on a bed of cinnamon sugar tortilla chips is great for parties and holiday entertaining.
What are Caramel Apple Nachos?
Take your love of apple pie and caramel and put it on top of a bed of sweet tortilla chips. Add a drizzel of caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream and you have a recipe for happiness.
What Ingredients Are Needed?
fresh apples (peeled and cubed)
butter
cinnamon
brown sugar
cinnamon-sugar tortilla chips
caramel sauce
vanilla ice cream
Do I Use Apple Slices?
This apple nacho recipe does not use sliced apples as the base for the recipe. It uses chopped apples with a homemade caramel sauce that is drizzeled over sweet tortilla chips. The apples are softened on a stove and mixed with butter, cinnamon and brown sugar.
What Kind of Apples Can I Use to Make Nachos?
Use baking apples to make your apple nachos. We like to use Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp and Granny Smith varaties. These apples will soften easily while cooking
Tips for Making Caramel Apple Nachos
To keep apple slices from turning brown, cut them up to 4 hours in advance and soak them in water with lemon juice or lemon lime soda.
Use store-bought caramel sauce if you’re in a pinch.
Soak your apples in lemon juice or Sprite right after you slice them to prevent browning.
Storage and Serving Apple Nachos
Make the apple pie mixture in advance and heated up when ready to serve. If you have a nacho bar, you can place the apple pie mix in a slow cooker on warm. Make the tortilla chips in advance and store in a airtight container until ready to serve. You can make your own homemade caramel sauce or purchase, whichever you are comfortable with.
Making A Caramel Apple Nacho Bar
Place the caramel apple mix into a slow cooker on warm. In additional to the caramel, ince cream and cinnamon-sugar tortilla chips, add more toppings. Add crushed pretzels for a salty and crunchy texture. Have a white chocolate sauce for drizzle or melted peanut butter. Include bowls of nuts, mini chocolate chips, sprinkles and candies or chopped up candy bars for toppings.
How do I Keep the Apple Nachos From Getting Soggy?
Do not assemble everything together. Have the componets to make the nacho ingredients separated and allow guests to assemble themselves. This keeps the ingredients crisp until they are plated to enjoy.
What’s the Best Way to Layer the Ingredients for Even Flavor?
For even flavor distribution, put down a layer of chips, a layer of apple filling, more chips (if you want a large batch) and more apple filling. Add a little caramel, a scoop of ice cream and drizzle of caramel. If you are adding additional toppings, add a few on top of each layer of apples.
Caramel Apple Nachos
Ingredients
- 6 small apples peeled, cored and chopped
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- cinnamon tortilla chips like these
- caramel from the cooked apples or additional caramel like this
- vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- In a large pan, melt butter and cinnamon together.
- While butter and cinnamon melt, wash peel and dice apples into 1/2″ cubes.
- Add apples as they are cubed into the butter.
- Cook the apples until they are tender.
- Add the sugar.
- The juices will release from the apples and you will need to cook down until the sauce turns to caramel.
- Adjust the heat, so it is a medium-low and stir to keep the apples and sauce from burning.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly, enough so you can eat it.
- Arrange the cinnamon chips on a plate.
- Add the cinnamon apples on top of the tortilla chips.
- Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and top the ice cream with more apples and caramel sauce.
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