It’s the time of year when school is winding down and we’re all ready for a little downtime. Even though May is a busy month, don’t forget to share the love with your child’s teachers! These hardworking folks deserve a few thank yous at the end of the school year, and these easy homemade caramel apples are sure to make the end of the year even sweeter!

Caramel Apples: The Perfect Teacher Gift!

Caramel apples are a great teacher appreciation gift! We all know that an apple for the teacher has been a teacher appreciation gift for a long, long time! However, a caramel apple? That takes things to a whole new level! Who doesn’t love the sweetness of homemade caramel mixed with the tartness of a fresh apple?

For the caramel apples, I used this recipe. It is my favorite, works extremely well, and turns out perfectly everytime I make caramel apples! This is my go-to recipe, and it makes a HUGE amount of caramel. So grab your biggest, juiciest apples, make some caramel sauce, and get dipping! Your teachers/coaches/mentors are waiting!!!

After making the caramel apples, I let them sit for about an hour to harden. I then melted bittersweet chocolate chips and almond bark to drizzle down the sides of each apple. How I did this: I held each apple by the stick and using the baggie-with-a-snipped-corner trick, I piped the chocolate and almond bark on each side while turning the apple. It worked well and the apples looked pretty nice when I was done. 🙂

The next step was allowing the apples to harden again. I then placed each apple on a large muffin paper and slid the finished caramel apple into a clear treat baggie. After tying with a piece of jute twine and adding my homemade labels, the caramel apples were ready for gift-giving.

I hope you’ll give my homemade caramel apples a try for Teacher Appreciation Week (or any week, actually). This makes fun, tasty, and meaningful gifts, no matter the occasion. Click on the picture below for my free printable gift tag!

Thank you for the sweet year gift tag

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