This is another recipe in the "Quick and Easy Crowd Pleasers" series. Simple, relatively cheap, and usually a big hit!! I can't take credit for the recipe since I learned it from dear friend and former roommie Melissa D (now Melissa E). Amazing that the girl who grew up in Africa brought the best dish to the American wedding showers. :)
I made this on Sunday for the Advent Kick-off at church. I was running kind of late, so didn't take pictures as I was going. It's so easy you won't need them, though.
Step 1: Buy 1 bar cream cheese (8 oz), 1 tub caramel dipping sauce (that they sell by the apples in the produce section), 1 bag of Heath toffee pieces, and 5-6 apples. The Heath pieces can be the trickiest part of this recipe. They're sold in the baking chips aisle (semi-sweet, milk, butterscotch, etc.). I've only ever found them at Publix (because it really is where shopping is a pleasure!), but not every Publix has them. I usually buy them when I see them and have a bag or two around the house. Or, apparently, Amazon has them.
Step 2: Get a dinner plate (or a plate with a rim or edge) and take the cream cheese and smear it all along the plate inside the rim. This goes more smoothly if the cream cheese has been softened.
Step 3: Dump the caramel sauce on top. I don't usually need the whole tub. I also use whatever's on sale - store brand, fat free, whatever. Spread it around so that it covers all of the cream cheese.
Step 4: Sprinkle toffee Heath pieces on top of caramel. I generally only use 1/2 - 2/3 of the bag.
Step 5: Wash and slice apples. I usually get a mix of red and green (Granny Smith) apples. I also slice them really thin. Instead of getting my usual 8 slices out of an apple, I try to get 12-16. The main purpose of the apple is a means of conveying the yummy dip to your mouth, so they don't have to be thick, just enough that you can scoop some yummy dip onto it.
Step 6: Place apple slices around the edge/lip thing of plate. I have mine stick into the dip a little bit and I might go ahead and start it off by having one or two when I set it up if I'm taking it to a big event so that folks know what to do when they walk up.
Enjoy the yummy dip!! I do really wish I'd taken pictures now, but oh well. Also, it does not taste as good when it's leftover in the fridge 2 days and you try to eat it with pretzels because you're out of apples. In case you were wondering.
I made this on Sunday for the Advent Kick-off at church. I was running kind of late, so didn't take pictures as I was going. It's so easy you won't need them, though.
Step 1: Buy 1 bar cream cheese (8 oz), 1 tub caramel dipping sauce (that they sell by the apples in the produce section), 1 bag of Heath toffee pieces, and 5-6 apples. The Heath pieces can be the trickiest part of this recipe. They're sold in the baking chips aisle (semi-sweet, milk, butterscotch, etc.). I've only ever found them at Publix (because it really is where shopping is a pleasure!), but not every Publix has them. I usually buy them when I see them and have a bag or two around the house. Or, apparently, Amazon has them.
Step 2: Get a dinner plate (or a plate with a rim or edge) and take the cream cheese and smear it all along the plate inside the rim. This goes more smoothly if the cream cheese has been softened.
Step 3: Dump the caramel sauce on top. I don't usually need the whole tub. I also use whatever's on sale - store brand, fat free, whatever. Spread it around so that it covers all of the cream cheese.
Step 4: Sprinkle toffee Heath pieces on top of caramel. I generally only use 1/2 - 2/3 of the bag.
Step 5: Wash and slice apples. I usually get a mix of red and green (Granny Smith) apples. I also slice them really thin. Instead of getting my usual 8 slices out of an apple, I try to get 12-16. The main purpose of the apple is a means of conveying the yummy dip to your mouth, so they don't have to be thick, just enough that you can scoop some yummy dip onto it.
Step 6: Place apple slices around the edge/lip thing of plate. I have mine stick into the dip a little bit and I might go ahead and start it off by having one or two when I set it up if I'm taking it to a big event so that folks know what to do when they walk up.
Enjoy the yummy dip!! I do really wish I'd taken pictures now, but oh well. Also, it does not taste as good when it's leftover in the fridge 2 days and you try to eat it with pretzels because you're out of apples. In case you were wondering.
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