The leaves on the tree are turning golden yellow and auburn while the branches are stripped naked to their boney twigs and branches. I love how the trees highlighted their leaves then falls to the ground in a day or two. All the children will create leave piles and jumped into it, lets hope that they don't get hurt.
I am probably like the millionth person to post a blog about autumn, but there are some people in world never felt autumn and what snow is. Pretty interesting right, yes I am talking to you. It is fine if you never experience this so called "autumn", but as you can tell from the title of my post I'll talk about caramel apples. When I was a child I remember in grammar school, they would sell caramel apples right after autumn just began. It would cost around seventy-five cents for one, but nowadays nothing is as cheap as before. Okay, back to the topic I always wanted one, but my parents don't want me to eat too much sweets and get cavities (dun dun dun.) I secretly saved up some money to buy one and when I first get the apple it was almost bigger than my head. (Seriously.) The label across the package was "Affy Tapple" which was yellow, white and red. I believed that it was made in Illinois which is pretty close from where I am from. Trying to balance the apple on the wooden stick was a challenge for me back then and I finally managed to take a huge bite from it.
The apple was covered with nuts and on the inside coated evenly with brown caramel. (Mmmm...) The outside part was sweet and sticky juxtaposes with the tangy sensation from the green, tart apple which made me giggle a bit. When I took my first bite I look like the kid below:
Okay, maybe not exactly and minus the cake part, any who you get the point. The first bite of the caramel apple is like a kid eating cake on their birthday. It took me a while to finished the whole apple and I love the little remainder of caramel on the end of the stick. The little bit of caramel tempts you and says, "Eat me, eat me." There different flavors of the apple such as just plain caramel, candied cherry and even m&m covered apples. The candied apples are usually found in carnivals and fairs and I never taste it before, how does it taste like? I think I will like the original caramel flavor out of them all. What is your favorite flavor of apples?
Besides, caramel apples are good and tasty, but is it really that healthy for us? Do you know how many calories are in one? 100? 200? 300? Well, according to a label it is around 180 g amount equivalent to half a meal of a fast food restaurant. Shocker isn't it? You thought that something as healthy as a caramel covered fruit would be a positive. Oh no, does it mean that you can never ever eat caramel/candied apples ever again. The answer is no you can eat those sweet treats but with a limited portion eaten occasionally, but there are other delicious alternatives to this sweet. There are other recipes like "Caramel Apple Crisps" which is easy to make and is a modern twist to the old classic favorite: caramel apples. Also, there is apple cheesecake you can dive into which the plain cheesecake is dressed with slices of apples and drizzle with caramel. Look for it below: 
All of the different alternatives are good and tasty and just like the caramel apples and it is really simple to make each of the recipes above. However, if you are lactose intolerant you can substitute coconut milk instead of milk when making the caramel, it is still good. Last thing, when you see caramel apples selling out on the shelves in your supermarkets and stores now: buy it, buy it. If you see them in the summer time there something is wrong with the picture, usually the apples are not fresh anymore. Thank you for your time of reading this or just look at the pictures!
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