Description
If you’re hunting for the perfect fall dessert that’s gooey, crispy, and packed with caramel flavor, these Apple Caramel Bombs are your golden ticket. Whole apples are cored, filled with sweetened cream cheese, coated in graham cracker crumbs, then deep-fried to a perfect crisp and drizzled with buttery caramel. This is the ultimate treat for quick breakfast ideas, cozy dessert nights, fun food ideas, and party-perfect easy recipes that wow every time.
Ingredients
4 medium apples, peeled and cored
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 tsp cinnamon
2 large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup caramel sauce (for drizzling)
Oil for frying (vegetable or canola, enough for deep-frying)
Instructions
- 1. Peel and core the apples. Make sure to create a generous cavity for the filling.
- In a small bowl, mix softened cream cheese with vanilla and sugar until smooth.
- Stuff the cream cheese mixture into each apple center and chill for 10 minutes.
- Set up a dredging station: flour in one bowl, beaten eggs in another, and a mix of graham crumbs and cinnamon in the third.
- Roll each stuffed apple in flour, dip into eggs, then coat generously in the graham mixture.
- Repeat for extra crunch. Heat oil in a deep pot to 350°F (175°C).
- Fry apples until golden brown and crispy on all sides (about 3–4 minutes).
- Remove and drain on paper towels.
- Warm the caramel sauce and drizzle over each apple bomb before serving.
Notes
Chill the stuffed apples before coating to keep the filling from leaking.
Double coat in graham cracker crumbs for extra crunch and flavor.
Reheat leftovers in the oven—not the microwave—to maintain crispiness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 apple bomb
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 160mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 49g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg
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