Apple Snicker Salad

This yummy candy and tart dessert has us obsessed! It’s creamy, crunchy, chocolatey, and has that recent, crispness from the Granny Smith apples. And, we use actual cream for the bottom—no Cool Whip or boxed pudding combine right here! High with a drizzle of caramel sauce and we promise, you’ll turn out to be just a bit bit obsessed too.

For extra candy apple treats, try our Guide to Homemade Caramel Apples.

Why Our Recipe

• Home made whipped cream with actual elements—no Cool Whip right here!
• Whip up this deal with in solely quarter-hour!
• Including only a contact of lemon juice ensures that your apples don’t brown.

We love this straightforward deal with as a result of it has the proper steadiness of candy and tart. Granny Smith apples are good for this recipe, as a result of they’re further crisp and crunchy and a bit bitter, too. Add our home made whipped cream, some chocolate, and a drizzle of caramel and you’ve got a enjoyable and completely different deal with to shake issues up through the hotter months.

Ingredient Notes

• Apples: We use Granny Smith for his or her crisp texture and tart taste.
• Snickers Chocolate Bars: We advocate shopping for a bag of the mini/snack-sized ones.
• Lemon Juice: Contemporary is greatest, however bottles works in a pinch—you solely want 1 teaspoon!
• Heavy Cream: This isn’t the identical as whipping cream. In the event you want a substitute, use buttermilk to maintain the identical thick consistency.
• Vanilla Extract: Pure vanilla extract provides the perfect taste, however imitation vanilla additionally works.
• Powdered Sugar: Add roughly to your whipped cream relying in your desired thickness.
• Cornstarch: Added to the whipped cream for the proper, thick consistency.
• Caramel Sauce: Non-compulsory, however is a superb final touch that pairs nicely with the tart Granny Smith apples.

Apple Choices

We love the tartness in a Granny Smith with the sweetness within the toppings, however you’ll be able to actually use any apple you like! You possibly can’t go unsuitable, whichever selection you select. 

Topping Concepts

You possibly can simply customise this enjoyable deal with with completely different toppings. Our recipe makes use of Snickers bars and an elective caramel sauce, however you’ll be able to actually add something you’d like.

Sweet Bars: For a extra caramel-froward deal with, you possibly can simply add or swap for Milky Approach bars. Or, you possibly can completely shake issues up and received for an Almond Pleasure sweet bar and add some chopped almonds to go along with that.

Chocolate Chips: Add some further chocolate and texture with chocolate chips. Semi-sweet, milk chocolate, and even white chocolate would make a tasty deal with. Mixing all three and going for a mini chocolate chip would give an excellent steadiness of flavors and appears fairly, too!

Nuts: Add some peanuts for an additional salty crunch that pairs nicely with the Snickers bars. To present this dessert salad much more texture, be happy so as to add in further nuts like almonds, walnuts, or pecans.