Caramel Apples

This requires a little love - but how often do we treat ourselves to vegan caramel apples?!

Recipe courtesy of suite101.com

*If you can find vegan condensed milk, let me know where.  If not, see recipe below.

Vegan Caramel Sauce

To make a thinner, saucier caramel sauce, reduce the condensed milk to ¼ cup or omit altogether.

Ingredients:
2 Tbsp vegan margarine
1 cup ightly packed brown sugar
1⁄3 cup corn syrup
1 cup vegan sweetened condensed milk (we couldn't find it in the store so we made it. See recipe below

Directions:
1. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt margarine
2. Stir in sugar and corn syrup.
3. Bring to the boil and stir in condensed milk, if using.
4. Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until boiled.
5. Turn to low heat until thickened.

Vegan Sweetened Condensed Milk

Ingredients:
This makes double the amount of condensed milk you need, but we didn't play around with halving it and sometimes when you halve recipes, they don't always work out.  But feel free to give it a try.  Or just double the caramel sauce recipe.

2 cups soy milk
1 3⁄4 cups brown sugar
2 Tbsp corn starch

Directions:
1. Measure the corn starch into a small glass or measuring cup.
2. Add 2-3 Tbsp of the soy milk and whisk with a small whisk or fork until smooth.
3. In a small saucepan, heat the remaining soy milk and brown sugar. Whisk in the cornstarch-soy milk mixture.
4. Bring to the boil, stirring constantly until thick.

Assembly:
We dipped them right in the sauce pan and spooned extra sauce over them.  Add chopped nuts or chocolate sauce or chocolate chips or whatever tickles your tummy. As you can see, we forgot to buy popsicle sticks so we improvised with chopsticks.