Caramel Apple Muffins Recipe

Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2012 by jessicare

These muffins are fabulous! Thanks for sharing.

Reviewed on Sep. 23, 2012 by shortytalk

i made a cake with this recipe...wow it was great...i put alot of carmel in mine....and it was great...everyone at my work loved it...and so easy to make...

Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2012 by IslandWife

My teenage daughter took one bite and said, "Mmmmm.....that is SO good!" This recipe is fabulous! I added a little shake of allspice and cloves (to add more "fall" flavors) and I did only 2 Tbs of butter for the top. I baked them in my stone muffin pan and they didn't stick at all. Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe - it is my favorite muffin recipe now!

Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2012 by IslandWife

My teenage daughter took one bite and said, "Mmmmm.....that is SO good!" This recipe is fabulous! I added a little shake of allspice and cloves (to add more "fall" flavors) and I did only 2 Tbs of butter for the top. I baked them in my stone muffin pan and they didn't stick at all. Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe - it is our favorite muffin recipe now!

Reviewed on Sep. 21, 2012 by jakruppel

There is too much liquid in this recipe. My

muffins never baked, remained liquid and spilled all over my oven. Same for the topping. What a waste of time and effort.

Reviewed on Sep. 20, 2012 by nitsurb1

followed directions but used the Caramel Bits from the baking aisle at the market. Sprayed 12 muffin cups generously and made 12 jumbo muffins...the best ever! Will make these again and again!

A+A+A+

Reviewed on Sep. 17, 2012 by babylyric1

I thought these muffins were great. I chopped my apples into larger pieces, and I used the caramel bits that Kraft makes. The caramel is not like the picture, rather baked into the muffin instead of gooping out. I still enjoyed them and so did my family so I will make them again.

Reviewed on Sep. 14, 2012 by mebrasker

I make this as a cake and use a praline topping as a preference.

Reviewed on Sep. 09, 2012 by swinny

These muffins are delicious. I did cut back to 2 tbsp of butter for topping and used 1 cup of wheat flour along w/the white. Skim milk instead of 2%. Cut the carmels into 4th's w/scissors & was very easy. These muffins are all that!!!!!! :)

Reviewed on Sep. 04, 2012 by youngs1

Kraft now has caramel 'bits'. They work great and are a bit smaller than a chocolate chip.

Reviewed on Sep. 03, 2012 by jbbbk

Sounds delicious! But chopped caramels doesn't sounds like an easy task. Seems like they'd be sticken awful. Any tips on chopping them

Reviewed on Nov. 13, 2011 by savyd

I chopped the apples a little more coarsely in order to hold the caramels in place. I followed the tips of the other reviewers (though I did not use foil muffin cups) and these muffins turned out great, and I even live at altitude. I will be making these for the neighbors for Christmas...Yum!

Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2011 by redcow

I like the taste of this muffin. Wish I had read all the reviews first. My topping all sank to the bottom and you need to scrape the muffin off of the paper. My husband hates that!!!! Unfortunately I bought enough caramels so my 4H kids can make them; will see how that goes. I will not make these again.

Reviewed on Sep. 20, 2011 by livin40908

After reading all the comments below I followed your suggestions and they turned out PERFECT. I'm so excited over this recipe and they were fun to make for my playgroup moms and kids

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2011 by ilastrapes

These are delicious! I modified the recipes based on previous comments, using foil muffin liners, 2tbsp of butter instead of 3tbsp for the topping, doubled the apples, and I also substituted one of the cups of flour for whole wheat flour instead. I also spooned half the batter at a time, and dropped a caramel in before putting the rest of the batter on top.

Reviewed on Feb. 01, 2011 by christyberry

These are great, IF you do not cut the caramels too small. I did as other reviewers suggested and divided the caramels into four pieces and filled the muffin cups with half the batter, placed the caramels inside, and topped with the rest of the batter. They melted really well and were a yummy gooey surprise in the muffins. My boyfriend took some to work for breakfast and his boss walked in the room and could smell them. They were 24 hours old at this point! He had to share and now everyone there thinks I am a great cook and he is so lucky! I always save baked goods in a metal tin with a tight fitting lid. They seem to stay very fresh and moist this way!

Reviewed on Jan. 09, 2011 by roosa

One of the best muffins I have ever tasted/made!!! Will definitely be a favorite in our family.

Reviewed on Dec. 02, 2010 by flangel981

Next time I plan on trying out the other suggestions for the topping since only half managed to stay on without melting off. But aside from that the muffins are delicious.

Reviewed on Nov. 09, 2010 by meavey03

These had a nice flavor. Next time I will use more apples and skip the topping. The topping melted right through the muffin leaving a big hole in each one. I also only cut the carmaels in 1/2 and it worked quite well. I made 12 muffins and put the rest in a single mini loaf pan. I think I like it as a loaf more than a muffin.

Reviewed on Oct. 21, 2010 by varnesfamily5

Delicious!!

Reviewed on Oct. 18, 2010 by Anniecat1

I made this before a family photo shot and everyone loved them. I made some mini ones as well as some reg. sized muffins. As I was running late I also found cutting up the caramels time consuming and would leave them bigger next time - maybe add more apples as well. the topping was too sticky and would modify as suggested in other reviews but these are a keeper. Even my husband who is not a big "dessert" person liked them.

Reviewed on Oct. 17, 2010 by Shirmapa

These muffins were delightful but also used suggestions from other reviewers. Found that cutting each caramel in fours with kitchen shears, dusting with flour and setting aside, was a real advantage. Placed 4 pieces of cut caramel in batter after filling cups 1/2 full, then topping off with balance of batter to equal 3/4 full. Also tweaked the topping and used Paula Deen's Streusel recipe: 1/4 c brown sugar, 1/4 c flour, 2 Tblsp quick oats, 2 Tblsp softened butter, 1/4 tsp cinnamon. Mix together with fork and was just enough to top 12 muffins. My muffins looked exactly like the picture!

Reviewed on Oct. 16, 2010 by oceans5

I used the caramel bits to cut down on time. My kids love muffins so I was sure these would be a hit. I was wrong. My kids ate them but said they didn't really like them. I ate one and was not impressed. The caramel got very gooey and made the muffin more moist than it should have been.

Reviewed on Oct. 15, 2010 by Marj1965

I made these for my officemates and all enjoyed them. I followe others advise and just inserted the whole carmel in the middle of the muffin mixture - the carmel melted nicely .. it did become a little chewy when the muffin cooled, but was still delicious.

Reviewed on Oct. 10, 2010 by mauveheart44

For people wondering about the caramels. Walmart sells a bag of caramel bits in the baking aisle. I just dump in approx 1 cup of these caramel bits. This is a keeper of a recipe. I also agree that there is too much butter in the topping. I also think I will add some of the caramels to the topping mix so when they melt they will mix with the topping, YUM!!!!!

Reviewed on Oct. 07, 2010 by Ldilley

I also stuck the caramels in the batter, and added flour to the topping and all my neighbors wanted the recipe, we all loved them

Reviewed on Oct. 05, 2010 by bcdevany

These muffins tasted wonderful! But, the caramel pretty much exploded throughout the muffin, it did not look anything like the picture...oozing out. The butter for the topping was entirely too much and ended up melting down into the muffin cup and making the paper really soggy. The muffin is so sticky, it sticks to the paper and you only get to eat about 2/3 of the muffin. A little side note: when cutting the caramels, spray some nonstick spray or rub some butter over your knife and the caramels won't stick.

I will try this again with a few modifications: Foil muffin liners, half the amount of butter for the topping, and I will try putting one or two of the cut caramel pieces into the dough after putting the dough into the cups.

Reviewed on Oct. 05, 2010 by Trahms

These were great! I also read the reviews (thank you all) and just pushed the caramels into the middle of the batter instead of chopping them. Also, per another review, I shorted the butter in the topping and added some flour to it, which made it more like a streusel and less like sugary melted butter. VERY good and have been asked several times for the recipe already!

Reviewed on Oct. 04, 2010 by rpan27

These muffins were very simple to make, however, I did do what someone else suggested and instead of cutting up the caramel and putting it in the batter, I stuck one in the middle part of the cupcake batter before baking. They tasted delicious, but, they are definitely too sticky to peel off the cupcake liner. Therefore, there is a lot of waste of cupcake. That was my only real disappointment. Otherwise, very yummy!

Reviewed on Oct. 04, 2010 by mary9407

I crumbled a muffin up in a bowl then microwaved it for 25 seconds. Then put vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce and chopped pecans. It was wonderful!!!!

Reviewed on Oct. 04, 2010 by gibsongirl5851

Loved them! I did change a couple things, more apples, caramel in the middle and little more cinnamon. Everyone who has eaten them has wanted the recipe. I will make these over and over again.

Reviewed on Oct. 03, 2010 by cindyb8992

Everyone in our family loved these muffins, I took some of the reader's advice about putting the caramels in the middle of the muffin and doubling the apples and it turned out really great!!

Reviewed on Oct. 03, 2010 by lgaudet

Chopping the caramels was very time consuming and I didn't have gobs of caramel in them like it shows in the photo. The other problem I had was with the topping, 3 tblsps. of butter was too much for the topping and the butter ended up running into the cups and going under the paper and making the paper all oily. Other than than that they are delicious.

Reviewed on Oct. 02, 2010 by ilastrapes

14 servings? I'm confused; what kind of muffin pan was used to get 14 muffins? Was it the 12 muffin pan and just made the last two in a second batch?

Reviewed on Oct. 01, 2010 by mary9407

This was great! I did double the apples and added 3/4 cup chopped pecans. I did not mix the caramels in the batter, but placed tem in the center to avoid sticking.

Reviewed on Sep. 29, 2010 by kelllg01

These were wonderful! I made one little change to help avoid the carmel sticking to the muffin cup. Instead of mixing the carmel into the batter, I filled the paper muffin cup half full, placed some carmel in the center, then filled the rest of the way. They turned out great!

Reviewed on Sep. 28, 2010 by Locker261

I have just made these yummy muffins. I used scissors to cut the caramels and I found it goes faster than chopping with a knife. I did notice that the muffins stick to the paper. Did this happen to anyone else? Any suggestions. The only change I made was using margarine instead of butter.

Reviewed on Sep. 28, 2010 by Rose P.

These are fabulous! I didn't have any caramels so I used butterscotch chips and splenda instead of sugar, they turned out great. Definately a keeper!!

Reviewed on Sep. 28, 2010 by sarahv

These muffins are great. The only thing is that it's very time consuming chopping up the caramels.

Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2010 by katiemarlowe

Very good!!!! So easy, and sooo tasty!

Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2010 by FerrisMomof3

Looks awesome. I can't wait to make them. BUT what happens to the caramel when the muffins cool off? Does the caramel get hard or does it stay gooey?

Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2010 by mauveheart44

I can't wait to make these. our store sells Kraft Caramel Bit. so that would make it so much easier to make.

Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2010 by wombatt

WONDERFUL

Reviewed on Sep. 22, 2010 by sugarcrafter

These muffins are to die for! Spiced apples, warm, gooey caramel - it's like taking a bite of autumn. Will definitely make these again and again!