Caramel Apple Crisp Bites

5 from 2 votes

These caramel apple crisp bites are an easily portable mini dessert option filled with apple filling and drizzled caramel for a taste of fall right in your mouth!

Prep Time20

Cook Time25

Total Time45

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Caramel Apple Bites Recipe, caramel apple crisp bites recipe

Servings:

Calories: 123kcal

Ingredients

2 cups graham cracker crumbs (I used store-bought in a can. I find these to work the best)
½ cup powdered sugar
12 tablespoons butter, melted
4 cups peeled, cored, and chopped apples (we used golden delicious)
⅓ cup sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
2¼ tablespoons flour
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
caramel topping, store-bought

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease pan with non-stick butter spray.
In a medium-sized bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, and butter with a spoon. Slowly add the butter and evenly distribute – PLEASE SEE UPDATE/NOTE BELOW.
Evenly distribute the mixture to the 24 mini muffin cups. Press along the bottom and sides to make a “cup”.
Bake for 5 minutes and let cool completely. Increase oven temperature to 375°F.
Chop the apples into little pieces – I used a mini food processor. Don’t puree, just finely chop.
Mix apples, sugar, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl.
Bake in a baking dish for 15 minutes on 375°F, until the apples are slightly softened. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
Scoop a teaspoon or so of the apple mix and place on top of the graham cracker crust cups (while still in the muffin pan).
Sprinkle any extra graham cracker on top of the apples. I had some graham crackers left over.
Bake for 5 minutes at 350°F.
Let cool completely.
Use a knife to loosen from the pan and they should pop right out.
Drizzle with caramel topping.

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Notes

Some people have found the crust recipe to work perfectly, while some others found the 12 tablespoons of butter were way too much and the butter started to pool. You may want to start by using ½ cup butter (8 tablespoons). Melt the butter and add slowly to the crumbs, a little bit at a time, making sure it’s not too wet. You can always add more or save the leftover butter for later. You want a soft dough that sticks together slightly when you try to form a ball, not a wet dough.
Tempting as it may be to dig right in, give the bites time to cool before trying to pop them out of the pan or they may crack.

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