Name: Red Wine Caramel Apples
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 hr
Yield: Makes 8 apples
Ingredients: 8 small McIntosh apples, stemmed, washed well, and dried; 1 1/2 cups red wine; 2 cups sugar; 1/2 cup water; 6 tablespoons heavy cream; 8 wooden ice-pop sticks; a candy thermometer

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Give a grown-up, garnet-hued twist to a Halloween classic by coating apples in a red wine–infused caramel sauce.

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