Win FREE Gourmet Caramel Apples!

So…as you know I am in culinary school which is great because I get to spend time doing what I love. Cooking and Baking!  Since I am paying out of pocket (and it’s pricey) I am moving at a slower rate than I would like, which is okay because I am practicing and taking supplemental classes.  Anywho – I love to bake, and I am pretty good at making tasty treats.  If you’ve seen my previous blog posts, I have posted pics of all types of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, etc…  I love trying new things, like my mango rum vanilla cupcakes and eventually I want to make cakes like this.

While I have a small baking business, it wasn’t intentional…people see what I do and they want some for themselves.  But I am thinking of leveraging my talents and taking my baking on a larger scale.  I am working a business plan as I type this.  Essentially, I am starting a gourmet boutique bake shop that specializes in making food heavenly to eat and beautiful to look at.

I am rolling out a line of gourmet caramel coated and chocolate dipped apples, specialty cakes and cookies to start.  I am opening shop officially around the 1st of the year.  My goal is to offer the caramel apples and cookies and eventually adding cakes, cupcakes.  The key difference is the ingredients I will use, which makes a huge difference in taste.

In anticipation of the launch, I am offering FREE gourmet apples to the first five people who respond to this post. Okay its not totally free, I am asking in exchange for feedback, a blog post about my new sugar boutique , some twitter love and a link to my new website.  Easy enough!  I am not revealing the name of the shop or the links on here yet, but if you are one of the recipients, I will let you know all the details.  I may give away 10 apples, just depends on the response.

Remember, this is a boutique bakery so my goal isn’t having a million selections, but a handful of the best stuff you will ever taste.  In addition, I am a Certified ServPro Food Handler (I scored a 93% on my exam whoo whoo!), so I know about safe handling of food and all the important stuff!

So here are the choices of caramel apples you can get:

1. Chocolate Madness – Crisp apples dipped in a caramel base coat. The apple is then dipped in milk  chocolate and dunked again (only half-way) in a dark chocolate bath.  If that isn’t enough, the apple is then drizzled with white chocolate and rolled in Rocher chocolate candies.
2. Chocolate – Peanut Harmony – Home made caramel apple is double dipped and chocolate (milk or white) and rolled in a bed of peanuts.
3. White Chocolate-Strawberry Delight – Caramel apple dipped in white chocolate finished with crumbled Divine White Chocolate Strawberry Chocolate.

All caramel is home made and the apples are mini-apples.  So I will ship apples to anywhere in the U.S. (expect Hawaii or Alaska, shipping costs are high).  I am practicing my shipping, as I need to be sure that my wrapping will ensure the apples arrive in one piece.

So, leave me a comment and I will follow up with additional information if you want a free caramel apple.

If anyone wants to purchase an apple (as a gift of for personal use) let me know! (They will retail for over $12, when the boutique opens but I can do the large apples for about $10) But for now, I have about five apples that I need to give-away, so leave a comment to be entered to win!  If you are a coconut fan, I can do a snowball caramel apple as well (white chocolate and coconut).

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