DIY caramel apple decoration
Assembling materials for a beeswax coated “caramel apple.” We used a wooden faux apple. We don’t recommend pouring hot wax over styrofoam based faux fruit without testing the pour— might make a melty mess!
We are lucky enough to have a source for local beeswax— and the subtle honey smell it emits is heavenly!
We always cover any work surface before starting a project and, in this case, use the right tools to handle HOT tin can and melted wax. Beeswax has a relatively low boiling point, so it melts to a pourable liquid fairly quickly.
Melt beeswax in a double boiler. Take care to use materials that can have wax residue— not the spot for your best pans! We created a candle wax melter by recycling a small tin. We made holes in the sides by carefully tapping a nail through, then threaded the openings with coated wire, creating a handle that would stay cool above boiling water.
Preparing a surface for pouring melted beeswax over a wooden apple. Protected surface. 2 layers of aluminum foil sprayed with a cooking spray for easy release.
We cut a wooden dowel and inserted it in the top of our wooden apple. Our little fruit already had a hole at the top— and was missing a stem, making it a great candidate for this project! We sanded the cut ends of the dowel, carefully whittled the end to be inserted, and added a bit of glue at that end for extra hold.
A kitchen or work glove is a helpful addition for guiding the tin of melted beeswax. We poured over in stages, picking up cooled wax pooled at the base of our apple and remelting to pour once more.
“Caramel” apple!
