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This dreamy Apple Pie Dip has fresh apples, spices and caramel. Serve this festive dip with dippers of your choice.
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Made this for a gathering last weekend. Sooo delicious, everyone loved it! I did add several extra cups of apples, and ginger and cloves; gave it more of a mulled cider taste. I used a cookie cutter on the pie crust to make cute little leaves too. This is one of my new favorites! Thank you!
– Sarah
If you need a dessert for a get-together that isn’t the usual, try this caramel apple pie dip! It simmers slowly in the slow cooker and is ultra decadent. The apples are perfectly tender and spiced, and your guests will enjoy this treat.
Key Ingredients
Apples: Use your favorite apple here. My favorites are Gala or Opal.
Caramel: Use an ice cream caramel topping such as Smuckers. You can even use my slow cooker caramel.
Spices: Classic holiday spices; cinnamon and nutmeg.
Thickener: Make a simple cornstarch slurry to make the dip thicker.
How to make Apple Pie Dip
- Add the apples, caramel sauce, spices, and thickener to the slow cooker and stir until everything is coated.
- Cook until the apples are tender and the dip is thick, warm, and spoonable.
Tips & Variations:
Vanilla: Add a splash of vanilla for even more flavor.
Extra Spice: You can add clove or cardamom for more holiday flavor.
Salted Caramel: Add a dash of salt, or use a jar of salted caramel for more depth of flavor.
What should I serve this Apple Pie Dip with?
- Bake pie strips with refrigerated pie dough (sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar).
- Serve with sugar cookies or graham crackers (great with cinnamon graham crackers).
- Serve over ice cream if desired.
How to Store and Reheat
- Place leftovers in the fridge; this will last about 3 days.
- Microwave and serve. Or you can serve leftover cold!
- Note, the cooked pie strips don’t carry over to the next day well, they get stale quickly. Use sugar cookies or graham crackers for serving leftovers.
Apple Pie Dip Recipe
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Ingredients
- 5 cups peeled and diced apples, (about 5 apples)
- 12.25 oz. jar caramel sauce (I use Smucker’s glass jar ice cream topping, regular or salted caramel)
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- pinch nutmeg
- pinch salt
- 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 Tbsp. water
For the crust dippers:
- 14 oz. pkg. refrigerated pie dough
- 1/8 cup milk
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Instructions
- Add the apples, caramel, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt into a 3 quart or larger slow cooker. In a small bowl mix together the cornstarch and water, add to the slow cooker.
- Stir everything until combined.
- Cover, and cook on HIGH for 2 hours. Stirring once or twice during those 2 hours.
- In a small bowl, combine the cinnamon and sugar.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Spread out one pie crust at a time onto a baking sheet. Using a pastry brush, spread on the milk. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon sugar mixture onto the pie crusts.
- Using a pizza cutter or knife cut the pie crusts into serving strips.
- Spread out the strips on the baking sheet so they don’t bake together.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Repeat with other pie crust.
- Serve and enjoy.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
More slow cooker apple recipes
More apple recipes to try include Slow Cooker Baked Apples, Slow Cooker Apple Cider, and Slow Cooker Fried Apples, all easy options that highlight classic apple flavors.
For something sweeter, Caramel Apple Cinnamon Roll Casserole and Slow Cooker Apple Dump Cake are great choices for brunch or dessert.
Finish things off with Slow Cooker Apple Butter, perfect for spreading on toast, biscuits, or stirring into oatmeal.
I’m coming over! This looks like the best dip ever!
This is a great idea! Looks so delicious!
I love this! What an awesome Fall recipe.
This is so clever! And I bet it tastes amazing! 🙂
What is the best type of apples to use in this recipe
I used gala, that’s my personal favorite.
This looks so good, I plan to serve it for a Halloween party I am doing. TFS!
I bet this smells amazing while cooking! Love that this has chunky pieces of apple! Pinning!
Oh my gosh! What a fabulous recipe! Pinned!
Does it get any easier or tastier than this? Wow. How fun and delicious!
Your co-workers are probably just praying you bring this in! lol It looks yummy. My mom always would put a dallop of am in the center of a pie crust tart she made with the scraps. I do the same thing when I make a pie (which is not too often I admit!
A dollop of “AM” ?? Shelby said, “My mom always would put a dallop of am in the center of a pie crust tart she made with the scraps.” What is AM??
“Jam?” That’s what I figured anyway.
Thanks Ann! I think that’s it, I’ve been trying to figure it out! It does sound good.
American Cheese.