Caramel Apples and DIY Donuts

As part of the glories of Fall, we made caramel apples. A friend of mine gave me a recipe that used honey instead of corn syrup...one of those many things that nutritionist say to avoid at all costs but is nearly impossible to completely cut out of your diet! We tried the recipe and it was ok...but smacked strongly of honey-flavor (shouldn't have been surprising) and so was not nearly as appetizing as I had hoped. Maybe I'll try a new recipe one of these cold days! Yep, those are chopsticks. I only had enough sticks for five.
Kids very excited about the camarel apples!

The end result!

And since we're wrecking diets, I decided it would be a good time to try a new donut recipe. (Thank you, Alton Brown!) So we made some DIY donuts. I made the donuts, and then we powdered them and dipped them in chocolate as desired. Some of the donuts I did myself, make a mock Bavarian creme and filling the donuts...there was no way I was going to let the kids get involved in that! They were enjoyed by all, except Lydia who isn't much of a breakfast eater and simply licked the chocolate off hers. A couple of hours later, she came back and finished it.

Elijah enjoying the DIY part.

Bella taking a dip!

Yummy!

These are the creme filled!

Like I said, Lydia was only interested in the chocolate. Ellie here is about to take advantage of Lydia's disinterest. Just so you know, I saved the donut. As the cold weather has really set in, I've got to find a new, low-calorie habit!