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They were easy to make. I had fun working on these with my elementary aged son. The dough was very sticky and we had to flour our hands to make the dough balls. They were similar to mini cakes when they were cooked in the caramel sauce. The caramel sauce was a little thicker than I would have expected with regular caramel. The dish was very good but also extremely sweet. We only needed two or three each, as they are quite rich. We topped them with a small scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. Overall, they were pretty good. Will make again.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":4,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2014-11-01","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"GreenCarrot"},"reviewBody":"I was worried how this would turn out but it was fantastic! I love caramel and apples and combo was great. I served it with vanilla bean ice cream. 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I was worried how this would turn out but it was fantastic! I love caramel and apples and combo was great. I served it with vanilla bean ice cream. Yum!<\/p>","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"11\/01\/2014 18:26","GUID":"3f2d6242904e45c28826fc975079e8e0","MemberId":5742608,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"Xena7751","SubmittedDate":"11\/01\/2014 18:26"},{"Comment":"
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