SALTED CARAMEL APPLE MIMOSA

Salted Caramel Apple Mimosa

If you love caramel apples, you are going to LOVE Salted Caramel Apple Mimosas!  Simple, refreshing, easy and fun – these are the perfect autumn cocktail…almost too pretty to drink - a celebration of the fall harvest season and oh so good!    

Salted Caramel Apple Mimosa

LET THE CELEBRATION BEGIN!

Whatever get-togethers you have planned for this fall, from birthdays, to lazy autumn brunches, to book clubs, to Thanksgiving morning, this Salted Caramel Apple Mimosa will bring all the flavors of fall together for the perfect celebration - and they are crazy simple and soooo delicious.  

And in my crazy kitchen, these are perfect for sipping on while decorating cupcakes and sugar cookies.  All you need is a good sound track and special friends to help you enjoy.  Ready....set...lick...and drink!

CARAMEL APPLE MIMOSA SECRETS...

• CHAMPAGNE:  Pick your favorite champagne or bubbly wine – there really are no right or wrongs – sweet, dry, extra dry – they’re all good!
• APPLE CIDER:  Use the freshest apple cider you can find for this sweet treat – straight from the apple orchard if you can find it!  And don’t even think  about using pasturized apple juice…
• CARAMEL SAUCE:  Trader Joes and Marzetti’s make a great Classic Caramel Sauce and Salted Caramel Sauce, and the containers are the perfect size for dipping the rims of your glasses.  You’ll want caramel that is buttery soft and not too runny, and keep it at room temperature for easy dipping!
• LOVE CARAMEL?  Drizzle a spoonful of caramel sauce on the bottom of your glass before adding apple cider. Fun to swirl and drink!
• SALT:  Make sure to use kosher salt and not table salt (which is much too fine and will make your drink way too salty).
• CINNAMON SUGAR:  If you prefer a sweeter drink or want to limit your sodium, dip the rims of your glasses in cinnamon sugar rather than kosher salt.
• APPLES:  I love using Granny Smith recipes for this recipe, but you can substitute your favorite apple – Honeycrisp also taste and look wonderful!
• MAKE AHEAD:  Prepare your champagne flutes ahead of time (thru step 4) and keep chilled until party time.

Salted Caramel Apple Mimosa

SALTED CARAMEL APPLE MIMOSA

If you love caramel apples, you are going to LOVE Salted Caramel Apple Mimosas!  Simple, refreshing, easy and fun – these are the perfect autumn cocktail…almost too pretty to drink - a celebration of the fall harvest season and oh so good!  
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Salted Caramel Apple Mimosa

INGREDIENTS:
3 cups fresh apple cider
1 (750ml) bottle dry brut champagne
½ cup salted caramel dip or sauce
Kosher salt
1 fresh Granny Smith apple
Lemon-lime soda or fresh lemon juice (for apple slices to prevent browning)
 
HOW I MAKE THESE:

1. Chill apple cider and champagne.
2. Cut apple into thin wedges, with a notch cut in the middle for placing on rim of glass.  To keep the apple slices from turning brown, place in a small bowl and cover them with Sprite (or other lemon/lime soda) or fresh lemon juice mixed with water.
3. If caramel sauce is not in a container large enough for you to dip the rims of your glasses, pour caramel into a small shallow bowl or (for dipping the tops of your glasses in).  Pour kosher salt into a shallow plate.
4. Take champagne flutes and dip them in the caramel sauce, letting excess run off before flipping them over.  For a larger caramel drizzle down the outside of your glass, GENEROUSLY dip the glasses and flip over immediately, allowing the caramel to run down the sides of the glass.  Place on tray and chill for five minutes in the fridge.
5. Lightly dip edges of each glass in kosher salt, flip over.
6. Fill each flute with ½ cup chilled apple cider, and then slowly pour in chilled champagne.  Be careful – it will bubble up!
7. Once each glass is filled, garnish with an apple slice on the rim.
8. Serve immediately and enjoy!

​YIELD:  6 servings (depending on size of champagne flutes)

RECIPE NOTES: 

• CHAMPAGNE:  Pick your favorite champagne or bubbly wine – there really are no right or wrongs – sweet, dry, extra dry – they’re all good!
• APPLE CIDER:  Use the freshest apple cider you can find for this sweet treat – straight from the apple orchard if you can find it!  And don’t even think  about using pasturized apple juice…
• CARAMEL SAUCE:  Trader Joes and Marzetti’s make a great Classic Caramel Sauce and Salted Caramel Sauce, and the containers are the perfect size for dipping the rims of your glasses.  You’ll want caramel that is buttery soft and not too runny, and keep it at room temperature for easy dipping!
• SALT:  Make sure to use kosher salt and not table salt (which is much too fine and will make your drink way too salty).
• CINNAMON SUGAR:  If you prefer a sweeter drink or want to limit your sodium, dip the rims of your glasses in cinnamon sugar rather than kosher salt.
• APPLES:  I love using Granny Smith recipes for this recipe, but you can substitute your favorite apple – Honeycrisp also taste and look wonderful!
• MAKE AHEAD:  Prepare your champagne flutes ahead of time (thru step 4) and keep chilled until party time.

Originally posted September 2016, revised and reposted October 2020.
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