I always love the arrival of apple season as it brings with it such warm and wonderful fall flavors, and baking these caramel apple cups fills the kitchen with joyful aromas.
Apple, cinnamon, caramel… they warm your heart before you even take a bite.
Since they’re so easy to make, you’ll have them in your belly before long too!
Ingredients for this apple dessert with biscuits
- refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (oversized)
- butter
- apple
- sugar
- cinnamon
- brown sugar
- heavy whipping cream
- powdered sugar
How to make caramel apple biscuits cups
Start by cutting up a package of refrigerated biscuits into pieces, and you need those oversized biscuits, not the little wimpy ones. Stir in chopped apples, melted butter, sugar and cinnamon and spoon into muffin cups.
Oooo, this is gonna be good.
Now bake those babies.
While the caramel apple cups are baking, prepare the caramel apple glaze on the stove.
When the dessert cups are done baking, drizzle the glaze over the top and serve while still warm.
If you can’t serve them while warm, don’t panic! They’ll still taste great… it’s just that warm apples and cinnamon are always a special treat. Plus, you can pop them in the microwave for a few seconds if you want to recapture some of that magic.
Enjoy! These caramel apple muffin cups are delicious!
More apple desserts to try:
- Apple salad with toasted walnuts
- Caramel apple cake
- Apple fritters
- Taffy apple salad
- Slow cooker apple cinnamon raisin bread pudding
- Apple cider pancakes with apple crumble topping
- Apple cinnamon donut bites
Caramel Apple Cups
Ingredients
- 1 can oversized refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 granny smith apple peeled and chopped
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Glaze
- ½ cup brown sugar firmly packed
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin tin with paper liners. Cut each biscuit into 6 pieces; place pieces in large bowl. Add butter, apple, sugar and cinnamon; toss to coat. Spoon into lined muffin cups.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan.
- While baking, mix brown sugar and cream in small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Whisk in powdered sugar until smooth.
- Spoon warm icing over warm caramel apple cups.
Amber Young says
Thank you for the delicious, yet quick and easy, recipe. The 20 minute bake time flew by while making the topping. I did not “drizzle”, instead, I fully covered the muffin tops in the wonderfully sweet caramel sauce.
Liz says
So glad you enjoyed them and I love your idea of going wild with the caramel sauce!
Emily says
I love baking with apples in the fall and these sound absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday—I’ll be including your cinnamon apple cups in my Features this week 🙂
Kim~madeinaday says
What an amazing looking treat! Sharing! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
Leona says
Clever idea. I will make these for sure. Thanks.
Maribeth says
What a great way to use refrigerated buttermilk biscuits! These look absolutely delicious! Do you know how they would do with homemade buttermilk biscuits? I sometimes buy biscuits, but also often make my own.
Liz says
I imagine the baking time would alter a bit, but it would be an experiment worth trying!
Megan says
Umm, yes please!!! These look AMAZING!!! Must make!! #MM
Cindy Richter says
Saw this on the Share Your Style Link Party and can hardly wait to try it. Man do I love me some apples and caramel!
Sandra L Garth says
Yes, yes and yes again! Your pictures and this recipe are fantastic, thanks for sharing.
Dawn McAlexander says
Mmmmm! Caramel and apple are so good together. I bet these are amazing!
Crystal says
I adore all things summer, but there’s something special about the warmth of fall flavors. These caramel apple cups have me looking forward to the change of seasons.
Rosey says
You’re right, warm apples and cinnamon do warm the heart. I’d like these hot or cold, but I highly suspect it’s the warm version that would curl my little toes. 🙂
Alissa Apel says
We’re almost at the Apple Jack Festival time in Nebraska City! This is a great recipe to try.
Elena says
I too love the smell of apple in the kitchen. I love apple pie but I have never tried this recipe before. It looks delicious.
Amy Desrosiers says
This recipe has me craving fall weather, and apple picking. They look so good!
Brianne says
I can’t believe it’s almost apple picking season! These look delicious!
Carol Cassara says
Now this one looks scrumptious and I love that it’s easy to make! It’s perfect for Fall too, especially for Thanksgiving. It makes preparing the other dishes easier!
AnnMarie John says
Seeing this recipe made me excited for fall! I love caramel apples and so do the kids and it would be easier to eat it like this. I cannot believe I never thought of preparing it this way!
Kristi says
Yum… they almost seem like a muffin but yet sort of a like a dessert. Whatever they are… they look and sound delicious!
Maureen says
Caramel and apple is always a good combination for sure. Sweet and simple. I will have to make these cups, I am sure they would make a wonderful mid day sweet treat!
Annemarie LeBlanc says
I am drooling over your photos! These caramel apple cups look so delicious. They’d be good for any time and any occasion – From breakfast to dessert to game day snacks or to pair with tall glass of iced tea. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Sarah says
How yummy do these look!? I want to make these now and hide them from the kids!
Tara says
These are going on my must make list. The look so delicious. I can’t wait to try them.
Sinisa says
Fall and apple season is coming. This looks great.
Heather says
I am so ready for fall after I’ve been sweating for what feels like forever. These caramel apple cups sounds delightful!
christine says
I make something very similar and my family goes wild for them! I can’t wait for apple season!
krystal says
Well, this looks REALLY GOOD! I need to recreate these – especially for fall!
reesa says
Oh I am pinning this because they look DELICIOUS!!!!!! When we go apple picking I end up with so many apples, so this is perfect.
Claudia Krusch says
I am always looking for new recipes to try. Oh my these caramel apple cups looks so delicious. I am sure they will be a big hit in my house.
Theresa says
Apple season is my favorite. There are always so many delicious recipes I want to try, and now I’ll be adding these Caramel Apple Cups to the list. They look divine!
Kristin says
YUM! I totally want to make these now, they look so soft and moist. Moist muffins are the best!
gingermommy says
These yummy muffins just scream Fall. Looks so good!
Kelly Hutchinson says
My husband loves homemade apple pie. It is just a pain to make. These would be a perfect compromise for that issue! Brilliant!
Pam says
These look so good. I can’t believe it’s already time to start thinking about fall recipes like this.
Connie says
Ooh easy and yummy. These look really good.
Amy Desrosiers says
Yummy! Those look really tasty and totally perfect for the upcoming apple season.
Heather Johnson says
I am so ready for the tastes, smells, and temperatures of autumn. Your caramel apple cups sound super yummy for a fall day!
Jeanette says
Those look so good I wish there was a way to eat them right off the screen! I never thought of making them this way but I can going to do this really soon!
Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says
Those look so amazing! I love how easy they are to make and eat. Putting them in little cupcake cups is pure genius.
Deborah Pucci says
They sound yummy!
Meagan says
Oh my goodness!!! These look so delicious! I would probably get in trouble if these were in my house.
Cathi Crismon says
Oh my YUM! Your Caramel Apple Cups look and sound heavenly! And quick and easy to make too. Perfect for back to school breakfast and snacks. Thanks, Liz!
Robin rue says
Oh man these sound so good. I love apple recipes and we will be going apple picking soon so this is perfect timing.