Until I moved to Chicago after graduating from college, I had never heard of a taffy apple. Up in Minnesota, these sweet, sticky treats were called caramel apples. A popular fall salad that showed up at just about everyone's tailgate or potluck was Taffy Apple Salad. It's not a particularly beautiful salad, but it sure does taste delicious! A neat version of the treat for which it's named! Give it a try!
Taffy Apple Salad
4 Granny Smith apples, diced
1 cup Spanish peanuts, in skin
1 cup crushed pineapple
1/2 cup sugar
3 cups mini marshmallows
1 tsp flour
1 egg, scrambled with fork
8 oz whipped topping, thawed
3 Tbsp white vinegar
Night before: Drain pineapple, save juice. Fold pineapple and mini marshmallows in a bowl and refrigerate. Mix pineapple juice, sugar, flour, egg, and white vinegar in pan and heat until the mixture starts to thicken. Refrigerate pineapple juice sauce overnight.
Next day: In a large bowl, combine the marshmallow mixture, the pineapple juice mixture, the apples, Spanish peanuts, and whipped topping. Fold until well combined. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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