So then you put it down on the counter so you can grab a paper towel to wipe up the excess apple juice from the surface and realize exactly 0.01 seconds too late that you put it on the COUNTER and not the giant sheet of wax paper that you so thoughtfully prepared 45 minutes ago. Excited, you dip that perfectly sticked apple into the bowl, roll it around and realize it's covered in apple juice and none of the caramel is sticking. So you have to spend another 2 minutes of your life microwaving in short bursts.
![carmal apple color pallette carmal apple color pallette](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/33/4a/36/334a3687f4e37115163ad3f6e6ed3124.jpg)
guess what? That caramel is now giving you the cold shoulder. But by the time you get the stick in an apple. It's a good thing you only unwrapped those 7 1/2 candies because you're only going to end up with one useable apple anyway. Now you have to find a way to insert the stick in the apple. I mean, you really only wanted one caramel apple anyway, right? You microwave the bowl in 2 second intervals for 4 minutes straight and finally get something you can vaguely stir. Finally you give up with only 7 1/2 caramels in the bowl. And then try to peel more wrappers from their sticky candy counterparts with your even stickier fingers. Except, even worse than that, you have to clean the microwave first or the burning caramel will turn into sweet brown superglue of death and you'll never get it out. Hyde and your caramel is tearing at the ceiling of your microwave and you've burned the whole lot.
![carmal apple color pallette carmal apple color pallette](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/ee/5c/a6ee5cf983a84f30ab6f48b2846bcd23.jpg)
And then when you stick the caramel in the microwave, nothing happens. You probably end up melting just as much plastic as caramel. Which means that the flimsy cellophane wrappers stick in every crevice of every caramel. And caramels are by their very nature, the stickiest things on the planet.
![carmal apple color pallette carmal apple color pallette](https://www.color-hex.com/palettes/64473.png)
First, you have to UNWRAP all those caramels.