Caramel Apple Shaved Ice

The inevitable transition from summer to fall is only possible knowing the seasonal sweets that await, including my number one pick, the Costco pack of caramel apples covered in peanuts. With apples in peak season, I knew I just had to recreate the caramel apple as a shaved ice. I love that this dessert takes the typically hard and crisp caramel apple and flips it to become an incredibly fluffy bowl of shaved ice while still retaining caramel apple's greatest hits of tartness, sweetness, and nuttiness. I peel the apples beforehand, as I find the texture is quite gritty with the waxy skin in the shaved ice. I definitely recommend using a tarter apple like a Pink Lady or Fuji as it pairs nicely with the sweet whisky miso caramel that's drizzled over it.