After trying this I wasn't as happy with the results as I wanted to be. It was due to two things. 1 I don't like baked apples so I'm not sure why I'd like this. 2. I don't like caramel so, again, I'm not sure why I thought I'd like this. However, I did like the slight smokey flavor mixed with the apple flavor so it wasn't all a bust. However, my mother and father LOVED it. I did three apples (one for me, 1 for my fiancee, and one for my parents to split) and delivered one to them (they got a kick out of having dessert delivered when we live in the middle of nowhere) and they had to eaten before I could get out of their house. So it seems like this is a great dessert but only if you like baked apples and/or caramel.