Fairs and festivals have always provided entertainment and had interesting things for people to eat. Recently, creative vendors have tried to attract people to their stands by making unusual things like chocolate-covered bacon, deep fried beer, and even spaghetti with meatballs on a stick. One snack has been a favorite at fairs and festivals since they started, though, and is still sold today. Those delicious treats are caramel apples.
　　To make caramel apples, one must first heat up some caramel. Once it becomes a liquid, put a stick into one end of an apple and roll it around in the hot, gooey1 caramel. The caramel-covered apple is then rolled onto a plate full of nuts or other sweets to make it taste even more delicious.
　　While caramel apples are available all year round, they become especially eye-catching in the fall, since that is when apples are in season. People who have Halloween parties sometimes make their own caramel apples and decorate them with marshmallows2 to make them look like ghosts or jack-o'-lanterns3. No matter what time of year they are eaten, caramel apples always make a delicious and messy treat.