![]() ![]() Candy Apple Sticks – you can use bamboo sticks, these cute plastic “sticks”, lollipop sticks, or popsicle sticks.It is imperative to heat the candy syrup to the correct temperature so that the finished candy is the right consistency. Candy Thermometer – while not an ingredient, a candy thermometer is an absolute necessity when making homemade candy apples.I used red liquid food coloring and it worked great! I used black gel food coloring – a few drops was adequate to make a dark coating for my dark Red Delicious apples, but you could add more for an even deeper, more opaque candy coating. Food coloring – use about ½ teaspoon of liquid food coloring or a few drops of a gel/paste food coloring.Granulated sugar – we use a standard, widely available sugar to make our sweet candy coating – since we are dissolving and boiling the sugar, we don’t need a specialty texture or grain size.Light corn syrup – corn syrup is an invert sugar which means that it prevents sugar crystals from forming and produces a glossy, smooth surface to the hard candy – perfect for this candy apple recipe!. ![]() see notes in the FAQ section regarding which variety of apple to choose Apples – crisp, fresh apples organic apples are great since you will be eating the skin.Wouldn’t these be so fun to serve at your next murder mystery halloween party or set out on your kitchen counter to complete your Halloween decor? INGREDIENTS: Once I tried my hand at making candy apples and saw how easy it was, I had some fun mixing up a batch of black apples. No sticking in your teeth, no tugging at your molars. Yes, that first bite takes a little muscle to crack into the shell, but after that, yumm! Because we cook the candy coating to the precise temperature of 305°, achieving the hard crack stage, this candy coating is crisp and dissolves almost immediately. Not TOO sweet and not TOO sticky – not sticky at all, in fact, and I didn’t lose a single tooth! ![]() They’ll be a quintessential addition to your Halloween treat table! Keep it bright and beautiful with red food coloring or take the creep level up a tad by turning this treat into a “poisonous” black halloween candy apple.īelieve it or not, I have never tried a candy apple until this year! What?! I’ve always opted for the sophisticated sister – the caramel apple over its seemingly stickier counterpart, but I was pleasantly surprised to sink my teeth into one of these treats and find a new love. These are unbelievably easy to make with our fool-proof candy apple recipe. Oh, sweet crisp Autumn apples dipped in a thin and crunchy, perfectly sweet red candy coating. ![]()
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