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Randomly drizzle melted chocolate over the apples. Melt chocolate chips in a small pot over boiling water while stirring until the melted chocolate is smooth and creamy. Sprinkle evenly with the coarse salt and place in the fridge. Place caramel-coated apples standing up on a sheet of foil or a cookie sheet for easy decorating and cooling. Dip apples into hot caramel and carefully twirl to produce an even coating. Stir often to get a smooth caramel mixture. Combine caramels and water in a saucepan over low to medium heat. Insert wooden candy apple sticks or skewers 3/4 of the way into the stem end of each apple. Watch carefully to prevent scorching.Ħ Granny Smith apples 6 wooden candy apple sticks or skewers 1 (14 ounce) package individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped 2 tablespoons water 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1-1/2 tablespoons coarse salt 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips Extra chocolate chips for decorating Microwave for 30-40 seconds on LOW power, stir, and repeat until you have a bowl of creamy, melted chocolate. You can also melt the chocolate chips easily in a microwave-safe bowl. Holding an apple by its stick, dip in syrup and remove and turn to coat evenly. Remove from heat and stir in food coloring. Heat to 300 to 310☏ (149 to 154☌), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine sugar, corn syrup, and water. Insert craft sticks into whole, stemmed apples. To make this red candy apple recipe, first lightly grease 2 or 3 cookie sheets. Red Candy Applesġ5 apples 15 wooden craft sticks 2 cups white sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1-1/2 cups water 8 or 9 drops red food coloring They will be quite hot for a while so make sure you let them cool completely to room temperature before eating! Try this candied apple recipe today. Place them with the skewer pointing up on waxed paper or a greased cookie sheet and allow them to harden. Slowly twirling the apple will help spread the syrup over the apple. Remove from heat and quickly dip your apples into your candy coating and be sure to coat them well. Now boil mixture to 300☏ on the candy thermometer, or until the syrup is slightly brittle when tested in cold water. Once everything is dissolved, add cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, and food coloring to the mix. Then stir some more just to make sure it's all dissolved. Stir and keep stirring until everything is dissolved. In a small or medium sized saucepan set on medium heat, combine sugar, corn syrup, cinnamon candies, and water. If wooden skewers are unavailable, a Popsicle stick with one end sharpened can be used in a pinch. Take a skewer and stab it right into the middle of the apple at its blossom end, and repeat for each apple.īe careful not to poke the skewer through the other side of the apple though. Cinnamon Red Hot Candy ApplesĮnjoy Hot Cinnamon Flavored Red Candy ApplesĢ cups granulated sugar 2 cups corn syrup 1/3 cup hot cinnamon hearts candy, or cinnamon red hots 1 cup water 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon cloves 3/4 teaspoon red food coloring 6 of your favorite type of eating apple, medium size 6 wooden skewers (often found in the produce department)įirst prepare the apples for candy coating by washing them and removing the stems. These apples should be made the day they will be used. Place apples with the skewer end down in a wire cake rack, which has been placed over a large bowl, so that the apple does not touch anything while hardening. Hold each apple by the skewer and plunge into the hot syrup.ĭraw the apple out quickly and twirl it until the syrup is spread smoothly over the apple. Insert the skewers, which can be purchased from the butcher, in the blossom end of the apples. Remove the syrup from the heat and set at once over hot water. Continue cooking without stirring until the syrup is brittle when tested in cold water.ĭuring the cooking, any sugar crystals thrown on the sides of the pan should be carefully wiped down with a wet cloth. Two cups granulated sugar, one-half cup light corn syrup, one-quarter cup water, red food coloring, one-half teaspoon cinnamon flavoring, twelve red apples, twelve wooden skewers.Ĭook the granulated sugar, corn syrup, and water in a small saucepan, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. This original red candy apple recipe makes a shiny bright red candied apple similar to the ones you get at the fall fairs. (Source: Don Bell) Old Fashioned Red Candy Apples
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Enjoy Making Red Candy Apples for Halloween