How to Make Candy Apples

Recipe:

2/3 cup water
10 apples – firm apples such as granny smith
2 cups granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
½ cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup cinnamon heart candies (red hots)

Instructions:

Wash apples, remove stems and dry them thoroughly. Insert one wooden stick into the top of each apple and set aside.

Mix sugar, corn syrup and water in a saucepan. Cook on low, stirring constantly until the sugar is dissolved.

Continue to let mixture cook, without stirring, for 30 to 45 minutes until a spoonful dropped into a glass of water hardens immediately, or until mixture reaches 275 degrees on a candy thermometer.

Stir in vanilla and cinnamon candies quickly.

Dip apples immediately into hot sugar mixture, holding each apple by the stick and turning to coat. Let excess drop back into pan.

Set coated apples on a greased baking sheet with sticks pointing up, until candy hardens.

Tip: I have found that using a heavy non-stick pan works best when making candy as your candy won’t scorch. Clean-up is a breeze too!

Drizzle Chocolate over apples for a Show-Stopper!

If you really want to impress someone try melting ½ cup of Ghirardell Dark Chocolate or Milk Chocolate in the microwave for 50 seconds, stir, and then dip a fork into the melted chocolate and drizzle over the candy apples! You can also melt white chocolate and do the same thing for a second layer! YUMMY!!