Candy Apples
Easy to make Candy Apples for a fun fall treat.
Yield: 10 -12 medium apples
Calories: 375cal
Cost: $10
Equipment
- twigs or lollipop sticks
- parchment paper
Materials
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup corn syrup light
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- red food coloring
- black food coloring
- 10 apples
Making cinnamon flavored apples
- replace the vanilla extract with cinnamon extract
Instructions
- Have your apples ready - washed, stems removed, and twigs pushed into the middle
- You'll want to mix the first three ingredients together in a medium to large saucepan
- Have your candy thermometer set in place
- Get your heat up...all the way up, and let it boil, stirring every once in a while
- Watch the thermometer. It takes a while (probably 10-15 minutes) to start getting really hot, but Once it hits 250 it goes fast
- As soon as it gets between 300 and 310 degrees, remove the candy from the heat source
- Add 1/2 tsp. of vanilla, and stir in
- Add some red food coloring - enough to make it a deep red - just keep adding and stirring until you love i!
- Get your parchment paper ready, dip, and roll the apples into the red candy
- Place them on the parchment paper to cool
- For your black apples - only once you've got enough red apples - add black food coloring to the red, and keep going until you have a deep purple - almost black color
- Dip more apples into the black candy, roll, and place on paper to cool
Notes
*To make cinnamon-flavored apples, replace the vanilla extract with the cinnamon extract
nutrition facts are only an estimate
Nutrition
Calories: 375cal | Carbohydrates: 98g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 196mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 92g | Vitamin A: 98IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 0.2mg