Make candy apples that actually look like real candy with these fully customizable sweet treats.
Provided by: SmallRecipe.com
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Yield: 12
Ingredients:
| 4 ½ cups granulated sugar |
| 1 ½ cups water |
| ¾ cups corn syrup |
| 3 tbsp white food colouring |
| rainbow food colouring |
| 12 granny smith apples |
| lollipop sticks or skewers |
| cooking spray |
Steps:
- You will be making 2 colors per batch, so just repeat these steps 3 times.
- Place 1 ½ cups granulated sugar, ½ cup water and ¼ cup corn syrup into a medium-sized pot and stir to combine.
- Add 1 tbsp white food coloring and several drops pink food coloring and mix well.
- Set to medium-high heat and attach a candy thermometer. Heat to 302F.
- In the meantime, wash the apples, remove the stems and insert lollipop sticks or skewers into the top. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside.
- Once the candy reaches 302F, dip 2 apples into the pink candy, then place on the baking sheet.
- Add some orange food coloring to the candy, mix well, then coat 2 apples in orange candy.
- To easily clean the pot between batches, pour out any excess candy into a silicone mold, then fill the pot with water. Bring to a boil and boil until the excess candy coating melts. Pour out the hot water, then repeat Steps 2-6, making yellow and green in one batch and blue and purple in the last batch.
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