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Candy Apple Recipe

Learn how to add color and a satisfying crunch to delicious juicy apples with this easy recipe for Candied Apples. You won't believe how good these red candy apples taste!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword candied apples, candied apples recipe, candy apple recipe, how to make candy apples
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 10 candied apples
Calories 345kcal
Author Isabel Laessig

Equipment

  • 1 Candy thermometer - THIS IS IMPORTANT! A candy thermometer must be used for this recipe.
  • Wooden sticks
  • 1 Pot
  • 1 Baking sheet

Ingredients

  • 10 apples
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1½ cup water
  • 6 drops red food coloring
  • 1 teaspoon edible glitter optional

Instructions

  • Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper, and then spraying it with cooking spray. This will help prevent any of the hardened candy from sticking. Place apples into a pot of boiling water, and boil for 10 seconds each. This step is to get the waxy coating off of the apples.
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    boiling apples for candied apples recipe
  • After 10 seconds, remove apples from the boiling water and place them into an ice bath for 2 minutes.
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    removing apples from boiling water for candied apples recipe
  • Remove from the ice bath and dry the apples.
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    drying apples off for candied apples recipe
  • Insert a wooden stick into the top of each apple, pushing about halfway through. Set aside.
    10 apples
    placing a stick halfway through apples for candied apples
  • Using a medium sized pot over medium-high heat, add in sugar and light corn syrup, and mix well.
    2 cups white sugar, 1 cup light corn syrup
    combining sugar and light corn syrup for candied apples inside a pot
  • Add in water and give it a good mixing again.
    1½ cup water
    mixing water into our candy mixture for candied apples
  • Insert your candy thermometer and continue to boil until the temperature reaches between 300 and 310, this will take about 10-15 minutes. Immediately remove from heat!
    letting candy mixture for candied apples bubble
  • Working very quickly and carefully - the pot and the coating is extremely hot! Add in the food coloring and edible glitter (optional). Mix well.
    6 drops red food coloring, 1 teaspoon edible glitter
    mixing food coloring into candy mixture for candied apples
  • Coat each apple in the candy mixture and transfer to the prepared baking sheet. Let candied apples chill for 5 minutes.
    dipping apples into candy mixture for candied apples
  • Serve and enjoy!
    red candied apples being cut in half with a knife

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Notes

  • Cut your apples: While it's quite impossible to bite into a candy apple, I like to easily cut them up into candied apple slices to help preserve your teeth.
  • Customize the color: Use different food coloring for a different look! Blue, purple, or green - the ideas are endless.
  • Keep the sugar coating thin: After several attempts, a thin shell-like coating is best for candied apples vs a thick candy coating.

Nutrition

Serving: 1apple | Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 91g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 25mg | Potassium: 196mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 85g | Vitamin A: 98IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.2mg