Cakes By Catriona
- Sep 11, 2020
- 1 min read

Candy Apples

Candy Apples (8 persons)

8 large apples

400g white sugar

45ml Honey or Golden syrup

120ml water

6-8 drops of red food coloring

2 pinches of salt

25ml vanilla essence

Extra tool: A candy thermometer

Extra equipment: 8 Ice cream wooden sticks

Procedure

Step 1: Wash well your apples and remove all the stems

Step 2: After drying your apples using a clean kitchen towel, insert an ice cream wooden stick in each one of them (3/4 of the apple depth) at the stem area

Step 3: Your apples are ready for dipping !

Step 4: Put your sugar, water, honey (or golden syrup) and salt in one pan over a low-medium heat and set up your thermometer accordingly (151 degrees Celsius - Hard candy stage).

Step 5: Around 100 degrees Celsius, add your red food coloring and vanilla essence ! (At this 'bubbling' stage, no need to stir, the food coloring and essence will propagate by themselves )

Step 6: Wait until temperature reach 150-154 degrees Celsius, that is the hard candy stage (Takes around 20-25 minutes).

Step 7: Alarm rang and indicate 151 degrees Celsius - Time for dipping !

Step 8: Dip your apples and place them over parchment paper leaving a distance of minimum 2cm between them ! - Careful, the syrup not only set fast but it is also very very hot !!!