Halloween Candied Apples
These candied apples taste just as good as the red ones that you get from the local fair, but the black coloring makes them perfect for Halloween. You can also decorate them with gummy worms or other “scary” candy.
The process of candying them might, at first, seem daunting, but it’s quite easy and worth giving it a try. You can do this at home, on a camp stove or even on a well-maintained campfire.
Hey, everybody. Jimmy Kennedy and June Kennedy here with go outside and it is October and it’s almost Halloween. We’re going to try to make a few treats here. We’ve never made these before, but I think they’re going to be pretty good. They’re going to be fine. And the first one is just basically candied apples, but we’re going to try to make them black and we got some gummy worms to stick in them or do something with or just eat right.
It’s kind of her favorite. And I mean, I make candied apples a lot and caramel apples too. I love those. But this is going to be a little different. We’ll see what we got. We’re just going to heat up water and you go ahead and put that in there. The exact recipe will be on the website as usual. You got I think that’s like three-quarters cup of sugar.
It is a lot isn’t it look what it is but heat this to the candy crack stage like 290 degrees and that’s yep corn syrup like corn syrup that’s what kind of caramelizes the apple. But you might use a spoon for that. That’s like corn syrup. Get it all in there too. Yeah, then we’re just going to let that heat up, stir it up and get that going.
And so the deal is here, you have to stir constantly until the sugar dissolves. June’s just going to keep on it. It probably has dissolved. So now we’re going to add, and you can do this earlier, you can add the food coloring, you know, drop some black in there. You don’t have to do a whole lot like half a teaspoon or something like that.
How many drops? Go ahead, and see what you’ve got one more. That’s probably good news out of the purple, too. Sometimes purple gives it like a little more of a sheen. Makes it even darker for some reason. Did we use that one all up? Drop or two, that’s all it takes. Stir that up real well and get this thing back on. All right, folks, we got this at right at 290 we’ll check one more time it took a little while out here but we’ll check it one more time… there oh yeah it’s coating the thermometer.
It’s super hot you don’t want to touch that. So we just take our apples, and we got some sticks right off the apple tree. You grab that one. You can start dunking. You may have to use a spoon a little bit, too. Smells good, though. Doesn’t it? There’s another very cute. Oh, it’s awesome. It’s absorbing. You spread all over here.
I can tilt it for you. Just roll it in there. That’s a lot easier. Yeah, well, it looks really good. Sure does smell good. Do you want me to put a little bit on top for you? Yes, please. Oh, this is perfect. It’s sticky. All right, well, this looks and smells so good. Kind of spooky looking isn’t it? They look great.
June’s just going to put these gummies right on top of the apple. It looks super cool, but you can also, like, cut a hole in the apple and stick the gummy right out. That looks great. Perfect. Looks really good. And boom!
Ingredients
- 4 small- to medium-sized apples
- 4 sticks or skewers
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 2/3 cup water
- Purple food coloring
- Black food coloring
- Parchment paper or baking sheet
- Gummy worms or candy of choice, for decorating
Directions
- Insert a stick or skewer into the top of an apple using the pointed end of the stick. Make sure it’s secure enough to pick the apple up using just the stick.
- Place the parchment paper or baking sheet on a plate.
- In a medium saucepan, heat the sugar, corn syrup and water over medium heat while stirring. Add a few drops of each color of food coloring and continue to stir. Bring the mixture to a boil and continue stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved.
- Turn the heat to low and place a candy thermometer in the sugar mixture, and continue to cook, without stirring, until the temperature reaches 290 to 295 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Have the apples ready to go and quickly twirl them into the candied sugar. You may have to tilt the pan to completely cover the apples, and it’s okay to use a spoon to help. When the apples are nice and coated, let them drip back into the saucepan, then place on the parchment paper or baking sheet and let cool.
- When cooled completely, decorate with gummy worms or other candy and serve to your family or guests for a special Halloween treat. Trick or treat!
Yield: 6 candied apples
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 10-15 minutes
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