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• RED CANDY APPLE RECIPE CRACK

I used Granny Smith apples because I like their tartness which balances well with the extreme sweetness of the Jolly Ranchers. To be most efficient, you can melt these in a 325° oven for about ten minutes. My kiddo helped me sort the Jolly Ranchers by color, then we used 50 to 55 candies per apple. You can even toss in some edible glitter if you really want to bump up the visual appeal. Once the candy has melted, we’ll simply dip our pre-skewered apples in, and voila, we’ll get candy apples.Īnd while the traditional color of a candy apple is red, since we’re using Jolly Ranchers, we’ll get some blues and greens as well. Instead, we’re simply going to melt Jolly Rancher candies to coat our apples.

RED CANDY APPLE RECIPE CRACK

This way we won’t have to fiddle around with bringing sugar to the hard crack stage which, trust me, can be a bit difficult. Well, these are similar, but instead of using a red cinnamon candy or a sugar mixed with corn syrup, water, cinnamon and red food coloring, then heated to the hard crack stage, we’re going to be using Jolly Rancher candies. I imagine it will become Robbie’s once he gets a bit older.Make gorgeous candy apples with Jolly Ranchers!Įveryone has seen candy apples before - you know, those whole apples dipped in a sugar candy coating with a stick inserted in the center for easy handling? I mean nothing says love like a 3-foot tall stuffed dog, right? (And for the record, that stuffed dog is sitting at the top of Laura’s closet. Well, someone won a huge stuffed dog at one of those fair games…and that dog made it’s way to the gift table at our wedding reception.

The fair was in town for the whole week, and a bunch of our friends went over the night before our wedding. (I did wash and dry the sticks before sticking them into the apples, though.) I use this same trick whenever I make Caramel Apples, too.Īnd before we wrap up today’s post, I have to share another story about the state fair. I chose to use sticks from the yard (instead of craft sticks) to create more rustic-looking candy apples. (The longest part is waiting for the sugar syrup to reach the target temperature.) Unfortunately, candy apples don’t quite count as the ‘apple a day keeps the doctor away,’ but they are indeed tasty! In fact, you could have an entire batch of candy apples ready in your kitchen in just about 30 minutes. And Candy Apples are actually surprisingly easy to make at home. Needless to say, I think we fulfilled our fair food craving for at least the next 12 months!Ĭandy Apples are definitely a favorite fall food…especially here in New York where we have dozens of apple orchards just miles from our house. (I was covered in powdered sugar after that one!) Oh, and how could I forget candy apples? We definitely wrapped up the evening with a candy apple or two. Let coating cool slightly while twirling apple. Turn off heat and dip apples (washed with sticks).

Over medium heat, stir constantly until candies are melted (do not boil). (Does that mean we technically spent our honeymoon at the NC State Fair?)Īny trip to the state fair isn’t complete without lots of fair food! We managed to sample foot-long corn dogs, gigantic 1/2 pound pickles and of course an elephant ear piled high with at least 2 cups of powdered sugar. 2 cups (500 mL) sugar cup (180 mL) water cup (125 mL) light corn syrup tsp (2 mL) red food colouring 12-14 (9.5 g) packets Pop Rocks 1 tsp (5 mL). 1 2 teaspoon red food coloring directions Mix sugar, corn syrup, cinnamon candies and water in large pot. First prepare the apples for candy coating by washing them and removing the stems. This old fashioned candy apple recipe makes a shiny bright red candied apple similar to the. And sure enough, we decided to head out that evening to the state fair. Old Fashioned Candy Apple Recipes Old Time Red Candy Apples. Sure enough, the fair was in town that week. As we were sitting in my Mom’s house on Sunday afternoon, one of our friends offered us some extra tickets to the North Carolina State Fair. We opted to stay there in Raleigh for a couple of days while the dust settled. We got married in the Raleigh/Durham, NC area but we lived in Atlanta at the time. One of the more unique memories from our wedding actually came on the day after. What a great day! I mean how often are you surrounded by all of your family and best friends in one place? We’ve said on a number of occasions that we’d love to go back and relive that day. Laura and I were just talking about our wedding last weekend and reliving some of our favorite memories. Remember a couple of weeks ago when I mentioned that our anniversary is coming up? Well, it’s almost here. Can’t make it to the state fair? Then just make your own batch of Candy Apples at home!