Rainbow candy apples
Rainbow candy apples recipe in the candy category
Recipe ingredients:
- 4 wooden craft or lollipop sticks
- 4 small very red McIntosh, Cortland or Empire apples, rinsed and dried, stems removed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup
- 1/8 teaspoon red food coloring: for yellow candy apples, use Golden Delicious apples and yellow food coloring; for green candy apples, use Granny Smith and green food coloring
- Dried unsweetened coconut flakes, in health food stores, optional coating
Recipe method:
- To avoid sugar and syrup burn, wear rubber gloves when dipping the apples.
- Insert stick into center of stem end of each apple.
- Line baking sheet with nonstick liner or aluminum foil.
- In 2 quart heavy saucepan, combine sugar, the water and corn syrup.
- Cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved, swirling pan occasionally.
- Increase heat to medium-high. Bring mixture to a boil.
- Attach candy thermometer to side of saucepan.
- Boil mixture until temperature registers 300 degrees F, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove syrup from heat.
- Swirl in food coloring, tilting saucepan, until blended.
- Holding apple by stick and tilting pan, swirl each apple in syrup until coated all over.
- Lift apple and gently twirl over saucepan, letting excess drip back into pan.
- If coating in coconut, sprinkle apple with coconut.
- Place on prepared baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining apples.
- Let apples stand at room temperature 1 hour or until coating hardens.
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