Halloween apple candy
Halloween candy apples are the perfect fantasy for your kids in this festival season. Not only for Halloween you use this for many occasions like birthday parties with different vibrant colors.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 35 minutes mins
Main ingredients
- 8 red apples
- 1 tsp of lemon juice
- 4 tbsp of golden syrup
- 400 g of caster sugar
- Few drops of red food coloring
Extra ingredients
- 8 Sticks (chopsticks or Lollysticks)
Put the stalk- removed apples into a heatproof bowl and dip them in boiling water. Keep for 3-4 minutes. Then remove using a slotted spoon and pat them dry.
Insert the most sharp end of sticks into the stalk-end of the apples, to make sure that they are firmly wedged in. Then place a large baking parchment piece on a board.
Add sugar into a saucepan and add 100ml of water and lemon juice. Allow to simmer and continue cooking until all the sugar is dissolved. Then add the old syrup and again allow the mixture to simmer until it reaches 150C on sugar thermometer(hard crack stage)
If there's no thermometer you can test the toffee by putting it into cold water. If it's harden once added to water and becomes brittle after removing then the mixture conditions are perfect. Add a little drop of the coloring and swirl to combine the. Then you can turn off the heat.
If the texture is not ready yet you can continue to boil until you get the desired texture.
- One serving contains 284 Kcal.
- The apples are soaked on boiling water to remove their protective wax so that it facilitate toffees stick onto apples.
Keyword Halloween apple candy