11/02/2024
Sunset Glow Candy Apples
Ingredients
8 small apples (preferably red or yellow for contrast)
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
½ cup water
Orange and pink food coloring
½ tsp vanilla extract
Candy apple sticks
Directions
1. Wash and thoroughly dry the apples. Insert a candy apple stick into each apple and set aside on a parchment-lined tray.
2. In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water. Stir gently over medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
3. Once the mixture begins to boil, stop stirring. Allow it to cook without interruption until it reaches 300°F (hard crack stage) on a candy thermometer.
4. Carefully remove from heat and add vanilla extract.
5. Divide the hot syrup into two separate bowls. In one bowl, mix in a few drops of orange food coloring, and in the other, blend in pink.
6. To create the sunset effect, dip each apple first in the pink syrup, allowing the excess to drip off, then quickly dip into the orange syrup.
7. Transfer the dipped apples to the parchment paper to cool completely and harden.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Yield 8 candy apples
