Ease of preparation: Medium
Yield: 6 candy apples
Ingredients:
6 Granny Smith apples, cleaned and dried
1 cup (240 ml) water
3 cups (720 ml) sugar
½ cup (120 ml) light corn syrup
Black gel food colouring
Blue gel food colouring
Silver edible dust, to decorate
White gel food colouring
Special equipment
6 lollipop sticks
Candy thermometer
Method:
Let’s get baking!
Remove stems and insert lollipop stick through the top of the apple core, ensuring a firm handle.
Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly coat with cooking spray.
Slide a candy thermometer onto the side of a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Add water, sugar, and light corn syrup to the saucepan and cook over high heat until the mixture reaches 300 F (150 C) (hard-ball stage).
Remove saucepan from heat. Add black and blue food colouring and stir in. Add silver edible dust and stir. Add a few drops of white gel food colouring (do not stir to combine at this point).
Hold the pot of liquid on an angle and carefully, with a firm grip on the handle, put in an apple and swirl to ensure a full coating of candy. Hold for a few seconds, upside down, to allow excess candy to drip back into the pot.
Place coated apple, handle side up, on a parchment covered baking sheet.
Repeat for all apples.
Allow apples to set for a few minutes before dusting with more edible glitter dust.
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