When I was a kid, our neighbour made candy apples, caramel ones, and popcorn balls to give out on Halloween. This was during the 70s. Thanks for the memories!
I just made old fashioned steen’s popcorn balls last night. My son went to the fair today and couldn’t find candy apples. So I’m here now to surprise him with candy apples. I use to use the pre made stuff when he was a few years old. I haven’t made them in 10 years. I wanna try homemade ones now.
Hello Liz, I watched your Caramel Apple video & this Candy Apple recipe, I washed and refrigerated my apples yesterday and today I'm making your Caramel Apples recipe! I'm so excited!😃Next I'm going to make theses Candy Apples. I wanted to commend you on your videos for being one of the ONLY RU-vid Chefs that actually addresses SAFETY prior to starting this project. Kitchen injuries are the most common household injuries and especially important when work with molten sugar. As an ex-military Safety Officer, I'd like to thank you for that! I wish more RU-vidr Chefs would take a moment, like you did, and just alert the audience to potential safety risks. Most RU-vidrs just jump right in to the recipe, without so much as a mention that sever burns can occur. Thank You Liz!
Hi Liz, thank you so much for this demonstration on how to make these delicious apples. Here in Australia, they are called 'toffee apples' and I used to buy them for my kids (and me) whenever there was a school fete or if I saw them for sale in the supermarket. I haven't seen them around for years. I am so grateful for you showing us how it is done. I will now be trying out your method for my grandchildren. Hugs from Melbourne.
When you added the sparkle to the sugar I immediately thought, this is where the term "candy apple red" came from in reference to an awesome car color! :)
My MIL had a complete failure making candy apples using a kit. She made them ahead of time for a kids event and was absolutely heartbroken to find the candy coating had melted off even being wrapped up in a treat bag. I found your video in my search for an answer and you provided all the information of what might have happed and why. I love how informative your tutorial was and am now subscribed!
Hi Liz. I've made candied apples before but your recipe makes so much sense and clever! I LOVE the tip about using cinnamon hard candies and adding sparkle to it. GENIOUS!
I have no intention of making these but still watched from start to finish, including commercials to support ❤ I'd love to make caramel apples if you can do a video on that.
As a member of Job’s Daughters and having the Masonic Hall across from a school, we had Candy Apple sales every October for two weeks. Our moms worked so hard every day, making them and then supervising us during the sale. I had to watch! Brought back a lot of memories!🍏🍎
Thanks so much for watching!! I hope you liked this video.Check out my blog post for more tips and tricks on how to make delicious candy apples: sugargeekshow.com/recipe/the-best-candy-apple-recipe/
I used to love candy apples when I was a kid, but with crowns, fillings and bridges, those days are sadly long gone! They look beautiful though! Such a vibrant red and I love cinnamon!
I loveeeee all your videos!!! Thank you sooo much Liz!!! I almost bought a candy apple class and then i saw you had a youtube video on it and I knew it would be thorough!!! Thankuthanku!!!!💖💖💖💖💖👏👏👏👏🍏🍏🍏
Thanks for this video. When I was little we could buy this candy in a shallow foil bun case. It had 2 polo mint eyes and a jelly bean mouth. We loved them they were called pan lollies
Wow they turned out so pretty in color! 😍 I love candy apples, but not what is out today I grew up in the 70's and apple taffy's what we called them back then were different they had a hard crispy crunchy candy coating whereas today it's a sticky thick candy coating. I may try yours, because they look to have that crispy candy coating, may I ask where did you purchase your candy thermometer from? thank you, and great job!
Good evening I am doing a sweet treat goodie bags for my wedding reception next June. I am in need of 320 candied apples. May I ask the amount of ingredients and if I can do this in a large pot? Thank you
Growing up in the 50s there's only Cinnamon candy apples no cherry etc. You're the first young person who I've heard making cinnamon candy apples...yum🍎
when i make hard Candy and lollipops, instead of wasting all the sugar remaining in the pot when it's too set, i add loads of boiling water and tea bags to melt all that sugar and make sweet tea and then chill it to make sweet ice tea. and instead of glucose you can add more sugar (0.75 of the amount of glucose since it's sweetness is 0.75 of sugar) and more water (the remaining 0.25 of the amount of glucose) and a flavourless acid (although citric acid will add a lemon flavour which is nice) to the sugar and the cooking process will invert the sugar.
Spartan or Macintosh apples is what was used back when I was young, they or red or golden delicious were basically the only apples available. Actually prefer them to any other.
Amazing video as always and I just made these and they were a HIT! Quick question about the leftover candy… how would you reheat this and not burn it? Thanks!
imho the natural cinnamon specs in the candy are attractive and suggest an artisan approach . also using honey or dark honey instead of hfcs which is something I avoid.
Last year I made cherry candy apples 😋 so delicious but they had bubbles all over them. And the candy hardened before I finished dipping them. I want to try again with this recipe
They're impossible to find where I live. We only have caramel apples. So I made them myself! I don't understand why someone wouldn't want to use a candy thermometer. It's precise. It pretty much guarantees it will turn out. I actually avoid recipes that say "boil for X-number minutes".
The only candy apples I've had here in the UK have either been caramel covered, or they've been red sugar, like this, but with no real appreciable flavour. But then cinnamon isn't the same kind of popular "candy" flavour here as it is in the US. Aside from one or two things, I don't even remember seeing much cinnamon stuff over the years... just Big Red gum and some sort of "firecracker" gumballs. That's about it, though. When I realised you could get cinnamon toothpaste and mouth freshening strips, it blew my mind!
Great. Videos y super fun and creative. However, I have a question about the Walmart red candy apples I love at Walmart. I like the soft texture as opposed to the break y teeth candy apples from the festivals. What is the trick to making them soft like the Walmart candy apples or are they treating the customers by making them Carmel candy apples and coving them w red food colors????
Hi! Thank you so much for your videos. Especially this one. I’ve tried many candy apple recipes and this one is the best I’ve found. My apples didn’t end up with bubbles and it didn’t harden too fast like other recipes. I was able to fill some candy molds and dip some extra fruits. I do have a question. Is there a more natural way of making the candy apples? I’m saying, without corn syrup, or dyes. And if so how long do they last? Is there a video on it?
If you buy your apples from an orchard - they don’t put wax on them. Only the grocery stores/ retail stores. Hence only need to wash the dirt off. No need for hot water.
What brand of candy thermometer is that or if you don't mind tell me where it was purchased. I only ask because for us older cooks, the large print is a plus! 😄
I'm planning on making this on Oct 24th for my niece's 4th birthday party. It will be snow white themed, but I'm doing a practice run first this week. Just wondering what cinnamon candy do I use? (ie: brand, name etc) don't really know what to look for.
