Best Candied Apples Topped With Coconut Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED RED CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• Mix 1st 3 ingredients in saucepan.
• Put on high heat with candy thermometer positioned in center of fluid level.
• While it is boiling, thoroughly wash and dry your apples, and spear with the sticks.
• Boil mixture until reaches hard crack (300ºF), then immediately add red food coloring and stir.
• Quickly immediately dip the apples, twisting to cover, and set on a greased cookie sheet.

COCONUT CARAMEL APPLES

Steps:

• Step 1 Attach candy thermometer to medium heavy saucepot over medium heat. Add butter to pot. Using wooden spoon or heat-proof spatula, stir until butter is melted. Add brown sugar and sweetened condensed milk to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture comes to full boil. Using pastry brush dipped in cold water, brush off any sugar mixture stuck to sides of pan. Stir in cream of coconut. Return mixture to boil. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, and cleaning sides of pan with wet pastry brush, until caramel reaches 245°F on candy thermometer. Step 2 Remove pot from heat. Carefully remove candy thermometer from pot; set aside. Carefully pour caramel mixture into heat-proof bowl. Return candy thermometer to bowl with caramel; let sit until caramel cools and registers 220°F on candy thermometer. Step 3 Meanwhile, stick apples through stem hole with Popsicle sticks or chop sticks. Dip apple into caramel mixture, swirling to coat completely, allowing excess caramel to drip back into bowl. Transfer apple to baking tray lined with buttered parchment or wax paper. (Note: Some caramel with pool at bottom of apple). Repeat with remaining caramel and apples. Step 4 Transfer shredded coconut to dish, if desired. Press shredded coconut onto caramel apples until coated, if desired. Step 5 Transfer caramel apples to refrigerator until chilled. Place apples in cellophane bags and tie with ribbon, if desired. Store in refrigerator, covered, for up to 4 days.

HOLIDAY CANDY APPLES

Steps:

• Insert lollipop sticks into 4 apples, one-third of the way. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and coat with cooking spray. Stir together 1 1/4 cups sugar and 1/4 cup each corn syrup and water in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and add 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring. Continue cooking, swirling the pan but not stirring, until a candy thermometer registers 290 degrees F, about 10 minutes; remove from the heat. Immediately dip each apple into the candy, then twirl the apple over the pan to let the excess drip off. Decorate (see instructions below).
• How to Decorate
• Spun-sugar apple: Dip the apple as directed, then hold sideways over the pan, dip a fork in the candy mixture and quickly wave it all over the apple to make thin threads. Let set.
• Candy cane apple: Roll the apple in crushed candy canes immediately after dipping. Let set.
• White chocolate apple: Let the coating set, then drizzle the apple with melted white chocolate. Sprinkle with silver nonpareils.
• Coconut apple: Roll the apple in shredded coconut immediately after dipping. Let set.

CANDIED APPLES TOPPED WITH COCONUT

Steps:

• Remove stems from apples, wash, and towel dry.
• Insert a wooden skewer or popsical sticks in each apple, running through the apple from stem end to base without protruding all the way through the bottom end.
• Combine sugar, corn syrup, cinnamon candies, and water in medium to large saucepan.
• Cook until candies dissolve, stirring constantly.
• Be careful not to boil.
• Add cinnamon, vanilla, and food coloring.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Boil mixture to 300°F using a candy thermometer without stirring for the hard crack stage, or if you like a nice so HARD to cook the candy to 245 or 250, to the firm ball stage.
• As soon as mixture reaches 300° F.It will be very thick.
• Remove it from heat and quickly dip each apple-one by one-into the mixture until it is thoroughly coated.
• Dip the base end of apple into coconut to coat the bottom and place coconut side down skewer pointing up, on baking sheet until mixture hardens.

CANDIED APPLES II

Steps:

• Lightly grease cookie sheets. Insert craft sticks into whole, stemmed apples.
• In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine sugar, corn syrup and water. Heat to 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Remove from heat and stir in food coloring.
• Holding apple by its stick, dip in syrup and remove and turn to coat evenly. Place on prepared sheets to harden.