Best Candied Apples 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.

CINNAMON CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• Peel apples and cut in half lengthwise; remove cores. In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring the water, sugar and candies to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar and candies are dissolved. Reduce heat; carefully add apples. Cook, uncovered, until apples are tender, about 8 minutes., With a slotted spoon, transfer apples to a serving dish; pour syrup over apples. Serve warm or chilled. Garnish with mint if desired.

COLORFUL CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• Wash and thoroughly dry apples; remove stems. Insert pop sticks into apples. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; set aside., In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar, water and corn syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Stir in food colorings. Bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 290° (soft-crack stage)., Remove from heat. Working quickly, dip apples into hot sugar mixture to completely coat. Place on prepared baking sheet; let stand until set.

CANDIED YAMS AND APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Toss apple, pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Alternate layers of coated apple and cut yams in an 11x7-inch pan. Dot with margarine and cover.
• Bake in the preheated oven until reduced and bubbly, 30 to 40 minutes. Cover with marshmallows and continue to bake until golden, 10 to 20 minutes more.

DONNA'S CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• In a medium nonstick pan, dissolve the cinnamon candies in water over low heat. Peel, core and cut the apples in 1/2 lengthwise. Once the candy has dissolved arrange the apples, flat side down, in the pan. Cook on low to medium heat until the apples are tender; turning often, about for about 45 minutes. The apples should be the color of the candy. When ready transfer to a serving platter and let cool.
• Once apples have cooled dollop 1 teaspoon of the Cream Cheese Topping on each apple. Garnish with a small piece of fresh parsley or a fresh mint leaf. Refrigerate until serving.
• Add all the ingredients to a small bowl and thoroughly combine with a hand-held mixer. Topping should be stiff. Refrigerate until ready to use.

CANDIED YAMS WITH APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Toss all the ingredients in a large bowl to combine.
• Transfer to a baking dish and bake, stirring occasionally, until yams are tender, about 1 hour.
• Increase oven to 500 degrees and bake until liquid evaporates and yams are browned, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

POISON CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• Wash and dry the apples and remove the stems. Insert a wooden twig into each apple about halfway through. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Add the sugar, corn syrup, 1/2 teaspoon of the blue food coloring, 1/2 teaspoon of the red food coloring and 1 cup water to a small saucepot and stir together. Attach a candy thermometer to the pot and bring the mixture to a boil. (Do not stir once the sugar starts to boil.) Boil until the mixture reaches 295 degrees F, 15 to 20 minutes. Immediately remove from the heat and add the remaining 1/2 teaspoon blue food coloring and 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring, using a wooden skewer to swirl a figure eight in the pot and being careful not to blend.
• Immediately dip the apples into the mixture, carefully tilting the pot as necessary to coat. Allow any excess coating to drip back into the pot, then place the apples on the parchment-lined baking sheet to set, about 1 hour.

CANDIED APPLES III

Steps:

• Insert craft sticks into apples. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.
• In a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat, pour candies and water. Occasionally brushing down sides of pan with a heat-resistant pastry brush, heat candy 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 let cool slightly.
• Dip apples in hot liquid and place on waxed paper to harden.

CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• Place lollipop sticks or wooden craft sticks into each apple at the stem end. Set aside.
• In a heavy saucepan, mix together the sugar, golden syrup and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and continue to cook until the mixture reaches 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. This will take a good 45 minutes!
• Remove the sugar mixture from the heat and stir in the black currant syrup. Quickly dip all of the apples, holding them by the stick. You can let them cool by inserting the other end of the stick into a thick sheet of foam board. If that is not available, set the coated apples onto waxed paper or aluminum foil. Make sure they don't touch each other.

CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan set over medium heat, combine sugar, corn syrup, and 1/2 cup water. Gently stir with a fork just until sugar is dissolved. Raise heat to medium-high and bring to a boil.
• Add cinnamon candies to pot and continue boiling, washing down the sides of the saucepan with a wet pastry brush occasionally to prevent sugars from crystallizing.
• When mixture registers 302 degrees (hard crack) on a candy thermometer, remove from heat and stir in food coloring. Let stand until candy stops boiling and settles in bottom of saucepan, 1-2 minutes.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and coat with nonstick cooking spray. Insert candy apple sticks or wooden craft sticks into stem end of apples. Carefully tilt pan and dip apples into candy, swirling to coat all sides. Allow excess candy to fall back into saucepan; transfer apples to prepared baking sheet to cool and harden.

CIDER-POACHED APPLES WITH CANDIED WALNUTS, RUM CREAM, AND CIDER SYRUP

Steps:

• Poach apples:
• Peel top third of each apple and rub peeled part with lemon half. Put apples in a wide 5-quart heavy pot and add cider and brown sugar. Bring to a boil, covered, over medium heat (this will take 25 to 30 minutes). Remove from heat and cool apples in cider, covered, about 1 hour.
• Make candied walnuts:
• Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in lower third.
• Stir together all ingredients with a pinch of salt, then spread on a small baking sheet into a 10-inch round. Bake, rotating sheet halfway through, until golden, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a rack and loosen nuts, then cool (nuts will crisp as they cool).
• Whip cream and assemble dessert:
• Beat cream with sugar, rum, and vanilla using an electric mixer until it just holds soft peaks.
• Drain apples, reserving poaching liquid for another use. Put an apple on each plate and sprinkle with candied walnuts. Dollop cream next to each apple and drizzle (bottled) boiled cider all over.

AUTUMN SALAD WITH APPLES AND CANDIED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Nuts: Preheat oven tp 350 degrees.
• Combine walnuts and butter in glass baking dish.
• Bake 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
• Combine sugar and pepper and toss warm walnuts in mixture to coat.
• Let cool and store in jar in fridge.
• Dressing: Blend all ingredients, except oin in processor or blender. With it running, slowly add oil. (may be refrigerated, but bring to room temp to serve).
• Salad: Assemble and toss with dressing right before serving. (You will have dressing left over) To keep apples from turning brown, place slices in a zip lock with a little lemon juice and water and shake.

MARSHMALLOW WEB CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• Lay a large piece of parchment paper on a work surface. Insert a wooden stick into each apple at the stem end.
• Combine the sugar, corn syrup and 1 cup water in a saucepan fitted with a candy thermometer. Bring to a boil and cook until it registers 302 degrees F. Remove from the heat and allow the bubbles to subside, about 2 minutes. Add 1 drop of soft gel red food coloring and the entire bottle of cinnamon candy flavoring oil, then stir well. Again, allow the bubbles to subside.
• Hold an apple by the stick and tilt the pan so the candy pools to one side. Dip the apple and swirl to fully coat, then transfer to the parchment. Repeat with 3 more apples. Stir in enough soft gel blue food coloring to the remaining candy to create a deep purple. Dip the remaining apples in the same manner. Let the apples stand until the candy is hardened, about 5 minutes.
• For the marshmallow web, microwave the mini marshmallows in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds at 100 percent power. Stir until the marshmallows lose their shape. Let cool slightly, then pick up some of the marshmallow between your thumb and forefinger. Use your other thumb and forefinger to stretch the marshmallow into strands, and quickly wrap the stretchy strands around the apples. Continue with the remaining marshmallows and apples.

CANDIED APPLES I

Steps:

• Insert a wooden craft stick into the bottom of each apple. Butter a baking sheet and set aside.
• Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Heat, without stirring, to 270 to 290 degrees F (132 to 143 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard but pliable threads. Remove from heat and stir in candies and food coloring until just mixed.
• Holding each apple by its stick, quickly twirl in syrup, tilting pan to cover apple. Lift out of syrup, turning to allow drips to adhere to apple. Place apples on prepared baking sheet to cool completely.

ESCAROLE SALAD WITH APPLES, CANDIED WALNUTS, AND SAINT ANDRé CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add apple wedges; cook until beginning to brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Divide among plates. Reduce heat to medium-high. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and walnuts to skillet; stir 1 minute. Sprinkle walnuts with sugar; stir until walnuts and sauce are deep brown, about 30 seconds. Using slotted spoon, transfer walnuts to small bowl. Add shallots to skillet; stir until soft, 10 to 15 seconds. Stir in vinegar, then add escarole and radicchio to skillet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and toss until beginning to wilt, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.
• Mound salad on plates alongside apples. Top with cheese and walnuts.

CROCK POT CANDIED SWEET POTATOES W/ APPLES

Steps:

• Wash and peel sweet potatoes. Cut into eighths.
• Place sweet potatoes in crock pot.
• Sprinkle brown sugar over potatoes.
• Drizzle syrup over brown sugar.
• Dot with butter.
• Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over top.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 3 hours, stirring once an hour.
• Peel, core and slice the apples into eighths (for smaller apples) or sixteenths (for larger apples). Add to crock pot and stir.
• Cover and cook an additional 2 hours or until sweet potatoes and apples are tender. Stop cooking and remove from crock pot if sweet potatoes seem like they are getting mushy. Sometimes they get done more quickly than others.

BAKED APPLES WITH CANDIED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F. Oil a baking sheet.
• Halve apples lengthwise and remove core with a melon-ball cutter or a paring knife. Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy ovenproof skillet over moderate heat and sprinkle with 1/2 tablespoon sugar. Arrange apple halves, cut sides down, on sugar and cook, undisturbed, until sugar begins to caramelize, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer skillet to oven and bake apples until tender, about 15 minutes.
• While apples are baking, cook remaining 1/4 cup sugar with salt in a dry 7- to 8-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat, undisturbed, until sugar begins to melt, about 2 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted into a deep golden caramel, 1 to 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Add walnuts, stirring to coat, then pour onto baking sheet and cool 10 minutes. Break nuts into small pieces if necessary.
• Stir together yogurt and 2 teaspoons honey.
• Serve apples, cut sides up, topped with yogurt and nuts. Drizzle with additional honey if desired.

MOJHY APPLES ( PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CANDIED APPLES)

Steps:

• Wash apples, remove stems and replace with popsicle stick pushed halfway into the apple.
• Combine sugar and corn syrup in a deep pan and stir slowly over low heat until thoroughly dissolved.
• Let boil to 300F on candy thermometer or until a small quantity becomes brittle when dropped into cold water.
• Remove pan from heat and place over boiling water (to keep the candy from hardening too quickly).
• Dip apples in the candy syrup and twirl in a circular motion until completely covered.
• Place on a buttered pan with the sticks upright and permit to cool.

CANDIED CARROTS WITH APPLES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease 1 qt casserole Put carrots in saucepan; cover with boiling water, Cook until just tender. Drain Combine granulated sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon. Arrange alternate layers of carrots and apples in casserole, sprinkling sugar mixture over layers. Dot with butter or margarine. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until apples are tender. Serves 4

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.