Homemade Toffee Apples For Halloween
A lovely easy homemade toffee apples recipe that's perfect for Halloween or Bonfire Night.
We always used to make shiny red toffee apples at home when we were kids. Standing in the kitchen dipping the apples in lovely sticky hot toffee was a total treat.
We would make a big tray full for our little Halloween parties and then usually a whole load more a few days later to eat as Bonfire Night food too!
TOFFEE APPLES RECIPE
- Makes – 8 toffee apples
- Prep Time – 15 minutes
- Cook Time – 10 minutes
- Total Time – around 25 minutes - plus time for the toffee to harden
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INGREDIENTS FOR HOMEMADE TOFFEE APPLES
Everything you'll need to make our delicious toffee candy apples.
- Apples - I usually use nice red Granny Smith apples so that they make the toffee look even redder. Just choose medium sized apples.
- Water
- Golden syrup
- Caster suger
- White vinegar
- Red food colouring - you can make them without the colour if you prefer a more natural treat.
- Olive oil
EQUIPMENT NEEDED
- candy apple sticks (thicker than wooden skewers - if you can't find them, then you can use popsicle sticks)
- Jug of cold water to hand - this is for testing the toffee
- Rolling pin - to hammer the sticks into the apples
- Large saucepan - an old heavy-based saucepan is best for making toffee in
- Measuring jug
- Weighing scales
- Tablespoon
- Teaspoon
- Metal spoon for stirring the toffee whilst it cooks
- Tray for putting the toffee apples onto to set (or use a silicone mat)
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HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE TOFFEE APPLES
These toffee apples are really easy to make - just follow the simple instructions
Step 1 - prepare the apples
- First give the apples a good wash, remove the stalks and then rub them dry.
- Then put the toffee apple sticks into them - I use wooden lollipop sticks for this. I put the toffee apple sticks in by tapping them into the apple using a rolling pin as a 'hammer'
- Lightly grease an old baking tray using just a teaspoon of olive oil, it just makes it easier to get the toffee apples off once they're set.
Step 2 - make the toffee (candy coating)
- In a saucepan over a low heat put 100ml water, caster sugar, syrup, vinegar and food colouring and warm gently until the sugar has dissolved - stir the toffee mixture in the pan the whole time using a metal spoon.
- Once the sugar mixture has dissolved stop stirring and bring the toffee mixture to the boil - be careful here that you don’t let it over boil.
- Allow the mixture to boil for around 5 minutes and then start to test the toffee. Do this by scooping out a teaspoonful and dropping it into the jug or bowl of cold water. When the toffee is ready it will form a hard snappable piece of toffee in the water (the hard crack' stage) If it doesn’t then continue to boil in the pot for a few more minutes and then re-test.
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Step 3 - coat the apples in toffee
- Once the toffee is ready - take it from the heat and quickly dip and swirl your apples in the caramel toffee to coat them. Work fast here and twist and turn the apples to stop any excess drip.
- When they are coated place them on the greased tray and put them in the fridge to set hard.
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Add extra coating to your candy apples
If you like, you can sprinkle on some extras to the sticky candy toffee before it hardens on the apples. Try flaked almonds, glitter, sugar crystals or any jelly sweets you like.
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- Halloween Cheesecake - a super easy no-bake cheesecake that's perfect for Halloween
- Halloween Chocolate Bark - swirly milk and white chocolate bark decorated with spooky edible eyes and Halloween cake sprinkles
- Halloween Jelly - treat your little ones to some gruesome jelly filled with worms!
Homemade toffee apples for Halloween
Easy homemade toffee apple recipe for Halloween or Bonfire Night celebrations
Ingredients
- 8 apples
- 100ml water
- 3tbsp golden syrup
- 400g caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 3 teaspoon red food colouring
- ½ teaspoon olive oil
Instructions
- First give the apples a good wash and then rub them dry.
- Then put the lollipop sticks into them - I do this by tapping them in using a rolling pin as a ‘hammer’.
- Grease an old roasting tin with the olive oil.
- In a saucepan over a low heat put 100ml water, caster sugar, syrup, vinegar and food colouring and warm gently until the sugar has dissolved - stir the whole time using a metal spoon.
- Once the sugar has dissolved stop stirring and bring the toffee mixture to the boil - be careful here that you don’t let it over boil.
- Allow the mixture to boil for around 5 minutes and then start to test the toffee. Do this by scooping out a teaspoonful and dropping it into the jug of cold water. When the toffee is ready it will form a hard snappable piece of toffee in the water. If it doesn’t then continue to boil for a few more minutes and then re-test.
- Once the toffee is ready - take it from the heat and quickly swirl your apples in the toffee to coat them. Work fast here!
- When they are coated place them on the greased tray and put them in the fridge to set hard.
Notes
You'll also need 8 toffee apple sticks and a jug of cold water to make this recipe
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 311Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 7mgCarbohydrates: 80gFiber: 4gSugar: 72gProtein: 0g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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