Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup liquid glucose or light corn syrup
- A few drops of black gel food coloring
- 6 Granny Smith apples (or 12 small apples)
Instructions
- Grease a piece of baking paper and place it on a baking sheet.
- Insert bamboo skewers into each apple securely.
- In a saucepan, combine sugar, water, corn syrup, and black food coloring over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
- Allow the mixture to simmer without stirring; wash down any sugar crystals on the pot’s sides with a wet brush.
- Cook until reaching hard crack stage (150ºC/310ºF).
- Dip each apple into the caramel mixture, allowing excess caramel to drip off before placing on the baking sheet.
- Let cool completely until hardened before serving.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Candy making
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 330
- Sugar: 70g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 80g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg