Black Poison Candy Apples

These stunning poison candy apples are surprisingly quick easy and a hauntingly spooky addition to your Halloween treat spread.

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Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: black candy apples, easy halloween treats, halloween candy apples, halloween snacks, halloween sweets, poison candy apples

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 25

Total Time: 40

Servings:

Calories: 498kcal

Author: Karen

Equipment

Candy Thermometer

Ingredients

Instructions

Wash and thoroughly dry the apples. Insert a stick into the top of the apples and set aside.
Prepare a baking sheet with wax paper, sprayed with cooking spray. Set aside.
In a small saucepan, mix the sugar, corn syrup and water and attach the candy thermometer to the side of the pan, ensuring that the bottom reaches the mixture.
Cook the mixture over medium heat, until the candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees.
Remove the pan from heat and stir in black food coloring until desired color is reached.
Dip each apple into the melted sugars, allowing access to drip off. Dip each apple 2-3 times before setting them on the sprayed wax paper to set.

Notes

Expert Tips for Making Poison Candy Apples:

Don't forget your apples must be 100% dry before coating them.

It may feel like making the candy coating is taking forever. It does tend to be a slow process but be patient and stay nearby! Things will begin to move VERY quickly towards the end.

If you don’t have a candy thermometer, you can make a pretty close guess to when the candy is done cooking when they syrup forms a thin thread when being lifted from the mixture with a spoon. If it pours off easily, it’s not done.

The candy mixture may thicken up as your are dipping. If that happens, place the mixture back onto heat to re-melt.

To easily clean your pans after this recipe, add water to the empty pan and bring to a boil. This will make it easier to clean the candy off!

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