Blackout Candy Apples

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These Blackout Candy Apples are BOO-LICIOUS! Raise your Halloween game up with these unique, blacked out candied apples perfectly suited for your Halloween party or get together.

Ingredients

• 8 to 10 apples
• 8 to 10 skewers/striped straws
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon black paste food color
• 2 drops cinnamon flavor

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from lilluna.com

Preparation

Step 1

Place parchment paper onto a cookie sheet and spray with cooking spray.

Wash your apples and let dry. Recipe will make 8-10 apples depending on their size. Add your skewers and/or striped straws.

Cook sugar, water and corn syrup in a pot over medium heat. Stir occasionally until sugar is dissolved and starts to boil. Cooking for 10-12 minutes or until candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees. Or you can cook until a small amount of mixture dropped into a cold cup of water separates intro hard candy.

Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon flavoring and food coloring. Mix well.

Dip each apple in mixture to quickly coat it and place apples on cookie sheet. Let set.

Make sure you have parchment paper to put these on so they don’t stick!