Candy Toffee Apples Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Recipe Overview
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Makes 6 toffee apples
Ingredients Needed
- 2 cups/440g sugar
- 3/4 cup/190ml water
- 1/4 cup/85g/3ozs liquid glucose
- Red food colouring gel
- 6 apples (100g/3.5ozs each)
- Silicon Rose muffin mould
- 6 twigs (thick enough to hold up an apple)
Step-By-Step Cooking Instructions
Preparing the Apples
Step 1 - Lightly spray the cavity of the silicon rose mould. Wash the apples and the twigs and dry well. Stick the thin end of a chopstick into the top of the apple and then remove. Then place the twigs inside the hole pushing down to secure them.
Making the Toffee
Step 2 - Place the sugar, water and liquid glucose in a heavy based saucepan and clip a sugar thermometer to the side of the pan. Bring to a boil - there is no need to stir the sugar at all, just bring it to a boil and when it gets to "soft crack" stage (132-143C/270-290F) add in the red food colouring. Then cook until it reaches the hard crack stage at 146-155C/ 295-310F. Watch carefully when it goes from soft crack to hard. It will take a long time to get to soft crack stage and there will be a point in which you wonder why isn't it moving.
Dipping the Apples
Step 3 - When it has reached the hard crack temperature, turn down the heat to the lowest flame and quickly but carefully dip the apples in the toffee allowing excess toffee to drip off into the mold so that you get a thick layer of toffee to fill out the rose detail. If the toffee starts to harden up place the pot back on the flame to prevent it cooling and hardening. These candy apples are best made on the day of serving especially if the weather is warm and humid.
Storage Tips
These candy apples are best made on the day of serving especially if the weather is warm and humid.
Cleaning tip: soak the pan and tools in hot water, the toffee will dissolve with a little time.
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Personal Note
Speaking of kids, I wanted to make these for when the Elliotts came over because while Mr NQN likes toffee apples I think testing these out produced more than a single person could or should eat. I have lots of fond memories eating toffee apples as a kid. It was one of the few treats that my parents didn't mind giving us and I used to absolutely love crunching into the toffee outer into the juicy apple inside.
For Mr NQN's nieces and nephews I think I'm probably the strict aunt. It's not that I don't like kids but honestly, it depends on the child. Mr NQN's niece Aura is absolutely divine. She is super polite, thoughtful and lovely and she has always been like that.
But Mr NQN's nephews Jett and Finn are a bit of a challenge for me. They are rambunctious which I give them a bit of a pass for as they are very young but I don't like children that aren't polite and never say please or thank you. So I've become that aunt that when I give them something I say, "So what do you say?" because I'm not giving them a pass on that.
I'm also the aunt that is always looking. Because they run in and out of the house all the time I require them to shut the door after they open it. Every time they go in or out they watch me to see if I am watching. I think they consider me scary and strict, but with good food. And that's fine by me!
So tell me Dear Reader, are you a strict or more laissez faire with kids? Do you like candy or toffee apples?