Best Carnival Candy Apples Recipes

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CARNIVAL CARAMEL APPLES



Carnival Caramel Apples image

Treat the kids to these delicious Caramel Apples. Be sure to treat yourself to one it will bring back memories of your young years at the carnival :) From Land-O-Lakes Cookbook

Provided by daisygrl64

Categories     Candy

Time 1h

Yield 10-14 apples

Number Of Ingredients 8

1/2 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup light corn syrup
1 dash salt
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
10 -14 tart apples, washed, dries
1 cup salted peanuts, chopped

Steps:

  • in 2 qt saucepan melt butter, add brown sugar, corn syrup and salt, cook over med heat stirring occasionally until mixture comes to a full boil 10 to 12 minutes.
  • stir in sweetened condensed milk.
  • continue cooking stirring occasionally until candy thermometer reaches 245*F or small amount of mixture forms a firm ball 20 to 25 minutes.
  • remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
  • dip apples in caramel mixture, dip end of apples in chopped peanuts.
  • place on greased waxed paper.
  • refrigerate until firm, about 10 minutes.

CARNIVAL CANDY APPLES



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These apples are just like the ones you had at a carnival as a kid. The hard candy coating is sweet with a slight cinnamon flavor. Super easy to make, these would be great to have at a kid's party or for Halloween. We loved these with a crisp red apple, but have fun experimenting with different types of apples.

Provided by MaryJane Kent

Categories     Other Snacks

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 c white sugar
1/2 c white corn syrup
1/2 c water
1 tsp butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon oil, at most
1 tsp red food coloring
15 small apples
15 popsicle sticks

Steps:

  • 1. Remove stems from apples.
  • 2. Wash and dry apples.
  • 3. Place a popsicle stick in each apple, set aside.
  • 4. Cook sugar, corn syrup, water, butter, cinnamon oil and red food coloring to hard crack stage.
  • 5. Roll apples in syrup.
  • 6. Set on greased foil to cool.

OLD-FASHIONED RED CANDIED APPLES



Old-Fashioned Red Candied Apples image

These are the kind you found at the circus or carnival! Not the newer version covered with cramel. ;) Candy thermometer is needed for this, as well as popsicle sticks. The number of apples needed depends on the size of the apples, probably 4 medium ones. The recipe states that each batch candies approximately 1 dozen medium apples. I'm not sure I trust that. Cook time depends on your altitude where you live, heat of your burner, and pot used. NOTE: See review by Canada Goose for helpful hints! Thanks, CG!

Provided by Nana Lee

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
red food coloring
apple

Steps:

  • Mix 1st 3 ingredients in saucepan.
  • Put on high heat with candy thermometer positioned in center of fluid level.
  • While it is boiling, thoroughly wash and dry your apples, and spear with the sticks.
  • Boil mixture until reaches hard crack (300ºF), then immediately add red food coloring and stir.
  • Quickly immediately dip the apples, twisting to cover, and set on a greased cookie sheet.

STATE FAIR RED CANDY APPLES



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This receipe was given to me when I was 8 yrs old by our neighbors mom. Every year at the towns Halloween Carnival, she would make hundreds of these to sell at one of the booths. These were my favorite thing to make for my own kids while they were growing up. This receipe has always been part of my childhood!!!

Provided by Angela Lynch

Categories     Other Snacks

Number Of Ingredients 9

12 ripe granny smith apples
2 c sugar
1 c kero (white) syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
Dash of cream of tarter
1/4 tsp cinnamon
3 Tbsp red food coloring
12 popsickle sticks
cooking spray

Steps:

  • 1. Grease 2 cookie sheets. Wash and dry apples and put popsickle sticks in them and have them ready to be dipped into the hot candy.
  • 2. Spray a large pot with cooking spray.Put a candy thermometer on side of pot(do not let it touch bottom). On high temperature, mix all ingrediants, STIRRING CONSTANTLY(this will take awhile).Allow temperature to reach 277 degrees(or soft crack). DO NOT OVERCOOK.You know candy is ready when it forms a ball when a little dropped in a glass of cool water.
  • 3. Immediately remove from heat. And start dipping apples in the HOT candy.BE CAREFULL, THE CANDY IS EXTREMELY HOT!!!After dipping apples in candy, swirl apple around to keep candy on apple and let the apple drip for a few seconds and put them on the greased cookie sheets.WORK FAST, as the hot liquid as it cools will get hard.
  • 4. When finished dipping all the apples, make sure you put some HOT water in your pot and get the candy out as soon as possable, or you will have a big mess. Also clean all candy drippings, spoons, etc. This candy when dry, dries like glue.
  • 5. If you want to cool fast, put in refrigerator for a few minutes. But do not store in refrigerator, because the candy will slide right off the apple. Keep in airtight container when hard or wrap in wax paper.

CANDY APPLES



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Provided by Sandra Lee

Categories     dessert

Time 30m

Yield 6 apples

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 (14-ounce) package strawberry glaze
1 1/2 cups corn syrup
1 (3-ounce) box cherry gelatin dessert mix
1/2 cup hot water
6 Granny Smith apples, washed and dried
6 wooden candy apple sticks
1 cup chopped nuts

Steps:

  • In a saucepan over medium-low heat, combine glaze and corn syrup. Simmer for 20 minutes.
  • Dilute gelatin mix in hot water and pour in saucepan with glaze. Stir and continue to cook until temperature on a candy thermometer is between 180 and 200 degrees F.
  • Shove wooden candy sticks into bottom of apples, far enough to secure inside. Dip each apple in syrup and turn until completely coated. Immediately roll bottom half of apples in nuts. When cool arrange on parchment-lined tray.

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