Candied Apples Topped With Coconut

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups granulated sugar (or vanilla flavored sugars flavored sugar or splenda)
• 2 cups corn syrup
• 1/3 cup red cinnamon candies
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon red food coloring
• 6 crisp fresh apples
• 1 -2 cup flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 remove stems from apples, wash, and towel dry.
• 2 insert a wooden skewer or popsical sticks in each apple, running through the apple from stem end to base without protruding all the way through the bottom end.
• 3 combine sugar, corn syrup, cinnamon candies, and water in medium to large saucepan.
• 4 cook until candies dissolve, stirring constantly.
• 5 be careful not to boil.
• 6 add cinnamon, vanilla, and food coloring.
• 7 mix thoroughly.
• 8 boil mixture to 300°f using a candy thermometer without stirring for the hard crack stage, or if you like a nice so hard to cook the candy to 245 or 250, to the firm ball stage.
• 9 as soon as mixture reaches 300° f.it will be very thick.
• 10 remove it from heat and quickly dip each apple-one by one-into the mixture until it is thoroughly coated.
• 11 dip the base end of apple into coconut to coat the bottom and place coconut side down skewer pointing up, on baking sheet until mixture hardens.