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Cooking & Baking

rug

(82,333 posts) Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:14 PM Sep 2014

Halloween candy apples.

Instead of caramel apples this Halloween, melt jolly ranchers in a 250 degree oven for around 5 minutes, then pour over your apples. Add edible glitter for the sparkling space effect!

http://imgur.com/gallery/0uQnMCY

As healthy as it sounds!

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Halloween candy apples. (Original Post) rug Sep 2014 OP

NO! elleng Sep 2014 #1

I'm a traditionalist with a twist. Caramel and ginger sauce, dipped apples, chilled. pinto Sep 2014 #2

Has anybody here tried putting a caramel coating under a hard candy shell? surrealAmerican Sep 2014 #3

They won't be so jolly after you melt them, I'm sure Retrograde Sep 2014 #4

elleng

(131,227 posts)

1. NO!

Reply to rug (Original post)

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:19 PM

Sep 2014

First, please don't remind me halloween is coming, it still summer!

Second, its CINNAMON CANDY APPLES please!

http://candy.about.com/od/fruitcandy/r/candy_apple.htm

pinto

(106,886 posts)

2. I'm a traditionalist with a twist. Caramel and ginger sauce, dipped apples, chilled.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 09:34 PM

Sep 2014

But I'll pass this on to my friend Lo. She loves all things Halloween.

surrealAmerican

(11,365 posts)

3. Has anybody here tried putting a caramel coating under a hard candy shell?

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2014, 09:26 PM

Sep 2014

I've been thinking about this lately, and it seems like it could work.

Retrograde

(10,165 posts)

4. They won't be so jolly after you melt them, I'm sure

Reply to rug (Original post)

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 12:02 AM

Sep 2014

How did you get that blue color? Aren't Jolly Ranchers mostly just sugar anyway, so you're essentially making a version of caramel?

I'll stick with the candied cinnamon ones.

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