Vickys Halloween 'Poisoned' Candy Apples (Snow White Style)

• 8 apples, 4 red and 4 yellow
• 8 twigs
• 600 grams granulated sugar
• 120 ml light corn syrup, I used Karos brand from Tesco
• 240 ml water
• 5 drops of cinnamon flavoured oil
• 1 red & black food colouring

1. Have a baking sheet lined with parchment paper ready
2. Clean and dry the apples, try and buy organic ones so they're unwaxed
3. Insert a clean twig into each.
4. You may want to sharpen the end of the twig first to make this easier or make a small hole with a knife as a starting point
5. Put the sugar, syrup and water in a pan.
6. Add red colouring until you're happy.
7. A little black added will give a deeper shade of red.
8. Heat until boiling.
9. The temp needs to reach 150C / 300F on a candy thermometer
10. Remove from the heat and stir in the flavoured oil
11. Dip a yellow apple into the mixture, swirling it around as you lift it out to get an even coating
12. When it starts to harden, place it on the baking sheet.
13. Repeat for the other 3 yellow apples, reheating as necessary if the coating gets too stiff
14. Now add more black colouring to the pan
15. Repeat the dipping process with the red apples and set aside to harden and cool
16. If you haven't cleaned the wax coating off properly this will happen...
17. Telling the tale of Snow White goes well after serving these....

apples, sugar, corn syrup, water, drops of cinnamon flavoured oil, red

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/364634-vickys-halloween-poisoned-candy-apples-snow-white-style (may not work)