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Toffee Apples
Recipe submitted by chchGIRL on December 11th, 2006
Toffee apples are a great idea for the local school fete or your kids birthday party.
Prep time: 5 minutesCook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 8 toffee apples
Ingredients:
8 smaller red apples
1 1/2 cups of caster sugar
1 tablespoon of vinegar
1/2 cup water
6 drops of red food colouring
8 lollypop sticks (or use chop sticks cut in half)
Directions:
1. Wash apples and dry throughly. Remove any stalk and push stick into the centre of each apple.
2. In a heavy-based saucepan place the sugar, water and vinegar and heat gently for 5 minutes or until the sugar is dissolved.
3. Turn up the heat and boil vigorously for approximately 8 minutes until the toffee just starts to turn golden. Test to see if the toffee is going to set (every minute after 6 minutes) by getting a small amount on a teaspoon and dribbling into a glass of cold water. When the threads are hard, it's ready.
4. Remove from heat and add food colouring. Dip in the apples into the toffee and twirl each apple to make sure it is well coated and the excess drips off. Place the toffee apple on grease proof paper to cool. Note this step is not good for young children as the hot toffee mixture can be very dangerous.
Average Rating: 
(54 votes)
Comments / Reviews of Toffee Apples
Super easy and delicious!
This recipe is my favourite for the last several years!!! And now i’ve memorised it as the 3-2-1 recipe (3 cups of the sugar, 2 tbsp vinegar & 1 cup water) as I always double up on da syrup between batches. Love that ingredients are super easy to remember (as well as method) and I always use Granny Smith apples as syrup glides super smooth when coating (less of the ugly bubbles compared to other types of apples). It’s delicious and my family love it and it’s my go-to for school fundraisers, it’s great!!!
Awesome recipe, very quick and delicious. Perfect for beginners
yum
It set to quick Way to quick it the pan ,,,but the toffe was nice
I loved this :) I modified the recipe and added some lemon juice for some flavor :) it was delicious! I know this recipe was for toffee apples, but instead I put the toffee in cupcake holders to set :) it worked really well, definitely reccommend!
Amazing results! Much appreciated.
Ha,It was pretty amasing how it actually worked out.mmmmm they were yummyi made them for my parents as q thanks for getting my Ipod touch Man its great to be young.Big thanks also to the Person/People who wrote thos Thanks #B.T.W im 12
Great toffee apples - thanks :)
this is cool makeing toffee apples i love them
It really worked! :) Im not an actuall member...but i really like this THANKYOU!!!! :)
i dont know what went wrong but my toffee did not give me the desired results it was very sugarry not very appetising at all
Thanks Very thanks i love this apples
I am going to try these for this weekend. Can someone please let me know if they have to be eaten straight away or if you can store them over-night? Thanks
yum thos toffee apples were very yum they reak your teeth!!!
This recipe was very quick and easy, the toffee apples were very yum :)
nice as toffe apples :) tumeke !
Awesome. TIP - I was a bit slow on the apple coating and it was getting thicker, so I put back on the heat for a tiny bit more and thinned it out so that I could do more. Thanks
This Toffee apple so amazing ,people have to try it !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great recipe! Simple ingredients, clear instructions and very easy. I cut the apples into quarters and drizzled the toffee over the skin side, the end product was delicious. Will definitely be using this recipe again.
this is so great i made them for my family and they loved it such a great recipe thanks lots kiwiwise your fantastic it was also easy fast and enchanting
I have never made toffee apples, so after much pestering from my 10 & 9yr olds we had a go. This recipe was FANTASTIC!!! Like comments above I had to boil for a few minutes more than stated but it was soooooo easy and a wonderful result. To try and avoid sticking I used lightly greased (cooking oil) foil paper and put the toffee apples in the freezer, it worked a treat!
we have never made toffee apples before and we had so much fun it turned out great thanks
I have tried many recipies for toffee apples and this one is the best! I spray a tray with canola oil and they never ever stick. I always double the toffee amount too so its easier to coat, so there is more toffee to dip into. Also i dont think the timing is right either, even if i havent double the toffee amount, it still needs longer, but i guess eveyones stoves are different. But a great recipie! :-)
I LOVE TOFFEE AND IF U WANT A TOOTH ACHE U SHUD TRY IT TOO!:-);-):-PB-):-*
Great recipe!! Thank you Fabian obviously got it wrong... After cooking soak pot in water and it desolves all the hard sugar! Thanks again!
Wow! fantastic toffee apples! I had to boil mine for about 10min longer than stated. They turned out so good that i now have to make another batch! Thanks so much for this one!!!
awsome recipe i am going to use them for my halloween party what a fantastic recipe
this toffee apple is so good, you should try it.
really good recipe, not convinced that the timing is spot on but they turned out really well and were yummy
what an easy and yummy toffee apple, and does not even take long to make. The kids loveed them will def make them for the birthday.
hi im going to try this recipe later today. Last week I tried another recipe for toffee apples which resulted in lumpy goo- my son is having a circus party over the weekend.
hey this worked really well! we are having a market thing @ our school this is perfect!
i enjoyed trying this recipe it's my first time making toffee apples and i thought they turned out great for the first time ever trying.the kids loved them too.i would definately use this recipe again!
Great recipie. I used tin foil to rest the apples on, waited till they had cooled complety then I pealed them off easily.
It was HORRIBLE! the only reason i gave it a 10 was so that i could get my post up. Toffee turned out burned, pretty much impossible to clean utensils used. Do not use this recipe as it is Uselless.
It works really well but if you want them really red add more food colouring
hey thanks for the recipe im only 13 but today we had toffee apples for sale at school and i really wanted to try to make some for myself and it works pefectly the only thing i didnt have was food colouring so i put in vanilla essence it takes away the smell of vinegar and it smells and tastes GREAT thanks xx
WOW I CANT WAIT TO TRY IT YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
These were awesome! Karen, an easy way to stop these from sticking is to use that spray nonstick stuff they have everywhere. Just put a bit on the paper or straight on the tray. Mine came off like a dream. I didn't even have to scrub a thing! hope this helps.
Great toffee apple recipe.Its sounds simple to make and i cant wait to make it tomorrow for my school stall.Thanks a bunch and it sounds very sweet too,
fantastic, just made them for my kids for halloween and they look and taste amazing, I used braeburn apples, nice and firm and not too sweet to compliment the sweetness of the toffee.
I didn't realise how easy it was to make toffee apples and this recipe was superb!
I really really like it.
great recipe toffee apples come out great..love them..thanks a bunch!!! :-)
Great recipe, my 8 year old son and I have made these three times now, and they are so yummy - toffee comes out perfectly. Only thing is - I cannot figure out the trick to stop them sticking to the surface I put them on. Greaseproof paper was hopeless, the paper stuck to the toffee, any ideas anyone? Also mine went all sticky the next day - is there a trick to this?
Worked out well. I added a essence flavour to the toffee just for something extra :)
I have been making toffee apples for many years, never having found a recipee that suits me. This recipee is tremendous. My toffee apples are perfect. Timing in the recipe is spot on! Excellent!
I tried a load of other recipes for candy apples and only yours worked. Thanks!
it was very nice to read and i made it it was very yum.Ella
I love these Apples, I'm not much of a cook but made these for the kids at Xmas and they were very simple to make and the Kids loved them. I actually made some green ones with green apples and green colouring as well for Xtra Xmas pleasure...10/10