Toffee Apples

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 minutes
Cook 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:   (51 votes)

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    • posted on 1583290688
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Super easy and delicious!

    • posted on 1554834560
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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!!!

    • posted on 1474931569
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      Awesome recipe, very quick and delicious. Perfect for beginners

    • posted on 1472956250
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      yum

    • posted on 1412309073
      Overall Rating: 8.0 / 10

      It set to quick Way to quick it the pan ,,,but the toffe was nice

    • posted on 1371951982
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      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!

    • posted on 1370657245
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Amazing results! Much appreciated.

    • posted on 1366595948
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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

    • posted on 1362514088
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Great toffee apples - thanks :)

    • posted on 1355713924
      Overall Rating: 6.0 / 10

      this is cool makeing toffee apples i love them

    • posted on 1355107115
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      It really worked! :) Im not an actuall member...but i really like this THANKYOU!!!! :)

    • posted on 1354840005
      Overall Rating: 6.0 / 10

      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

    • posted on 1353782661
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Thanks Very thanks i love this apples

    • posted on 1353450904
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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

    • posted on 1351487096
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      yum thos toffee apples were very yum they reak your teeth!!!

    • posted on 1351384362
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      This recipe was very quick and easy, the toffee apples were very yum :)

    • posted on 1349142450
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      nice as toffe apples :) tumeke !

    • posted on 1345091972
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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

    • posted on 1344854938
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      This Toffee apple so amazing ,people have to try it !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • posted on 1343600991
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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.

    • posted on 1341187955
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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

    • posted on 1327900626
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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!

    • posted on 1314143011
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      we have never made toffee apples before and we had so much fun it turned out great thanks

    • posted on 1300395573
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      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! :-)

    • posted on 1299283450
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      I LOVE TOFFEE AND IF U WANT A TOOTH ACHE U SHUD TRY IT TOO!:-);-):-PB-):-*

    • posted on 1296354409
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      Great recipe!! Thank you Fabian obviously got it wrong... After cooking soak pot in water and it desolves all the hard sugar! Thanks again!

    • posted on 1285710611
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      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!!!

    • posted on 1285652724
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      awsome recipe i am going to use them for my halloween party what a fantastic recipe

    • posted on 1284614464
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      this toffee apple is so good, you should try it.

    • posted on 1284419231
      Overall Rating: 7.0 / 10

      really good recipe, not convinced that the timing is spot on but they turned out really well and were yummy

    • posted on 1284255173
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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.

    • posted on 1283974558
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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.

    • posted on 1283834685
      Overall Rating: 7.0 / 10

      hey this worked really well! we are having a market thing @ our school this is perfect!

    • posted on 1282989761
      Overall Rating: 8.0 / 10

      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!

    • posted on 1282821951
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      Great recipie. I used tin foil to rest the apples on, waited till they had cooled complety then I pealed them off easily.

    • posted on 1279577138
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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.

    • posted on 1277530983
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      It works really well but if you want them really red add more food colouring

    • posted on 1267070755
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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

    • posted on 1266259255
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      WOW I CANT WAIT TO TRY IT YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

    • posted on 1257726303
      Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10

      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.

    • posted on 1257322941
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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,

    • posted on 1256939505
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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.

    • posted on 1254359701
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      I didn't realise how easy it was to make toffee apples and this recipe was superb!

    • posted on 1252903000
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      I really really like it.

    • posted on 1247823447
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      great recipe toffee apples come out great..love them..thanks a bunch!!! :-)

    • posted on 1243314165
      Overall Rating: 8.0 / 10

      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?

    • posted on 1240880370
      Overall Rating: 8.0 / 10

      Worked out well. I added a essence flavour to the toffee just for something extra :)

    • posted on 1230134255
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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!

    • posted on 1227515446 0
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      I tried a load of other recipes for candy apples and only yours worked. Thanks!

    • posted on 1208822414
      Overall Rating: 8.0 / 10

      it was very nice to read and i made it it was very yum.Ella

    • posted on 1169674846 0
      Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

      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