Traditional Toffee Apple Recipe
This traditional toffee apple recipe is a quick and easy recipe that brings back memories of bonfire night and halloween. Apples are coated in hard toffee that is sometimes coloured red to make this sweet autumnal snack.
TL;DR
- Classic homemade toffee apples with a crunchy sugar coating
- Made with just a few simple ingredients
- Vegan and gluten free
- A fun autumn and Halloween treat
- Perfect for Bonfire Night, Halloween parties or a nostalgic sweet treat
- Easy to make at home with or without a sugar thermometer
Traditional Toffee Apple Recipe
- 4 large eating apples
- 190g caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp vinegar
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- Red gel food colouring (optional)
- 50ml water
How To Make Traditional Toffee Apple Recipe
- Place the apples in a large bowl and cover them with boiling water to remove any wax or residue. Dry thoroughly with a tea towel, remove the stalks and push a lolly stick into the stalk end of each apple.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper. This is where you’ll place the apples once they’re coated in toffee, so keep the tray close to the hob.
- Pour the caster sugar into a saucepan and mix with 50ml of water. Heat over a medium heat, stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved.
- Stir in the vinegar and golden syrup. If you want traditional red toffee apples, add a very small amount of red gel food colouring.
- Continue cooking until the mixture reaches 150°C. You can check this using a sugar thermometer placed in the pan. Alternatively, carefully drop a little of the toffee into cold water. If it sets hard and brittle, it is ready.
- Carefully dip an apple into the hot toffee, turning it so that as much of the apple as possible is coated.
- Immediately place the coated apple onto the prepared baking tray with the stick pointing upwards. Repeat with the remaining apples.
- Leave the toffee apples to cool completely and the coating to set before eating.
Important: The toffee will be extremely hot, so take care when dipping the apples and keep children away from the hot sugar.
Top Tips
The toffee is extremely hot, this is not a recipe to make with children. Take care and do not leave the hot sugar unattended at any time. You can add red food colouring into the toffee to make a more traditional toffee apple but it is not needed and does not affect the flavour. Toffee apples are a UK tradition and are similar to candy apples in the USA. They are different to caramel apples because the toffee sets hard unlike a caramel apple.
Storage
The toffee apples can be made up to two days ahead and stored in a dry place.
FAQs
Recipe Similar To Traditional Toffee Apple Recipe
Traditional Toffee Apple Recipe
Course: DessertDifficulty: Easy4
servings15
minutes10
minutes25
minutesAn easy recipe for traditional toffee apples.
Ingredients
4 Large Eating Apples
190g Caster Sugar
1/2 tsp Vinegar
2 tbsp Golden Syrup
Red Gel Food Colouring (optional)
Directions
- First out the apples in a large bowl and cover them with boiling water to remove any wax or residue. Dry with a tea towel, remove the stalks and push a lolly stick into the stalk end of each apple.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper. This will be where you put the apples after coating them in toffee so keep the tray close to the hob/stove top.
- Into a pan pour the sugar and mix with 50ml water. Heat on medium and mix until the sugar dissolves completely.
- Stir in the vinegar and golden syrup (add a very small amount of the red gel food colouring if desired). Cook until the mixture reaches 150ºc (use a sugar thermometer placed in the pan or check by pouring a little of the toffee into cold water. If it sets hard it is ready).
- Carefully dip an apple into the toffee, turning it so the edges get coated as much as possible. Remember the sugar is VERY hot!
- Immediately place the apple onto the baking tray with the stick sticking upwards to cool and set. Repeat with the remaining apples. Leave to cool completely before eating.
Comments
Did you make this recipe? Leave a comment below and let me know how it turned out.
