Vanilla Bean Candied Apples Recipe

October is here, which means Halloween is not far behind! This recipe is delicious, festive, and fun for the whole family. It's a easy recipe to make and the result is sweet perfection.

Ingredients

• 4 apples
  
• 4 skewers
  
• 1 ½ cups sugar
  
• 1/3 cups water
  
• Juice from 1 sliced lemon
  
• 1 tsp red food coloring
  
• 6 whole cloves
  
• 1 cinnamon stick
  
• 1 Rodelle Vanilla Bean, split and scraped
  

Directions

• Remove apple stems.
  
• Take skewer and pierce where stem used to be. Shove about 2/3 of the way through the apple (make sure they feel sturdy).
  
• In a small pot, combine 1 ½ cups of sugar. You’ll add just enough water to moisten it. Don’t go over 1/3 cups.
  
• When the sugar takes consistency of wet sand, squeeze one half of the lemon’s juice into sugar (this is keeping sugar mixture from crystallizing).
  
• Mix together until it has the consistency of sand.
  
• Then add 1 tsp. red food coloring, cloves, Rodelle Vanilla Bean, split and scraped, and cinnamon stick.
  
• Put ingredients in pan and bring to boil on stove. The heat should be around 300-310 degrees Fahrenheit (candy thermometer works well to measure this.)
  
• Line a cookie sheet with wax paper.
  
• Once mixture has reached 300-310 degrees Fahrenheit, you should have a syrupy mixture. Remove from heat.
  
• Carefully tilt pot sideways to run syrup to same side. Take skewered apples and dip the apple in the syrup. Spin slowly to evenly coat all sides.
  
• Now place on cookie sheet to cool, repeat these steps for the rest of the apples.
  

Other Vanilla Bean Recipes: Vanilla Bean Mulling Spices Blend Recipe, Vanilla Bean Crème Brulée Recipe, & Vanilla Bean Whip Cream Recipe