Description
Create fun and delicious Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Candy Apples for a themed party or treat!
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 medium green apples (Granny Smith or similar)
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- ¾ cup water
- ½ tsp cream of tartar
- Green gel food coloring
- Wooden sticks or skewers
- Colored fondant (blue, red, orange, purple)
- Edible food markers or black/white fondant for eyes
- Edible glue or corn syrup
Instructions
- Wash apples thoroughly to remove any wax coating. Dry completely.
- Insert wooden sticks into the tops and place apples on a parchment-lined tray.
- In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup, water, and cream of tartar.
- Heat over medium-high, stirring until sugar dissolves.
- Once boiling, stop stirring and cook until the mixture reaches 300°F (hard crack stage).
- Remove from heat, stir in green food coloring.
- Working quickly, tilt the pan and dip each apple, swirling to coat evenly in green candy.
- Place on parchment to set.
- Roll out colored fondant into thin strips (blue for Leonardo, red for Raphael, orange for Michelangelo, purple for Donatello).
- Wrap each strip around the top of a cooled candy apple, pressing gently to stick.
- Use small circles of white fondant for eyes.
- Draw pupils with an edible food marker or use tiny dots of black fondant.
- Secure with edible glue.
- Allow decorations to set.
- Arrange on a tray for a fun Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle party display!
Notes
- Ensure apples are completely dry before dipping.
- Work quickly with the candy coating as it hardens fast.
- Use different colors of fondant to represent each turtle.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Candy Making
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 candy apple
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 65g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg