Concession Obsession: Candy Apples

Candy Apples

Today we take a look at a common concession confection: the candy apple. Personally, I always think these things are much more appealing in theory than the actual experience – but some people out there must love them because they are very popular.

While many people tend to call apples wrapped or dipped in any sweet substance a candy apple, this is not entirely accurate. The most basic candy (or candied) apple is covered in a mixture of sugar, corn syrup and food coloring, while a caramel (or taffy) apple is dipped (or in some cases wrapped) in caramel. There are also varieties that are dipped in chocolate. There is also a cinnamon candied apple – the recipe at homemade-dessert-recipes includes hot cinnamon heart candies and cloves.

Like cotton candy, the candy apple is such a popular concession obsession that there is a color named after it:

Candy Apple Red

An easy recipe for caramel apples at realsimple.com uses a package of caramels, apples and water (from past experience let me warn you taht the most difficult part will be unwrapping all of those candies if you can’t find ones that aren’t individually wrapped).

Just in time for Halloween, the white-chocolate-drizzled-so-good-looking-its-scary candy apple from monstercandyapple.com:

Or you can dress up your apples, like the cute apples from myrecipes.com:

Candy Apples Don’t Have to be Sweet

Calorie friendly and kind of creepy – these wedges from ironfist.com feature candy apples and razor blades. Yikes. I love them!

DKNY also has a candy apple scent line, the red apple is apple raspberry:

If you can buy it from a trailer, a cart, or a concession counter – I am probably writing (and drooling) about it here at drivinganddining.com. Some of my guilty pleasures so far: giant pretzels, the corn dog, funnel cakes, and others. Stay tuned for more or subscribe and get new articles delivered straight to you!