I’ve been so uninspired recently and had a slump. I believe that I’ve had authors block however with a crafter’s twist. It’s difficult. My hubby and the partner at the office began speaking about candied apples created using Jolly Ranchers candies. They explained you can also make all of them with edible glitter for Halloween. I made the decision to try it out. My hubby stated just melt the Jolly Rancher candies on about 250 levels for around a few minutes and dip the apples. Well it’s not too simple and easy , that certainly didn’t work. We've made regular chocolate apples before from your regular recipe although not with Jolly Ranchers candies. Time for you to try it out.
When I shopped for that Jolly Ranchers I appreciated the gorgeous blue colored candies in each and every bag. I immediately considered the most recent craze for Disney’s Frozen movie. Voila! Inspiration struck me! I have to made Disney’s Frozen inspired Candied Apples from Jolly Rancher. YES! YES! YES! (I had been acting out that scene in When Harry Met Sally if this struck me!)
Off and away to Hobby Lobby I went. I've their handy application downloaded on my cell phone in order to always get 40% off any regular priced item because every bit of savings makes it worth while. I needed to discover a method to create that blue colored Jolly Rancher a lighter color and solid. I’ve dabbled in several food colorings and new which i needed to locate a white-colored color to help make the color I needed however i wasn’t sure it might mix well using the chocolate or otherwise. I finished up grabbing the AmeriColor Soft Gel Paste in vibrant white-colored (as seen here on Amazon . com ) and that i was around the search for any silver edible glitter that they didn’t carry. They transported stars and hearts although not the edible glitter I desired. I could order the silver edible glitter on Amazon . com though. I don’t determine if these were just out since it’s a well known product or it’s so new they didn’t get it. Lastly, I grabbed some lollipop sticks (make sure to obtain the 6 inch lollipop sticks such as these here on Amazon . com ) because once you place it within the apple you've still got enough room to carry the candied apple inside your hands. Don’t obtain the smaller sized sticks. Finally, I had been done and headed to checkout in the register.
Let's focus on the testing of the project. I began by prepping my apples by putting sticks within the tops of these. I additionally prepped a glass plate with non-stick cooking spray for any spot to put my apples immediately after I dip them. (don’t use wax paper since it doesn’t work)
I preheated the oven to 250 levels. I place the Jolly Rancher candies (blue color only) inside a pan that may use the oven (make certain the handle in your pan is protected to bake within the oven). My candies never began to melt so after about a few minutes I bumped the high temperature as much as 350 levels. It required about ten minutes prior to the candies really began to melt. I left them inside for an additional a few minutes (fifteen minutes total) to have it in the perfect consistency. I opened up the oven and checked them every 5 minutes simply to make certain they weren’t being over cooked. I made use of a fork among every 5 minutes of cooking the candies to check them. When the chocolate is difficult to lift when you're testing it, you have to bake it longer. It ought to be the consistency of syrup.
When your consistency is true pull it in the oven and immediately give a couple drops from the vibrant white-colored AmeriColor Soft Gel Paste before you obtain the preferred color you would like. Should you decide to not add some white-colored coloring the chocolate mix it'll look similar to glass. Such as this:
Next, give a couple shakes from the edible glitter (if you would like the flicker effect). Stir it immediately and dip the first apple. Be cautious to not touch the handle. I made use of a fork and also the handle in the lollipop stay with dip the apple i then laid it around the glass plate I'd formerly sprayed with non cooking spray. If you discover the chocolate is cooling and becoming stiff, just restore it within the oven to heat up again before you obtain the consistency you'll need. I really restore it within the oven between apple dips.
TIP: When the Jolly Rancher chocolate isn't melted enough, the chocolate coding around the apple is going to be too thick to consume. I discovered it much simpler to consume the apple having a very thin layer of Jolly Rancher chocolate.
I finished up utilizing a apple slicer to chop the candied apple and eat it. It advised me of eating a Tootsie pop. Hard outer covering having a soft center. The candies are extremely tart and so i would use sweeter apples unless of course you actually such as the tart from the apples and also the chocolate together.
It love how a edible glitter added a sparkle to the Frozen inspired candied apples! It’s arrived on the scene perfect! The children enjoy them. The next time I intend to make an Olaf around the lollipop stick to marshmallows. That might be cute! I've a lot of Jolly Rancher candies remaining and that i can’t wait to create more using the other colors. I’m thinking the red ones could be great for the holiday season.
The final factor I ought to mention is the cleaning up. Melted hard chocolate cleanup sucks. It truly does. Don’t waste whenever attempting to clean that pan you accustomed to melt the chocolate. Just soak it in water for any couple of hrs and it'll melt off. It doesn’t even need to be warm water either.
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