| How to Make Halloween Decorations Posted: 24 Oct 2020 09:00 AM PDT Homemade halloween decorations are a world away from the mass-produced flimsy plastic and paper dollar store offerings. Making your own decorations ensures a unique look, plus you can reuse items around your house that might otherwise go to waste. By making your own decorations with family and/or friends each year, you can look forward to an enjoyable Halloween tradition. [Edit]Decorating with Pumpkins - Make a Jack O'Lantern. No Halloween would be complete without the iconic Jack O'Lantern in its various forms. The classic Jack O'Lantern is made by carving a pumpkin and placing a candle inside it, but here are some other ideas:
- Carve a disco ball pumpkin. This is a carved pumpkin with a twist and it throws light out from all over its many holes. It's a load of fun to make and people won't be able to resist making comments about it.
- You can make Jack O'Lanterns out of various fruits and veggies, including oranges, pomegranates, and peppers.
- Decorate a pumpkin. If you don't want to go through the mess and stress of carving a pumpkin, there are many ways to decorate a pumpkin without carving it:
- Paint or spray paint a pumpkin a single color. You might leave it one color (silver and gold are popular), or draw designs on the pumpkin with a sharpie after it's been painted.
- Use a stencil to help you draw or paint a face or other design on your pumpkin.
- Use stickers or other surface embellishments to decorate a pumpkin. If you want to use something more natural, consider covering a pumpkin in lovely autumn leaves.
- Dress your pumpkin up like a person. Use your pumpkin as the head of a mummy or zombie in your yard, put a wig on it, or add other embellishments that make it look more human (or monstrous, as the case may be).
- Peel your pumpkin. Draw a design on your pumpkin and then use a knife to only cut deep enough to pierce the skin. You want to expose the pumpkin's flesh without cutting the flesh. Draw an outline with your knife and then dig the knife beneath the pumpkin's skin as you pull the skin back.
- Grow a pumpkin patch.[1] This one is a long-term project and will only work if you have access to a yard, but it's sure rewarding. Choose a large spot that will give the pumpkins ample space to grow and that will be easily seen by trick-or-treaters.
- Make sure the spot will get lots of sun, and that the soil can get ample drainage, especially after heavy rain.
- You'll need to find out when to plant pumpkins in your region. Pumpkin seeds generally need to be planted in late spring or early summer if you want to harvest them in the fall.
- There are different types of pumpkins to choose from: pie pumpkins for eating, decorative pumpkins for carving, and mini pumpkins.
- Make a fake pumpkin patch. If you aren't into growing pumpkins, just buy a bunch of pumpkins and arrange them in a way that mimics a pumpkin patch. Don't forget to add vines and greenery to make it look more authentic.
- You can even make a neat yard design with pumpkins, for example, having them line your path. In this case you could connect them with vines so that they look kind of like a pumpkin fence.
- Make pumpkin tabletop decorations. There are quite a few ways that the pumpkin can grace your Halloween party or dinner table:
- Make a still life arrangement using miniature pumpkins of various shapes and sizes. Pile them up beautifully, with a few fall leaves here and there.
- Decorate a pumpkin with netting and ribbon, and then place it in the middle of your table as a centerpiece.
- Make paper pumpkin cut-outs. Use construction paper or different types of card stock to make pumpkin-shaped cut-outs for decorating your home.
- You can make big cut-outs to fix to your walls, or smaller ones for bunting, banners, and mobiles.
- To make pumpkin bunting or garland, glue a row of paper cut-outs to yarn or a long strip of paper, and hang them up around your home. If you're worried about the cut-outs falling off the yarn, poke holes in the top of them and run the yarn through instead of glueing them.
- Make pumpkin favors. These cardboard decorations can be placed along benches, on shelves or they can be strung along like bunting for a ceiling decoration:
- Cut out a 3-inch circle from a piece of orange cardboard (one for each favor/guest). This will form the base of your pumpkin.
- Cut out a 9-inch circle from orange crepe paper or tissue paper. This will form your pumpkin. You need one for each base that you cut.
- Place the cardboard circle into the center of the crepe paper circle. If you want to, you can fasten it in the center so that it doesn't move around while you finish making the favor.
- Gather the edges of the crepe paper/tissue and pull them up so that it looks like a bag.
- Stuff the "bag" tightly with cotton balls, shaping it as you go so that the bag is in the shape of a pumpkin. Tie a knot at the top of it.
- Twist the paper at the top so that it looks like a stem. Add some glue to the "stem" so that it won't unravel, then cover the stem with green paper.
- Use a black felt pen or stickers to add a face to your pumpkin, and you're done!
- Make a pumpkin collage. A pumpkin collage can be an interesting piece of artwork for decorating a wall. Start with a cardboard cut-out of a pumpkin, and then fill it in with items of your choosing.
- You might fill the collage with autumn leaves, photos of previous Halloweens, or images from your favorite scary movies.
- Make a pumpkin wreath. A simple wreath can be made using a wire wreath form and miniature pumpkins as follows:[2]
- Place the miniature pumpkins in a circle to see how many you'll use to make a wreath. You may need around 14 to 20 pumpkins, depending on their size.
- Drill a horizontal hole through each miniature pumpkin. Keep the holes as close to the bottom of the pumpkins as you can, as this will keep them hidden from view when the wreath is hanging.
- String 20-gauge wire through the first pumpkin's holes. Place this pumpkin against the wire wreath form and twist the wire inside the pumpkin holes around the wire wreath form to keep in place.
- Repeat for each pumpkin until all are attached to the wreath form.
- Tuck dry moss into the gaps between the pumpkins. Keep this in place with more wiring.
- Tie a large bow at the top of the wreath, leaving long tie lengths hanging below the wreath. Cut the ends diagonally to prevent fraying.
- Hang a wire hook at the top of the wreath and hang the wreath in position on your front door.
- Make mini-pumpkin candle holders. Pick out some mini-pumpkins at your local grocer or pumpkin patch. Cut off the tops and scoop out enough flesh to make room for a votive candle or tea light.
- Push the candle or tea light into the emptied mini-pumpkin and you're done.
- Place the candle holder wherever you'd normally use a candle, using common sense to keep it away from flammable items.
- Make pumpkin-shaped candles. Purchase wax, wicks, and pumpkin moulds from your local craft shop. Place the wick in the mould, melt the wax down, and pour it into the mould too.
- Once the wax cools, remove it from the mould and you've got a pumpkin candle.
- You can add colors and/or scents to the wax to the candles as well.
[Edit]Decorating with Witches - Make a witch hat decoration. You can do this using paper, felt, or if you're comfortable sewing, you can use fabric. You'll need a quarter-circle for the top and a circle with a hole in the middle for the brim.
- If you're short on time, you can buy plain black ready-made witch hats from the dollar store or anywhere else that sells Halloween costumes, and then decorate those.
- Once you have your hat, decorate it with artificial gems, glitter, stickers, felt pieces, ribbon, sequins, or whatever else tickles your fancy.
- You can even make a witch-hat collage by pasting various items onto a paper witch hat or a piece of cardboard that has been cut into the shape of a witch's hat.
- You can use the decorated hat as a centerpiece on your table or on other surfaces around your house.
- You can also hang the hat from the ceiling — just make sure it's low enough that people can see your decorations, but out of the way so that no one will accidentally bonk into it and knock it down.
- Get creative with your witch hats. Use decorated witch hats or paper cut-outs of witch hats in varying sizes around your house. You can use small witch hats for bunting or garland, for instance, alternating the hats with cut-outs of black cats, brooms, and candy corn.
- You could even make a witch hat in a candy corn theme by sewing or pasting together fabric that has orange at the base, yellow in the middle, and white at the tip.
- Make paper witch decorations. There are lots of ways to turn the silhouette of a witch into decorations, including witch garlands, streamers, collages, cards, signs, and cut-outs.
- Witch silhouettes are especially effective decorations when placed against a window or white surface.
- With the witch come some other traditional symbols that can be added into your artwork, including the black cat, the moon, and the broomstick.
- Make witch legs.[3] Stuff a pair of stripy stockings with whatever you've got handy — batting or polyester filling will work nicely. If you'll be putting the legs outside, avoid filling them with paper products or anything else that is easily damaged by water.
- Draw and cut out witchy-looking boots on a fabric of your choosing (black is recommended). Draw each boot on 2 pieces of fabric (or 1 piece folded in half), and make it extra large as it will shrink when sewn and stuffed.
- Cut, sew, and stuff the boots, and attach them to the ends of the stockings.
- Put some wire in the legs to make them bendy, then stick them in a prop cauldron to make it look like the witch fell in her own brew. You can also have the legs coming out from under a flower pot or anywhere else for that matter.
- If you're a film buff you could make it look like your house fell on a witch (like in The Wizard of Oz) by stuffing a pair of black and white striped stockings and putting sparkly red shoes on them, then fastening them to the ground near the foundation of your house.
- Make dangling witch legs.[4] Follow the instructions for making witches legs — stuffing tights and sewing witchy boots on to the ends of them. Once that's done, make the witch a skirt:
- Cut 20-inch-long strips of black tulle or another crunchy fabric that will mimic a fluffy crinoline.
- Cut the handle off a cheap umbrella (be careful that you don't hurt yourself doing this), then tuck and tie the legs and crinoline up into the spokes of the umbrella.
- The crinoline should hide all of the metal in the umbrella so that it just looks like a large skirt with a witch's legs sticking out. Fasten it to your ceiling (you can cut a hole int the top of the umbrella and pull the stockings through to use as a hanging device) and Voila!
- Make lollipop witch brooms. You'll need lollipops (big round or oval ones work best), a brown felt pen, tissue paper (the fancy stuff you wrap presents with, not kleenex), scissors, twine, and name tags (optional).
- Use the brown felt pen to color in the lollipop sticks brown. You can also use black or dark brown if you think this would look better.
- Cut a bunch of squares in your tissue paper, all of the same size. Four inches by four inches is recommended.
- Gently put the lollipop stick through the middle of the tissue square and then pull the tissue down until it rests on top of the lollipop.
- Pull the tissue around the lollipop candy, and then scrunch the rest of the tissue up before tying it with twine to hold it in place. You may need to trim the edges of the tissue so that the broom can stand upright.
- These can double as place settings at the dinner table as well as party favors. If you want to use them as place settings, tie a name tag around the section of the broom that's tied with twine.
[Edit]Decorating with Ghosts - Make fabric ghosts. White fabric scraps of all sorts can be easily transformed into ghosts. You don't even need to sew them: you can just cut out squares of fabric and drape or tie them into your desired shapes.
- One popular method is to scrunch up newspaper into your desired ghosty shape, drape a piece of felt or fabric overtop of it, tie the fabric with twine to form the ghost's "head", and then draw a ghosty face on it.
- Use white fabric scraps to make ghost cut-outs to turn into pictures or bunting. You can also sew little white scraps of fabric into finger puppets, or stick them on to empty toilet rolls to make ghosts.
- Make paper cut-out ghosts. Use card stock, construction paper, or simple white printer paper and transform it into ghosts of all sorts, including ghost pictures or cut-outs, ghost collages, and ghost bunting or garlands.
- You can also cut out a large ghost shape from cardboard and use it as the base for a collage.
- Make use of your bedsheets. Drape white or off-white bedsheets over objects around your house to give the impression of ghosts.
- You can also make your room look like a room in an old haunted mansion by covering nearly all of your furniture in sheets and then putting spiderwebs in the corners.
- You might even add a skull and/or a crystal ball to a table, and play some creepy Halloween sounds in the room.
- Make a ghost out of cheesecloth and fabric stiffener.[5] This is just one of the many ways in which you can transform household objects into ghost decorations.
 - Start by creating a frame for your ghost's shape. Stack two cups vertically end to end (with the rims facing out), and place a small balloon on top. Lay down some newspaper or a plastic bag beneath this to catch any liquid that follows from the cloth as it dries.
- Cut 8 inches of cheesecloth. If the ends are ragged, all the better, as this will make your ghost look more creepy and old. Off-white and beige cheesecloths are good choices.
- Soak the cheesecloth in fabric stiffener. Use a bowl for this. Make sure the cheesecloth is well coated before you take it out.
- Remove the cheesecloth from the bowl of fabric stiffener and immediately place it over the balloon-cup frame. It should take roughly 10 minutes to dry.
- Once the cloth is dry, pop the balloon by poking a pin through the cheesecloth. This will leave you with a hardened ghost shape.
- Now you can decorate your ghost in any way you want. When you're happy with it, pull some fishing line, thread, or twine through the top of the ghost and hang it up.
- Make a ghost out of a styrofoam head, a wire hanger, and some fabric.[6] You can give the ghost broader shoulders by adding additional wire and extra fabric to the hanger.
- Bend the hook of the hanger so that it's straight, then gently push the styrofoam head down onto it. Now it'll look like a head sitting on top of shoulders.
- Drape white fabric over the head and hanger, and then adjust the fabric until you're happy with how it looks, cutting it to make it look more ragged, or bulking it up in places to make it look more like a person's figure.
- If you want you can add long wire arms to the hanger and then put stuff white latex gloves at the ends of the "arms" to make it look more like a person.
- Once you're happy with how it looks, hang it up by tying fishing line around its neck and fastening it to your ceiling or anywhere else you like.
- You can find styrofoam heads at most Halloween supply shops, but also some beauty supply and craft shops.
[Edit]Decorating with Spiders - Make spider-shaped paper cut-outs. Draw spider shapes on construction paper or card stock and cut them out, then fix them to your walls or to string to make bunting or garland. You can also use the spider shape as the basis for a collage.
- Paper spiders can be stuck all over the wall, among fake webs, and in bushes. Be careful about putting the paper spiders outside, as they might get wrecked if it rains.
- Use cardboard for larger spiders that can be hung from ceilings or greater heights to dangle in people's faces. You might cut up garbage bags and glue them onto these so that they're shiny black spiders.
- Make a spider from repurposed items. As an example, you could make a spider from an egg carton and pipe cleaners:[7]
- Cut out an egg carton piece to form the spider's body. Paint in the color you want the spider to be — black, neon, purple with red spots, etc. You might even use a glow-in-the-dark or black-light paint.
- Pierce four holes down one side and another four down the other side of the egg carton piece, then slip pipe cleaners into the holes each side to form eight legs.
- Reshape the legs so that the spider can stand properly and perhaps have two legs splayed in front.
- Glue on a bunch of pre-made googly eyes or paint them on to make the spider's face. You can also add fangs.
- If you want the spider to be larger, you can use two egg carton pieces for the body, and then glue on a ping pong ball or something similar to form the spider's head.
- Make a spider web. If you want a web or two for all the spiders you're making, you have many options:
- A string web is made by weaving a web using string and a wire frame, and then gluing the cutting out the round part of the web. You then hang the web from the ceiling using another piece of string. (Paper or light plastic spiders go well on this web.)
- A pipe cleaner web is made from twisting together 4 pipe cleaners and then working outward until you've reached the desired web size. (Pipe cleaner spiders go well with this web.)
- A doily web is ideally made of crocheted doilies that have been sprayed black. Use string to attach the doilies to a transparent or loosely woven sheet, keeping space between them so that they look like different webs.
- A cheesecloth web will look like an old abandoned cobweb. You cut it into the shapes you want, and then gently pull on it so that the strings come apart and look more web-like. Then you hang it from your ceiling/on your walls/in your windows.
[Edit]Making Other Decorations - Make a Halloween wreath. Add Halloween-themed items to a plain wreath to dress it up. You can purchase a pre-made wreath base, or you can make a wreath from scratch with Evergreen tree branches, twigs, or burlap.
- To make the wreath look extra Halloweeny, spray paint it black, orange, purple, silver, grey — or any other color you'd like.
- Use a hot glue gun (or have your parents help you) to glue black tulle, orange feathers, fake eyeballs, fake spiders, or other Halloween-y items into the wreath.
- Make glowing ping pong ball decorations. For this you only need felt pens, ping pong balls, electric tea lights, and something sharp to poke holes into the ping pong balls with (scissors or a screwdriver will work).
- Just draw on the ping pong balls and then pop them on top of an electric tea light and turn it on to see them glow and flicker. Creepy eyeballs and faces are good choices for this craft!
- Another option is to attach pipecleaners to the sides of a ping pong ball and make it look like a spider — a glowing spider, that is!
- Make paper bats. Bats, like spiders, are another popular creature featured in Halloween decorations. Use construction paper or card stock to make bat-shaped cut-outs that you can hang around your house.
- You might even use a large bat-shaped cut-out as the base of a Halloween-themed collage.
- Themes for great decorations include bats, black cats, coffins, masks, candy corn, snakes, mummies, eyeballs and toenails, cobwebs, rats, owls, vampires, witches and broomsticks, ghosts, zombies — the list is almost endless!
- You can also make a cool Halloween banner!
[Edit]Warnings - Never leave a burning candle unattended.
- If children make the decorations, supervise anything they're not capable of doing for their age range, such as cutting, piercing holes, sewing, etc.
[Edit]Things You'll Need - Paper
- Fabric
- Recycled goodies
- Markers, pens, paint, etc.
- Pumpkins
- Scissors, glue, and related crafting gear
- Items as mentioned for each craft type
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| How to Make Toffee Apples Posted: 24 Oct 2020 01:00 AM PDT The changing leaves and cool weather are great, but what's autumn without some delicious treats? Pumpkin pie is delicious and everything, but the toffee apple is a classic snack that sits in a category of its own. If you've never made these caramel-coated treats yourself, you're in luck. They're excellent when they're fresh, and making your own toffee is so much more satisfying than buying pre-packaged toffee apples at the grocery store. Just be careful when you're chowing down on your delicious apples—they're notorious for damaging teeth! [Edit]Ingredients - 4-8 apples
- of water
- 2 cups (400 g) of golden caster sugar
- of golden syrup
- of vinegar
[Edit]Prepping Your Apples - Pick 4-8 healthy apples and remove the stickers. You can use any variety of red or green apple to make your toffee apples, but Fuji and Granny Smith are probably the most popular options. Grab up to 8 apples and remove the stickers if they have any.[1]
- Gala apples are great if you're looking for a sweeter variety.
- Wash and dry your apples thoroughly to clean them off. Wash the apples thoroughly under warm water and rub them with your hands to remove any dirt or residue. Dry each apple by hand with a clean cloth or paper towel.[2]
- If you want to remove the waxy layer of each apple, boil some water and pour it over your apples in a bowl. Let them soak for 15-30 seconds and lift them out with a slotted spoon. Dry each apple by hand once they're cool enough to handle.[3]
- Seriously, give them a good drying. You don't want any moisture on the apple skin. The toffee won't stick as well if your apples are moist.
- Twist the stems off of each apple by hand. Grab an apple and pinch the stem between two fingers. Then, rotate the apple in either direction a few times with your free hand to weaken it. Pull the stem away from the apple and it should snap right out. Repeat this process with each of your apples.[4]
- You can't really clip the stems off with scissors since you won't get the portion of the stem that's embedded in the apples.
- Push a wooden skewer or lolly stick into the stalk-end of each apple. Grab a wooden skewer or lolly stick for each toffee apple you're making. Insert a skewer or stick into the opening of each apple where the stem used to be. Embed the stick or skewer roughly halfway into each apple to make the handles for your caramel-coated treats.[5]
- It shouldn't be especially hard to insert your skewers or sticks. If you do find it kind of hard to do this, you can stick a fork into the end of each apple to make a small opening for the skewer or stick.[6]
- You can also use plastic lollipop sticks if you prefer. It won't make a difference one way or another.
- Lay a sheet of parchment paper out on a sheet pan. Get a large sheet pan or baking dish and line it with parchment paper. When you're ready to dip your apples, this is where you're going to put them to dry. Leave this pan on the counter closest to your stove. You'll have to work fast once the toffee is heated and this will save you time.[7]
- You can use aluminum foil and brush it with vegetable oil if you prefer.[8]
- Fill small bowls with any toppings you plan on adding. Get out a separate bowl for each topping you're going to add. Fill each bowl up with a few handfuls of your preferred topping. Crushed pretzels, nuts, or graham crackers are popular crunchy options. You can also use mini-marshmallows or sprinkles if you have a bit of a sweet tooth![9]
- You don't have to add any toppings if you don't want to. Regular toffee apples are extremely popular for a reason!
- You will need about ½ cup (75 g) of topping per apple.[10] The amount of each topping you need depends on how many apples you're making, though.
[Edit]Making the Toffee - Heat of water over medium heat. Grab a small or medium-sized sauce pan and set it out on your stove. Measure out of water and pour it in. Set the heat to medium to start heating the water up.[11]
- These measurements may not sound like enough, but you really don't need a lot of toffee to coat your apples. Still, if you're making more than 8 apples, feel free to double the measurements here. Just use a large sauce pan if you do this.
- Melt 2 cups (400 g) of golden caster sugar in the water. Measure out your golden caster sugar and pour it very slowly into the water. Do not mix, but you can use the back of a wooden spoon or a fork to break up any clumps of sugar that form in the water. Wait 3-5 minutes for the sugar to completely disappear in the water.[12]
- If you mix the sugar and water, some of the sugar is going to stick to the sides of your pan and crystalize. This can give your toffee a bit of an odd texture.
- The golden caster sugar is ideal for toffee apples since it has a caramel undertone, but you can use white caster sugar if you can't find the golden variety.[13]
- Mix in of golden syrup and of vinegar. Once the sugar is dissolved, measure out and add your golden syrup. Then, add a little white vinegar to give your toffee a bit of bite. Gently mix the ingredients together with a wooden spoon or whisk until the color is uniform and the texture is smooth.[14]
- Golden syrup, often known as treacle, is a thick liquid made of refined sugar and citric acid. It's similar to corn syrup, but it's more acidic.[15] Unfortunately, there are no good substitutions here.
- Some recipes call for butter instead of golden syrup. While there's nothing wrong with using butter, your toffee will taste kind of buttery instead of sweet. This is normally one of the main distinctions between toffee apples and caramel apples.
- Bring the sugary mixture to a rolling boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Turn the heat up to high or medium-high and wait for your ingredients to start boiling. Once the mixture is boiling, reduce the heat to simmer and set a timer for 20 minutes.[16]
- If any chunks of sugar start forming on the surface of the mixture, use a pastry brush to wipe them up.
- Turn the heat off once the toffee is "hard cracked" at . Insert a candy thermometer into the mixture and check it after 20 minutes to make sure the toffee is . If you don't have a candy thermometer, use a spoon to pour a little bit of hot toffee into a cup of cold water. If the toffee hardens instantly in the water, your toffee is "hard cracked" and you're ready to go![17]
- As you heat sugar and water together, the water evaporates.[18] When less than 1% of the water remains, the sugar is "hard cracked" and will turn solid when it cools.[19] If your mixture isn't hard cracked, the toffee won't harden on your apples after you dip them.
- You can stir in a little red food coloring before proceeding if you want to make your toffee apples look like candy apples.
[Edit]Dipping and Drying the Apples - Tilt the sauce pan up a little and wait for the bubbles to dissipate. Once your toffee is hard cracked, you're ready for dipping. Turn the heat off and lift the pan up a bit so the toffee pools up against the side of the pot. Wait a few seconds for any bubbles to disappear.[20]
- If there are bubbles on the top of the toffee and you dip your apples in, the bubbles will transfer to your apples and you won't get a smooth coating of toffee. This may actually be a good thing if you want to make wart-covered decorative toffee apples for Halloween!
- Dip and twist your first apple into the hot toffee. Continue holding the sauce pan at an angle and use your free hand to pick up your first apple by the handle. Submerge the apple in the toffee and spin it around by twisting the skewer in your fingers. This helps cover every section of the apple in toffee.[21]
- You don't need to soak the apple in the toffee or anything. The toffee sticks to the apple's skin as soon as you dip it. You aren't "adding more" toffee by leaving the apple in the toffee for longer.
- Lift the apple up and let the excess toffee drip back into the pan. Once each portion of the apple is covered, slowly lift it out of the toffee. Hold it for a few seconds and wait for all of the extra toffee to drip off.[22]
- The toffee is really hot, so don't turn the apple upwards after you've removed it. Just hold the apple with the skewer or stick on top so the apple dangles underneath. If any hot toffee does drip off, it won't land on your skin.
- Lower the toffee apple into any dry toppings you're using. If you have any toppings you're using, now's the time to add them. Lower the wet apple on top of your dry topping bowl and carefully spin it around. Your dry toppings will stick to the surface of your wet toffee.[23]
- You can always sprinkle your dry toppings on to the apples if you prefer. It won't make much of a difference either way.
- You don't have to add anything to your toffee apples if you don't want to. In fact, plain toffee apples may be the most popular version!
- Set the apple down on the parchment with the handle pointing up. Keep the skewer or lolly stick on top of the apple. Move the apple over to your sheet pan and set the toffee apple down. Don't worry if the toffee pools up a little underneath. This is totally normal—it just means you'll have a few bites with a little extra toffee in them![24]
- Repeat this dipping process for each apple you're making. Continue tilting the toffee up a little, dipping your apples, and setting them down on the sheet pan. If you're adding any dry toppings, roll each apple around in the toppings before putting it on the pan.[25]
- If the toffee in your sauce pan starts to thicken or harden before you're done, reheat it on the stove for a few minutes until it turns back into a liquid.
- Wait 10-15 minutes for the toffee to cool off and harden before eating. The toffee will harden pretty quickly, but just wait 10-15 minutes to play it safe. Once your toffee apples are hardened, peel them off of the parchment paper and enjoy![26]
- If you'd like, you can sprinkle a little cinnamon or confectionary sugar on top of your apples before serving them if you'd like!
- Your apples should be good for up to 2 days. Set them on a plate and cover them in plastic wrap. You can store them at room temperature or in the fridge.
- A lot of people mix up the terms candy apple, toffee apple, and caramel apple. While caramel and toffee apples are basically identical (the main difference is usually butter), candy apples were originally made with hard-shell candy coating. Today, most people add red food coloring to toffee or caramel to make a version of the candy apple.[27]
[Edit]Warnings - Once it's boiling, the toffee is extremely hot. Only dip the apples with the skewer or stick on top to keep the toffee from dripping on to your hands.
- If you're worried about your teeth or you're serving these treats to a child with a loose tooth, slice them up and eat them in smaller pieces. These sticky, round apples can damage your teeth if you aren't careful.[28]
[Edit]Things You'll Need - Water
- Cloth or paper towels
- Wooden skewers or lolly sticks
- Wooden spoon or fork
- Sauce pan
- Measuring cup (or scale)
- Bowl
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- Slotted spoon (optional)
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