Learn how to marble candy apples with this easy and fun method! They’re perfect for parties and look gorgeous!
After making these, we couldn’t wait to show you how to marble candy apples! How gorgeous are these?! We’re pretty smitten over the marbled candy apples and think they’ll be perfect for a Halloween party!!
They’re actually fairly easy to make, as long as you have a candy thermometer and you watch the sugar temperature! You can use any colors to achieve the marble effect and match your Halloween theme.
Using this method you can make candy apples any color!! You can do one solid color as well.
How to Make Marble Candy Apples
Table of Contents
Supplies
- Candy Thermometer
- Parchment Paper
- Baking Sheet
- Medium Sauce Pan
- Wooden Sticks
- Gel Food Coloring
- White Food Coloring
- Rubber Spatula
Have a baking sheet lined with parchment paper to place the apples once they’re dipped.
How to make candy apples with glitter?
You will need to use food safe and edible glitter. You can add a little glitter into the mixture and it will show up when the apples are dipped. You can also sprinkle glitter on the apple as soon as you lift it from the mixture.
Candy Apple Flavors
Customize the flavor of your candy apples using extract. We used vanilla extract in this recipe, but here are some other ideas. Also these extrcats are wonderful for flavoring the apples!
- Cinnamon candy apples
- Orange candy apples
- Almond candy apples
- Butter pecan candy apples
- Lavender candy apples
You can use wooden dowels or I love the look of rustic sticks, especially for a Halloween project. Let us know how these turn out for you in the comments below!
More Fun Halloween Treats
- Halloween Oreo Cake
- Easy Mummy Brownies
- Blondies with Nutter Butter Cookies
- Gooey Chocolate Cake
Marbled Candy Apples
Ingredients
- 6 Granny Smith apples
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- White food coloring
- 2 additional colors of food coloring, we used teal and green gel coloring
- Candy thermometer
- Parchment paper
- 6 lollipop sticks, for dipping and twigs if you want to go with a fall look.
Instructions
- Prep your apples by washing and drying them. Take the stems off and put the lollipop sticks in as far as they can go. Put your apples near the stove so they’re close by when you need them. Prep a cookie sheet with parchment to keep close as well.
- In medium a sauce pan, mix the sugar, water and corn syrup. Attach the candy thermometer to the side of the pot, but make sure it’s not touching the bottom of the pan. Heat over medium high heat and let bubble without mixing, until it reaches 302 degrees.
- Once it reaches that temperature, immediately take off of the heat and with a heat-proof rubber spatula.
- Mix in the vanilla extract and the white food coloring until combined.
- Quickly add a few drops of the two other colors.
- Use a wooden skewer to gently stir the colors, but don’t mix.
- Just lightly move the colors around. Tip the pot to one side and dip the apple in the candy, coating it on all sides.
- When you pull the marbled candy apple out of the sugar, give it a second to drip off the bottom, then place it on the parchment paper to cool and harden.
Kitchenzad says
I just came out there after watching the video on youtube. This way is quite easy and interesting to marble the candy apples. I am just going to give it a try.
kitcheniest says
I’ve made many batches of candy apples from mixes and kits etc. but this is the first homemade batch that I’ve done. The apples turned out great. I used the recommended colors and flavor oils that you listed, but the only thing is that my candy had a slight after taste. Just wondering if you had any ideas of something I may have done wrong. Thank you!
CONNIE FREZZA says
Can I add flavoring to the mix such as cinnamon? if so is there a particular form of flavoring I would need to use? The colors, what form of food color (water, gel, etc)
Eden says
You could add drops of extract to flavor. That’s a great idea!!
Latrice says
Hi me and my friend is a new to making candy Apple’s can you give us some pointers on how to get rid of the bubbles
Eden says
That’s a hard one!! There will be some bubbles no matter how hard you try to get rid of them, but you can wait and hit the pan on the stove a little to release them.
Saintwic says
Make sure the apples are wax free as well as very dry. Dip briefly. 30-45 seconds in a pot of boiling water with a bit of vinegar take out and wipe the wax off and allow to dry for several hours to overnight.
Crystal says
Does it taste like a regular strawberry candy apple with different food coloring added ? Or does it give it a different flavor?
Tami says
My candy starts to burn after about 280 constantly. I make them from scratch and even the premixed bags. I cook at 4.5 (medium heat). Any ideas what I’m doing wrong.
Eden says
Hmm, are you constantly stirring? I think that is super important for it to not burn. Also, use a candy thermometer and remove it from heat when it gets to hard crack.
Joan says
I have never had a candied apple like this. What does it taste like using your recipe above …. is it like a hard candy? What would you recommend if I wanted to individually bag them i.e. how long do I let the candy dry on the apple before bagging so it doesn’t stick? Thank you so very much. I love the look of these multi colored apples.
Adrienne says
How do you make bubble free candy apples? Every time I make them they always have bubbles.
Sweet Joys Treats says
Some tips for no bubbles. Keep you apples cold and make sur no moisture gets in the mixture when dipping
Sweet Joys Treats says
Some tips for no bubbles. Keep your apples cold and make sure no moisture gets in the mixture when dipping
Aisha says
For bubble free apples, make sure the wax is cleaned off apples. Fill a pot with water, bring to a boil, then dip your apples, about 5 -8 seconds and wipe quickly with a paper towel. If you’re doing the hard candy apples make sure you let them sit for at least 48 hrs after cleaning before dipping them.
Aisha says
Also Adrienne before dipping let your bubbles subside in your pan. When you tilt your pan to dip it may bubble up again because the candy is hot, so just let the bubbles subside again. Don’t dip while there are a lot of bubbles because it will look that way on your apples. Hope this helps
Shantel says
Do you have to have white food coloring to do the marble or can you just use any two or more colors.
Eden says
The white food coloring helps make the colors more bold… otherwise it’s more of a clear color.
Mary Williams says
How do you prevent the bubbles from forming on the candy apples after dipping
Hannah says
How much white food coloring did you use?
Eden says
Hi Hannah! We used about 5-7 drops of the color!
Brittany Bly says
Absolutely beautiful. These apples are from a magical fairytale!
Joan Hayes says
Oh my gosh these are totally blowing my mind right now — amazing! I love the colors, the swirls and the cute rustic sticks, great job!
Eden says
Thank you so much Joan!!! They are fun to make and not very hard at all!! Think of the beautiful color combos you can do!!! XO
sharon says
omgosh….you’ve outdone yourself!!! these are about the coolest things i’ve EVER seen!! must try!! 🙂
Monique | WritingMonique says
This looks so awesome!
Anisha says
Wow, those look absolutely stunning! Love how unique your recipes always are.
Sammie says
These apples look so beautiful. What a brilliant idea. I like the natural twigs as well. Super post thank you. Sammie x