Toffee apples and chocolate apples

Bring out the kid in everyone with grown-up versions of a long-loved fairground favourite.

Recipe «Toffee apples and chocolate apples» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 16 Pink Lady or Royal Gala apples, stalks removed, 1 x 375g pkt dark chocolate melts, Crushed peanuts, 500g demerara sugar, 125ml water , 100g butter, chopped, 2 tsp white vinegar, 1 tbsp golden syrup .

Ingredients:

• 16 Pink Lady or Royal Gala apples, stalks removed 
• 1 x 375g pkt dark chocolate melts 
• Crushed peanuts 
• 500g demerara sugar 
• 125ml water 
• 100g butter, chopped 
• 2 tsp white vinegar 
• 1 tbsp golden syrup 

Instructions

1. Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper. Insert 1 wooden iceblock stick into the core of each apple.
2. Melt the chocolate melts following packet directions. Dip 1 apple, two-thirds of the way, into the chocolate and rotate to coat. Sprinkle with peanuts. Place on the lined tray to set. Repeat with 7 more apples, chocolate and peanuts.
3. Place the sugar, water, butter, vinegar and golden syrup in a large saucepan over medium heat and stir until the sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil.
4. Reduce heat to low and cook, brushing down the side of the pan occasionally with a pastry brush dipped in water, for 25-30 minutes or until a sugar thermometer reaches 154°C or "crack stage". (If you don't have a thermometer, remove from heat and set aside until the bubbles subside. Drop 1 teaspoonful of toffee into a glass of cold water. If the toffee becomes hard, it is at crack stage.)
5. Dip the remaining apples into toffee and rotate to coat. Place on the lined tray. Set aside until the toffee sets and apples have cooled completely. Serve.