6 wooden skewers or lollipop sticks
6 medium size red apples, washed, dried and stemmed
2 cups sugar
2 cups light corn syrup
1 cup water
1/4 cup red cinnamon candies
1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
Recipe
Insert skewers into stem ends of apples.
Place all remaining ingredients except food coloring in a heavy saucepan, insert candy thermometer and heat over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until sugar and candies dissolve, do not boil. Mix in coloring, then boil without stirring until thermometer reaches 300F. or a drop of syrup turns brittle in cold water. Remove from heat. Working quickly, dip apples to coat evenly.