Candied Apples

Ingredients:

2 cup granulated sugar
2 cup corn syrup
1/3 cup cinnamon candy
1 cup water
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teapoon cloves
3/4 teasppon red food coloring
6 of your favorite type of apple, roughly medium in size 
wooden skewers (these are often found in the produce dept this time of year)
cookie sheet sprayed with no stick cooking spray or a long sheet of waxed paper

Instructions:

First thing you want to do is as you usually would remove the apple stems and wash them up.   Grab a skewer and stab it right into the middle of the apple and repeat for each apple.  Be careful not to poke out the other side of the apple though.  In a small or medium sized saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, cinnamon candies, and water.  Stir and keep stirring until everything is dissolved.  Then stir some more to make sure it's all dissolved.  Medium heat here, you don't want it to boil at this point because that will just make a mess.  Once you've got it all dissolved add cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, and food coloring to the mix.  Now we want that to boil to a 300 degree temperture on the candy thermometer.  Dip your apples into your candy coating and be sure to coat them well.  Place them skewer pointing up on the waxed paper or cookie sheet and allow them to harden.  Make sure you let them cool completely to room temperture before eating!  They will be hot for sometime and no one wants a burnt mouth on Halloween.