These apple fritters with candy corn sauce are insanely delicious. Fluffy, sweet and soft fruit apple fritters are great for snack, breakfast or parties.
One of the most popular dessert (breakfast) are these deep-fried apple fritters glazed with simple icing. But wait, you can make them even better with simple and delicious 2 ingredient candy corn sauce.
Apple Fritters Recipe
Texture: soft, fluffy.
Taste: sweet with apples and candy corn.
Simplicity: quick to make, mix wet and dry ingredients, add apples and fry.
Meal Type: back to school, parties & holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and sweet party food.
How to make Apple Fritters
- (Get video and full recipe below). Prepare ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, apples, candy corn and water.
- Mix dry ingredients first: flour, baking powder, sugar and cinnamon, set aside.
- Whisk eggs with milk and vanilla extract.
- Combine dry and wet ingredients together, mix with spatula, add chopped apples.
- Heat oil on frying pan, drop 1/4 cup of a batter to the oil, fry fritters on both sides.
- In a medium saucepan melt candy corn with water, pour over fritters.
Apple Fritters with Candy Corn Tips
- You might need more than 2 cups of oil, it depends how big is your frying pan.
- You can use candy thermometer
to fry your fritters, just heat oil until the temperature reads 360 F/365 F. Otherwise if you don’t have thermometer heat oil until it is hot.
- Candy corn sauce might be sticky. This will depend on few factors. If you store fritters in hot humid condition, the glaze will be more watery. If you store fritters in colder environment, the glaze will be harder.
to fry your fritters, just heat oil until the temperature reads 360 F/365 F. Otherwise if you don’t have thermometer heat oil until it is hot.
Candy Corn Fritter Faq’s
What are apple fritters made of? They are made with flour, eggs, cinnamon, sugar and chopped, sliced or diced apples, topped with icing glaze.
Why are my apple fritters soggy? You need to fry them at high temperature. Fry them for 2-3 minutes on each side, or more time might be required. You don’t want to end up with undercooked friedcake.
What apples to use? You can use any that you have, however keep in mind that some apples might be mushy after frying. If you would like firm friedcake pick: Granny Smith, Gala, Honeycrisp, Red Delicious etc.
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Apple Fritters with Candy Corn Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups apples chopped
- 2 cups oil
- 1/2 cup candy corn
- 1 Tbsp. water
Instructions
- In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon, set aside.
- In another bowl whisk eggs with milk and vanilla extract.
- Add dry ingredients to wet, mix with spatula.
- Add chopped apples, mix all ingredients together until well combined with spatula or spoon, don't over mix.
- Preheat frying pan with oil, you can use candy thermometer if you have one until it reaches 360 F/365 F temperature. Otherwise, heat the oil until hot.
- Drop about 1/4 cup of the batter to the oil, fry for about 2-3 minutes. Flip and fry for another 2-3 minutes.
- Add candy corn and water to the saucepan, cook on low-medium heat for 2-4 minutes, whisk all the time until candy corn will dissolve. Pour the sauce over fritters.
Video
Notes
- You might need more than 2 cups of oil, it depends how big is your frying pan.
- You can use candy thermometer
to fry your fritters, just heat oil until the temperature reads 360 F/365 F. Otherwise if you don’t have thermometer heat oil until it is hot.
- Candy corn sauce might be sticky. This will depend on few factors. If you store fritters in hot humid condition, the glaze will be more watery. If you store fritters in colder environment, the glaze will be harder.
- What apples to use? You can use any that you have, however keep in mind that some apples might be mushy after frying. If you would like firm friedcake pick: Granny Smith, Gala, Honeycrisp, Red Delicious etc.
Nutrition
Update Notes: This recipe was originally posted 2013, it is updated with totally new & improved recipe.
Erica D
Wow those looks delicious! I actually love candy apples, the original kind with the red candy on the outside. There is actually a gormet shop here that sells apples with lots of different coatings from chocolate, candy and even gummy bears.
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Ilona PaperPassion
Thank you Erica!