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| These faux candied apples are approximately one inch in diameter; perfectly sized for our 18" American Girl dolls. |
Every doll lover should have a sweet, candied apple selection for her dolls to enjoy during the holidays. Ours are made from small, turned wooden apples and popsicle sticks. Just cut the sticks to the length you prefer and glue them into the centers of each apple. Let the glue dry and stiffen over night before painting the apples with red, gold or green acrylic paints. Then dip your apples into your choice of caramel, white or brown chocolate colored paints.
Place the wet apples on top of wax paper and let the dipped paints settle and dry so that the apples are supported by a small amount of paint pooled beneath them. This is how real caramel or candied apples are allowed to dry too! It should take several days for the paint to dry. Carefully peel away the wax paper after the paint on the apples has hardened.
Give the apples even more decorative surfaces with colored puff paints, glitter glue and beads that look like small hard candies, if you'd like.
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| Left, small 1" diameter wooden apples with flat bamboo skewers glued into the top where stems would originate from. Right, I've painted half of my apples green and the other half red. |
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| Left, apples drying upside down inside of a plastic egg carton. Right, apples dry on top of brown paper. |
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| Left, Caramel Candied Apples. See a real recipe here. Right, Jolly Rancher or Red Hots Candied Apples. See a real recipe here. |
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| Left, White Chocolate Dipped Apples with Drizzle. See a real recipe here. Right, Chocolate Dipped Apples. See a real recipe here. |