Toffee Apples ◆ 1920s Recipe

★ About: Toffee apples have been enjoyed as a seasonal treat, particularly on Halloween or Bonfire Night, at least since the mid-19th Century. Traditionally thickly coated, dark and shining, the toffee apples of years gone by had quite a different look and taste to the modern lot in their syrupy golds and bright reds, bedazzled with sprinkles or chopped nuts. This 1920s recipe will soon be 100 years old and is the perfect representation of a real old-fashioned toffee apple. These were what our great grandparents would have licked on their way to watch the fireworks on the 5th November or as they told ghost stories on Halloween. Little apples on sharpened sticks, coated in a treacle toffee as black as tar and smelling of a Tate & Lyle factory, so smooth and gleaming that you could see your reflection in them. A word of caution, though: these could very well do your teeth in. First, be sure to give the toffee long enough to set after coating the apples. We left ours in the fridge overn