Haunted Candy Apple Eyeball

A candy apple decorated to look like a haunted eyeball
Kim Simons
Advanced
Craft a spooky candy apple eyeball with isomalt and hard candy, complete with a detailed painted pupil and glossy finish.

Supply List

Apples, cleaned and dried well
Hard candy pieces
Clear and white isomalt
Wooden skewers
A half sphere mold
Edible colors
Small paintbrush
Sugar torch
Silicone mat
Silicone cups
Microwave

Instructions

  • Clean and thoroughly dry apples.
    Hands wipe an apple clean with a paper towel.
  • Insert a wooden stick.
    A hand inserts a wooden skewer into the top of the apple.
  • Heat up your favorite hard candy: 30 seconds in microwave, then 15-second intervals until it boils. Be careful — candy will be very hot.
    Melted red hard candy in a glass measuring cup.
  • Dip apples into melted candy. Remove the excess and let harden.
    A hand dips a skewered apple into melted red candy coating.
  • Heat up clear isomalt as you did the candy. Pour into mold. Use sugar torch to eliminate bubbles. Let harden.
    Clear isomalt being poured into a half-sphere silicone mold.
  • Paint the eyeball on the isomalt with edible colors. Pour on another layer of clear isomalt. Let harden. Paint in details on the eye — veins, etc. Pour on another layer of isomalt. Let harden.
    A hand paints the eyeball iris and details onto the isomalt with a brush.
  • Heat more candy. Pour onto silicone mat. Manipulate the mat to create a stem for the eye. Attach stem to apple.
    Hands manipulate melted candy on a silicone mat to form a stem shape.
  • Heat up and pour layer of white isomalt onto back of eye. Let harden. Remove from mold. Use sugar torch to remove any bubbles.
    White isomalt being poured onto the back of the eyeball in the mold.
  • Heat apple with sugar torch and attach the eye.
    Hands attach the finished isomalt eyeball to the candy apple.

Notes

• Melted candy and isomalt get extremely hot — handle with care.
• Use a sugar torch between isomalt layers to eliminate air bubbles.

Products Used

• Jolly Ranchers: Hard candy
• Simi Cakes: Clear isomalt, White isomalt
• Artisan Accents: Edible colors