Editing Candy apple (section)

{{short description|Whole apple with a hard toffee coating}}
{{distinguish|Caramel apple}}
{{Redirect|Toffee apple|the Peter Combe album|Toffee Apple}}
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{{Infobox prepared food
| name               = Toffee apple
| image              = Tastee-Candy-Apple-Red-Caramel-wPeanuts.jpg
| image_size         = 250px
| caption            = Toffee apple coated with red caramel and covered with chopped peanuts
| alternate_name     = Candy apple
| country            = [[England]] [[United States]]
| region             = [[London]] [[New Jersey]]
| creator            = William W. Kolb
| course             = 
| type               = [[Confectionery]]
| served             = 
| main_ingredient    = [[Apple]]s and [[sugar]] candy
| variations         = 
| calories           = 
| other              = 
}}

'''Toffee apples''' (in [[English in the Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth English]]) or '''candy apples''' are whole [[apple]]s covered in a [[sugar]] [[candy]] coating, with a stick inserted as a handle. These are a common treat at fall festivals in [[Western culture]] in the [[Northern Hemisphere]], such as [[Halloween]] and [[Guy Fawkes Night]], because these [[festivals]] occur in the wake of annual apple harvests.<ref>{{cite news|last= ThisisSouthDevon|date= October 9, 2008|title= Apples galore as event grows|url= http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Apples-galore-event-grows/story-12371428-detail/story.html|newspaper= Torquay Herald Express|location= Torquay, Devon, UK|publisher= localworld.co.uk|access-date= November 17, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151003154525/http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Apples-galore-event-grows/story-12371428-detail/story.html|archive-date= October 3, 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref> Although toffee apples and [[caramel apple]]s may seem similar, they are made using distinctly different [[Food processing|processes]].