First, let's get one thing clear: Though they're made from the same ingredients, candy apples and caramel apples are not the same. In fact, when candy apples were invented, it wasn't even for ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1908, when candy maker William Kolb of Newark, New Jersey, dipped plain apples into a syrup made of melted-down hard candy, he probably had ...

While the terms caramel apple and candy apple are often used interchangeably, they aren't actually the same thing. Both caramel and candy apples (sometimes called "candied apples") contain a thick, ...