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  • noun US apple covered in a hard sugar candy coating.

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  • noun an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar)

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  • candy apple a confection often sold at fairs and carnivals, consisting of a whole fresh apple on a stick coated in a clear, hard, bright red candy shell, sometimes flavored with cinnamon

    January 19, 2008

  • See discussion on caramel apple.

    February 22, 2011