Candy Apple Pie

Name: Candy Apple Pie
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Water; 6 drops Red Food Coloring; 2 refrigerated Pie Crust Dough sheets; 2 cans Apple Pie Filling; 3 oz Red Hot candy; Sanding Sugar (for top of pie)

No reviews yet

By: Jen Lunsford (via Cincyshopper)

Original Publish: Feb 7, 2014

Last Updated: Mar 3, 2026

Ingredients

1/4 cup Water
6 drops Red Food Coloring
2 refrigerated Pie Crust Dough sheets
2 cans Apple Pie Filling
3 oz Red Hot candy
Sanding Sugar (for top of pie)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375.
Combine 2 oz of Red Hots and water in saucepan over low heat until most of the red hots are dissolved.
Combine apple pie filling and red hot mixture in a large bowl and stir to combine.
Place one sheet of pie dough in bottom of pie pan.
Pour filling into the pie crust.
Top with remaining Red Hots.
Using a pastry cutter or knife cut other pie crust into strips.
Basket weave the strips to form a lattice top. Trim and crimp around edges.