u003cstrongu003eYES, YES, AND YES!!!u003c/strongu003e I emphasize this because if you read through the comments on this post or any of my other candy apple posts, you'll see many comments about the candy apples being too hard to eat. That means they were made exactly right! u003cstrongu003eLet me repeat: this recipe makes the candy on the candy apples hardu003c/strongu003e.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThese are not caramel apples, soft or chewy, or sticky.  They are hard.  I'm telling you this just in case anybody tries them and then decides they want to send me a nasty email about how they're hard and you can't eat them ... don't bother.   Yes, they're hard. yes, you can eat them... and I already know ;)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou know...  u0022hard candyu0022 - the same as Life Savers or Jaw Breakers.  For my whole life, we've bought candy apples at the county fair and they're hard ... as in tooth-breaking, super-hard, gotta-lick-them-to-get-to-the-apple u003cstrongu003eHARDu003c/strongu003e.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo glad that's all cleared up u0026#x1f609;