The Sweet Return: Reclaiming My Legacy

It has been a long time since I last posted here, but today is my birthday, and it feels like the perfect day for a creative resurgence on this sweet and tasty blog of mine! 🎂 

I built SexySweetPop during a time when my life was filled with massive challenges—balancing single parenting with trauma and health issues. Writing and designing here was my sanctuary. I chose to be very private back then to protect myself, but I am no longer hiding behind the scenes.

This space is officially being claimed under the Adrienne Gilanian Portfolio project. I am proud of the colorful and stylish work I put into designing this blog, and I am stamping my new project name on it today to ensure my legacy belongs completely to me, not to old internet algorithms.

Thank you to everyone who appreciates real, authentic substance over internet phoniness. I am just getting started. And I embrace it all! 💫✨

~ Adrienne Gilanian

Visual Artist. Writer. Blogger.

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Classic Candy Apples!

Ingredients

• 8 apples
• 8 wooden skewers
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• ½ cup hot water
• ½ teaspoon red food coloring
• Candy thermometer

Method

Wash and dry the apples thoroughly and remove its stems carefully. Stick some wooden skewers in place of the apple stems and keep these apples aside. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray it with a nonstick cooking spray. Keep the baking sheet aside. In a saucepan, combine the water, sugar and corn syrup and place it on medium-high heat. Place a candy thermometer in the saucepan to check the heat. Stir it until the sugar starts to dissolve and once the mixture reaches a temperature of 250°F, leave it to cook for a while without stirring. Add the food coloring to the mixture and stir until it dissolves completely. Use a wet pastry brush to wash down the sides of the saucepan in case any crystallization occurs. Continue to cook the mixture until its temperature reaches 285°F. Then, remove from the heat and stir it to smooth it out. Pick an apple by the skewer, dip it in the candy mixture and rotate the apple to coat all the sides. Twirl the apple to remove the excess mixture and place it on the baking sheet. Repeat the same procedure with the remaining apples and allow them to cool thoroughly and enjoy them after a day.

Get creative: Use the caramel "circle sheets" or other candy apple kits for quick & easy treats! These are usually found during fall season in little boxes & packages with the fresh apple selections at your grocery store. Use chopped peanuts, crushed graham crackers, sprinkles of all colors & styles to decorate and add even more flavor to the apples! :)

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