Tamarind Candied Apples
When you land at the airport in Obregón, Mexico, as we did on our way back from Puerto Vallarta, you can buy candied apples for $2 a piece. And here’s the best part – the Mexican Immigration and Customs officials are the ones selling them! Like Girl Scouts selling cookies they have them sitting right there on the desk in a cardboard box. A dozen or so beautiful tamarind candied apples wrapped in cellophane and tied with little ribbons. I’d love to know how the wife suckered her Customs Official-husband into selling her apples to tourists. “Gustavo, just a few, por favor. They’ll love them, just you wait.” And we did. On the way down we bought one and the way back we bought five. How do you like them apples?
After tasting the tamarind apple I will no longer be able to eat a regular old caramel apple (when was the last time I had one anyway I cannot tell you). It was unlike anything we had ever eaten. Crisp Granny Smith apples were wrapped in a paste made of tamarind (a sweet and sour fruit pulp), chili powder, sugar and salt. The result is a perfect balance of sweet, sour, salty and spicy.
Wouldn’t it be nice if our Customs officials sold sweet little treats to tourists…apple by apple we could whittle away at the national debt!
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| Categories: | Fruit • Mexican • Seasoning & Spices • Travel | 17 Comments |
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17 Responses to “Tamarind Candied Apples”
April 1st, 2008 at 6:08 am
I agree…these little beauties are WONDERFUL!!!!!
April 1st, 2008 at 9:46 am
Yum, I love these things! It was the best fruit-gone-candy I’d ever had. I checked with our food co-op this week and found that we stock a tamarind (tamarindo en espaniol!) paste, but we were out of stock. Maybe my fellow members are already onto the goodness. I am looking forward to apple season in the NW!
Thanks for the post. I’ll be experimenting with the ratios of these ingredients.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:49 am
I can only hope to replicate this recipe! You are right, carmeled apples do not even come close!
April 19th, 2008 at 11:19 am
does any one have the recipe yet? i have heard great things about these apples and i can not find them. i will try to make my own and find out if the stories i have heard are true.
July 20th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I had one at a baby shower recently and was hooked. But I can’t find a recipe anywhere. Any suggestions yet?
August 4th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
You buy the tamarindo paste in Mexico . all you do is cover up the apple with the paste then you add some baby lucas powder and thats it. They are delicious
August 17th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Good news!!!! I have the e-mail of the people who are selling these apples,.
I tried them and they are out of this world!!
I live in San Diego and they sent one to my sister in San Antonio, she was in love with the flavors and the presentation. Contact them at:
sweetnspicyapples@gmail.com
August 20th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Hey do any of u know how to make apples with tamarindo and chilie powder?
August 21st, 2008 at 8:57 am
Thanks, Alexis!! I have an email in to them for the recipe. If they provide it I will post it! Cheers!
August 30th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Darn, it’s a secret recipe so they kindly declined my request. In the meantime, if anyone knows how to make these, please let us know! In the meantime, I’ll be working on it in our test kitchen. Cheers!
November 8th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Hi, I teach how to make tamarindo apple, if you are near mcallen texas come and take the class. Yummi….you make the tamarindo paste,….visit my web site. http://www.pinkbutterfly.us
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm
can you send me the recipe rgvmedequip@hotmail.com
February 9th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
hey
GIRLS!!!!!I GOT THE RECIPE THE INGREDIENTS AND EVEN THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS LOVELY APPLES, STOP BY MY ESTY. I WILL BE SELLING THE INGREDIENTS IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED.
PERLA
February 13th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
TRYING TO FIGURE OT THE RECIPE FOR THE APPLES
March 4th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
if you live in southern california, you can get these at the sunday farmer’s market in long beach for $4.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I know the recipe, use tamarindo paste, a chili powder (sweet not spicy) and mix them together until it’s a doughy paste. It takes a while to stick to the apple, but it’s worth it.
The ingridients can be bought in border towns, and that’s about it.
April 30th, 2009 at 10:47 am
i bought the paste at mexico its easy to make and cheap to buy now that i have it a make them for every occasion i have there good for parties decorations.
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