Digital guide
Hard Crack: The Complete Candy Apple Guide
The whole thing. Every page, every table, every fix.
$24 Instant download
PDF, works on phone, tablet and print. Paid securely by card through Stripe — the card details never touch this site.
Thirty-five pages on the one thing most bakers quietly give up on. The sugar science, the fruit, the dip, the finishes, storage, and the business side - what an apple actually costs you and what to charge for it.
What you'll get for $24
- All six parts, 35 pages, print-ready PDF
- The full 14-row troubleshooting table
- Thermometer calibration and altitude chart
- Unit-cost worksheet and pricing tiers
- Base shell recipe and variations
- Free updates to this edition
Why you'll love it
- It explains why batches fail, not just what to do
- Written from real orders, not a recipe blog
- Every temperature is a number you can check
- Reads on a phone in a hot kitchen
Who wrote it
Ashley runs Bad Ash Bakery, where candy apples are the thing people come back for — graduations, team parties, Halloween, baby showers. This is the method she actually uses, including the parts that go wrong.
Refunds. It is a digital file, so it cannot be returned once downloaded. If it is not what you expected, email [email protected] within 14 days and Ashley will refund you.