Please help. I have covered some RKT shaped as apples with red candy melts and they are very dull. Is there anything I can paint them with or rub them with to get a real shine? I want these to remain edible.

Someone suggested to mix cornsyrup with vodka as it dries well--not sure if it would work fine with chocolate.

Thanks Rylan!!!!!!!!!

Going to go try some on a sample smear of chocolate. Be back soon with the results.

Btw, I love you tornado gingerbread house. I've been wanting to try that for a long time, I just had no excuse to do it.

I'm back again and the corn syrup and everclear DIDN'T work. It stayed way to tacky.

Any more suggestions??????????

Thank you, Rylan, for such a nice comment.

You can spray them lightly with PAM.

Sorry it didn't work with you. Maybe just rub it with shortening or oil. hmm.

Confectioner's glaze would do it, if you had some on hand.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I think I am just gonna cover them tomorrow with fondant.

Texas_Rose, does Confection's glaze harden like a hard candy coating? Just curious for future necessity.

It doesn't get hard, just smooth and shiny and dry. It also stinks like you wouldn't believe when you're using it, but once it's dry the smell goes away. Mostly I use it on cake boards but it is edible...Junior Mints are covered with it, if I'm right.

Maybe it was becasue you used everclear instead of vodka??? I know that they are distilled very different so maybe that is why it did that??? Just a thought.

Edible spray lacquer would work but it is pricey.

I know adding glycerin to royal icing makes it shiny - you might try that with chocolate.

Parable-Global Sugar Art has the spray lacquer at about $30 a can.

When you are done making the apples you can hit them up with a clothes steamer to make the fondant shiny. That's free, if you have a steamer, and gives fondant a nice shiny finish.

Use a clothes steamer! It cheap and works great. Gives it a shiney patten look.

P.S. I absolutely adore your tornado/house cake!!! LOVE IT!

Just thought I would update you all. The fundraiser was a BIG success! And so were my "shiny" apples

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1491497&sub=1491499

Thank you all for giving me so many helpful hints. Did finally go with the MMF covered apples.

Looks great! You truly achieved the shiny look.

I can't use the spray laquer due to kosher concerns, but I spray pam on a plastic plate then paint it over the apples (I made a fall basket of apples cake recently) It worked beautifully and the apples stayed shiny and edible! HTH Also, much cheaper than the lacquer.