Must-try New Orleans candy shop: Mister Apple in the French Quarter

• The tart Granny Smith apple is huge, covered in a hard red candy shell and served on a stick for easy eating. I bit right into it on the streets of the Quarter, but you can be polite and cut it into slices for sharing.

Worth noting: Mister Apple is a Black-owned business that's been serving homemade candy apples, pralines, dipped marshmallow sticks, Blue Bell ice cream and other treats since 2008.

• The most popular candy apple flavors are praline apple, deluxe monster (like turtle on a stick), strawberry shortcake and original red, owner Tim Martin tells Axios New Orleans.