Hard Rock Candy Sticks

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Hard rock candy sticks.

A wooden skewer or popsicle stick are both good options for rock candy. This nostalgic candy is available in a wide variety of delicious flavors from classics such as cherry watermelon and blueberry to less common and adventurous flavors including horehound clove and rum butter. 12 gold rock candy sticks extra large original flavor individually wrapped rock candy on a stick free how to build a candy buffet guide included 4 8 out of 5 stars 15 13 45 13. When you make rock candy you can see the shape of sugar crystals on a giant scale.

You can also use a cotton string you ll need to tie it to a weight of some kind so it doesn t float in the syrup. Rock often known by its place of origin for instance blackpool rock or brighton rock is a type of hard stick shaped boiled sugar confectionery most usually flavoured with peppermint or spearmint. Making rock candy is food science at its finest. In a large heavy saucepan combine water sugar corn syrup and food coloring.

Old fashioned hard candy sticks. For your candy buffet nothing makes an impression like rock candy sticks planted in bowls of bright jelly beans and mounds of sixlets or built into an exotic centerpiece. This homemade rock candy recipe is easy to make and really fun. Grown ups will remember and kids will love our old fashioned hard candy sticks.

All you need is a few simple in. In this instructable i will show you how to make rock candy. One last thing for fun pour the mixture into hard candy molds for shapes or into two inch circles and stick in sucker sticks to make lollipops. As the water evaporates sugar crystals form on the string or stick and the shapes that they form reflect the shape of individual sugar crystals.

It is a great activity to do with the kids. Butter the foil and set aside. For the real adventurist try gummi worms as it cools.