Hard Rock Candy Sticks

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Hard rock candy sticks.

This homemade rock candy recipe is easy to make and really fun. 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. These odd looking rock crystals are as close as it comes to truly natural candy since rock candy sticks are formed when a colored sugar and water solution crystallizes. It is commonly sold at tourist usually seaside resorts in the united kingdom such as brighton southend on sea scarborough llandudno or blackpool and ireland e g.

It is a great activity to do with the kids. Making rock candy is food science at its finest. 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. A wooden skewer or popsicle stick are both good options for rock candy.

For the real adventurist try gummi worms as it cools. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. All you need is a few simple in. Butter the foil and set aside.

In a large heavy saucepan combine water sugar corn syrup and food coloring. When you make rock candy you can see the shape of sugar crystals on a giant scale. In this instructable i will show you how to make rock candy.