Rock Candy Sticks Recipe

Put one cup of water into a small saucepan pour 2 cups of granulated sugar into the water heat the water and sugar on the stove over a medium heat continue stirring until the sugar melts keep adding sugar and stirring until it melts stop adding sugar when you see that it will no longer dissolve in the water that is until you see sugar lying on the bottom of the saucepan.

Rock candy sticks recipe.

I have never made hard candy before and this was a breeze. 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. You don t need many ingredients but you will need some patience as they take a few days to form. Wait three to seven days.

3 cups or 648g 22 86 ounces sugar 1 cup or 250 millilitres 8 45 fluid ounces water flavouring colour. Large sugar crystals on lollipop sticks otherwise known as rock candy is a fun experiment to make at home with the kids. A wooden skewer or popsicle stick are both good options for rock candy. Add food coloring and flavors to each jar stirring to combine.

Heat the water in the saucepan over medium high heat until it comes to a boil. Place the jars in a cool dark dry place. Sugar crystals in granulated sugar display a monoclinic form but you can see the shape much better in homegrown large crystals. While crystalized rock sugar can sometimes come in lumps used to sweeten tea or coffee it can also be prepared as a candy around wooden sticks.

For the real adventurist try gummi worms as it cools. They re easy to work with and make removing the candy a little easier if it gets stuck to the bottom crystals. Making your own rock candy is a fun and tasty way to grow crystals and see the structure of sugar on a big scale. This recipe is for rock candy that you can eat.

If it touches the sides the rock candy can get stuck. Rock candy is another name for sugar or sucrose crystals. Boil until clear about 15 minutes. Pour solution into jars the deeper the jar the longer the rock candy.

Place one sugar coated stick in each jar while being careful not to let them touch the jar itself. What a wonderful recipe. Leaving the skewers in the solution longer will make the rock candy larger. Wait for it to grow.

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. Rock candy or sugar candy has been around for centuries so it s almost certain that laura and mary would have seen something similar in the general stores they visited. If you re getting moldy water try using a lighter weight cloth over your bottle. Don t touch the sides.

Gently cover the jars with plastic wrap to make sure no unwanted bugs wing their way in. Recipe worked rather nicely and the addition of just a touch of candy flavoring oils was great. Secure stick with a clothespin.