Does anyone know how to make good rock candy?!


Question: Does anyone know how to make good rock candy!?
i want to make rock candy how do i make it and add a color to it!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
This candy is VERY good!

Hard Rock Candy

1 cup confectioners' sugar
3 3/4 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
1 cup water
2 teaspoons cinnamon oil
1 teaspoon red food coloring

Roll the edges of two 16 inch square pieces of heavy duty aluminum foil!. Sprinkle the foil very generously with confectioners' sugar!.
In a large heavy saucepan, combine the white sugar, corn syrup, and water!. Heat over medium-high heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves!. Stop stirring, and boil until a candy thermometer reads 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C)!. Remove from heat!.
Stir in the cinnamon oil and food coloring!. Pour onto the prepared foil, and allow to cool and harden!. Crack into pieces, and store in an airtight container!.
makes 48!.!.
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Rock Candy

2 cups water
4 cups granulated sugar
1/2-1 tsp flavoring extract or oil (optional)
food coloring (optional)
glass jar
skewer or thread (see below)


Prepare your materials: wash a glass jar thoroughly with hot water to clean it!. Cut a length of thick cotton thread a few inches longer than the height of the jar, and tape it to a pencil!. Place the pencil across the lip of the jar, and wind it until the thread is hanging about 1 inch from the bottom of the jar!. Attach a paper clip to the bottom of the thread to weight it and ensure it hangs straight down!. Alternately, you can use a wooden skewer as the base of your rock candy, and use clothespins balanced across the top of the jar to clip it into place!.

Wet your thread or wooden skewer, and roll it in granulated sugar!. This base layer will give the sugar crystals something to “grab” when they start forming!. Set the thread or skewer aside to dry while you prepare your sugar syrup!.

Place the water in a medium-sized pan and bring it to a boil!. Begin adding the sugar, one cup at a time, stirring after each addition!. You will notice that it takes longer for the sugar to dissolve after each addition!. Continue to stir and boil the syrup until all of the sugar has been added and it is all dissolved!. Remove the pan from the heat!.

If you are using colors or flavorings, add them at this point!. If you are using an extract, add 1 tsp of extract, but if you are using flavoring oils, only add ? tsp, and make sure you don’t stand right in front of the pan—the scent can be very strong as it rises in the steam!. Add 2-3 drops of food coloring and stir to ensure even, smooth color!.

Allow the sugar syrup to cool for approximately 10 minutes, then pour it into the prepared jar!. Lower the sugared string or skewer until it hangs about 1 inch from the bottom!.

Carefully place your jar in a cool place, away from harsh lights, where it can sit undisturbed!. Cover the top loosely with plastic wrap or paper towel!.

You should start to see sugar crystals forming within 2-4 hours!. If you have seen no change to your skewer or thread after 24 hours, try boiling the sugar syrup again and dissolve another cup of sugar into it, then pour it back into the jar and insert the string or skewer again!.

Allow the rock candy to grow until it is the size you want!. Don’t let it grow too large, otherwise it might start growing into the sides of your jar! Once it has reached the size you want, remove it and allow it to dry for a few minutes, then enjoy or wrap in plastic wrap to save it for later!.

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How to Make Rock Candy

Making rock candy - which is actually just sugar crystals on a string - can be a remarkably enjoyable and edible science project, as well as a tasty treat!. Follow these simple steps to have a batch ready in no time!.

Instructions
Things you’ll need:
Food Coloring
Ice Cream Sticks
1 Quart Jars Or Glass
Pencils
Paper And Binder Clips
Cotton Strings
2 cups sugars
1 cup water

Step1
Sterilize the glass jar and paper clip by boiling both in water for a few minutes!.
Step2
Tie a short piece of kitchen string to the middle of a pencil or Popsicle stick!.
Step3
Attach the paper clip to the end of string!. (The clip will weigh the string down - this is important later!.)
Step4
Moisten string lightly and roll in sugar (this helps the crystals form on the string)!.
Step5
Place the pencil or stick over top of a jar!. Make sure clip is in the bottom of jar and the string hangs straight down into jar!.
Step6
Heat 1 cup water to boil!.
Step7
Dissolve 2 cups sugar in boiling water!.
Step8
Add a few drops food coloring if you like!.
Step9
Pour sugar syrup into jar and leave for 2 to 3 days or until crystals form on the string!.
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