Oct 31 2008
Happy Halloween– Homemade Hard Candy
It’s finally Halloween! Have you enjoyed the delicious and fun Halloween-themed recipes from this week? Tomorrow, I’ll start back with regular recipes and some yummy main dishes. I know I’ve neglected those for a week!
To end this special week, I’m going to show you how to make homemade hard candy! For this special recipe, you’ll need to buy a candy thermometer and several candy flavoring dram bottles. You can find these at various specialty candy shops online.
Homemade Hard Candy
Ingredients
3 ¾ cups white sugar
1 ½ cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
2 candy flavoring dram bottles (any flavor)
Food coloring (to match the candy flavoring)
Directions
Lightly grease a baking sheet. Set aside.
In a large saucepan, stir together the sugar, corn syrup and water. Turn the heat to medium and stir the mixture until all the sugar dissolves. Then, boil the mixture until the temperature is 310 degrees. (Do not stir after the sugar dissolves).
Remove from heat and wait for the boiling to stop. Then, stir in the desired candy flavoring and food coloring.
Pour the hard candy onto the baking sheet. Let cool.
When candy is cool, break into pieces and enjoy!
