Rock Candy

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 4 -5 drops food coloring (any color)
• 1/4-1 teaspoon flavoring oil (any flavor)

Recipe

• 1 in a medium-size heavy saucepan combine sugar, water, light corn syrup and salt, and stir until sugar dissolves.
• 2 cover pan and bring to a rolling boil.
• 3 remove lid and insert a candy thermomater and cook until temperature reaches 250 degrees f.
• 4 add food coloring, stirring with metal spoon until thoroughly mixed.
• 5 continue cooking until the temperature reaches hard crack, or 300 degrees f.
• 6 remove pan from heat and let it cool about 3 minutes, then add flavoring oil, and mix it very well.
• 7 cover the pan and let it sit for about 5 minutes.
• 8 pour the candy into greased molds (for lollypops) or a marble slab or into a greased shallow pan.
• 9 as soon as it is cool enough to handle, cut into squares with scissors or roll into balls or shapes.
• 10 or, another option is to let the candy cool completely, then break the candy into bite-sized pieces with a cleaned hammer or the blunt end of a butter knife.