I need to know if any one out there has a good recipe for hard rock candy ?
Posted on July 12th, 2009 by The Militia in Hard RockEvery year at christmas time when we were kids growing up we helped my aunt make this. She recently passed away and I was not able to get her recipe before she died. I need to know what to put in it and how to make it. I would like to start this tradition with my grandkids. I think they would enjoy help me make some. Hope you can help me and thank you. Some people called it stained glass candy. Once again thank you.
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July 12th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Hope you have a candy thermometer, watch that 300
Hard Tack Candy
Ingredients:
2 cupSugar
3/4 cupCorn syrup
1 cupWater
3/4 tspFood coloring
3/4 tspDesired flavored oil extract
Method:
Mix sugar, syrup and water in saucepan. Stir until sugar is dissolved; continue to cook to 300-degrees. Remove from heat. Add coloring and flavoring; stir. Pour into 8 x 11-inch buttered pan. Cut into squares as candy begins to set.
July 12th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
HARD ROCK CANDY
2 c. sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
1 c. water
1 tsp. oil (not flavoring)
Food coloring
Powdered sugar
Sprinkle cookie sheet with powdered sugar or spread a large piece of heavy aluminum foil and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Mix together sugar, syrup and water. Cook and stir occasionally until candy thermometer reaches hard crack stage. Remove from heat. Add food coloring and oil. Stir and pour on powdered cookie sheet. Cool. Break in pieces.
July 12th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Hard Rock Candy!!!
INGREDIENTS
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
DIRECTIONS
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.
ENJOY!!!
July 12th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
hard rock candy!!!
Ingredients
3 3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
few drops of oil of cinnamon or oil of
peppermint
food coloring (your choice of color)
Directions
Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in large saucepan. Cook on medium heat until sugar dissolves; stirring constantly. Stop stirring once sugar dissolves. Insert candy thermometer and bring to a boil until temperature reaches 310 degrees. Remove from heat, stir in oil and food coloring (to desired shade). Pour onto cookie sheet covered with aluminum foil and powdered sugar. Let cool completely, break and enjoy!
July 12th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
OK the other recipes are more like "hard candy." This is the real rockcandy- grows like a crystal. It takes 2 weeks however so maybe you don’t want to wait that long, LOL. Have fun!
INGREDIENTS
6 cups cold water
6 cups white sugar
DIRECTIONS
Prepare your candy growing area by thoroughly cleaning and drying a 2 quart jar. You will need a place for it to rest undisturbed for about 2 weeks.
In a large bowl, place the water. Dissolve sugar in water, a little at a time, stirring each time until sugar is completely dissolved, until no more sugar can be incorporated. Pour sugar water into clean jar and place a bamboo skewer in the jar, being sure the top sticks out over the surface of the water. Cover with a cloth, to keep out dust, and let rest until all water is evaporated and crystals have formed on the skewer, several days.
NOTE: For larger crystals, try "seeding" them, by wetting your skewer and rolling it in sugar before placing it in the sugar water. Be sure not to disturb the crystals as they are growing.