Monday, December 27, 2010

Your Very Own Rock Candy Recipe

By Kim Montgomery


Re-crystallized pure sugar makes up your rock candy. Pure cane sugar is all you would find in a rock candy.The first rock candy recipe goes back to the early 1300's when a merchant Francesco di Balducci Pegolotti included rock candy in his list of items.

A century later, an Italian from Sicily described the rock candy to be "white, glistening, coarse, dry and clear." Rock candy was quite popular that even Queen Elizabeth enjoyed it. At present, people still love rock candy with its various forms. With this old fashioned rock candy recipe, you will be able make these delicious sweet treats for your family to enjoy.

Make sure you have time, specifically 2 to 7 days to wait for this rock candy recipe to crystallize into chunks. At a temperature over 250 degrees, boil the mixture.When sugar can no longer sustain the amount dissolved, crystals will form.

This happens when it cools. To form your candies, you would need strings or wooden sticks. Stir sticks are wooden sticks covered with rock candy used to sweeten drinks. If you want an alternative to the same old boring sugar, try small rock candies for coffee, tea and other beverages.

If you want an alternative to the same old boring sugar, try small rock candies for coffee, tea and other beverages. To make your candy more appealing, add in a dash of color.

Rock candy is fun to make with the kids, but since the liquid is very h\hot, you would want to make sure that they are always under adult supervision.Making a rock candy recipe requires basic ingredients and if you want, add in food coloring. You would be required to provide 250 degrees Fahrenheit to cook up a rock candy recipe.

Add table sugar to boiling water until you get to a hard ball stage. If you want color, add a few drops of food coloring. Crystals will not form unless the mixture is cooled off. Crystals on strings will form after a few days.Kids love candies, especially rock candies, especially when it comes with their own set of colors and elegance. The uses of rock candies are endless- from birthday favors, to holiday gifts, even for trick or treats!Other popular rock candy recipes include chocolate rock candies.

Chocolates fill the center of these candies. They are formed to look like pebbles or rocks. They are also known as River rock candies or Chocolate river rocks.My all-time favorite rock candy recipe is the pop rock candy. It contains carbon dioxide bubbles. When the candy melts in your mouth, the carbon dioxide is released to make a popping sound.




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