HOW TO MAKE ROCK CANDY AT HOME
Making homemade rock candy is not a query but a rather fun-filled experiment that is yummy and delicious to eat! You can defuse the different colors and flavors of your choice in your candies. Kids love this unique treat of colors and creativity and love to make it. As it needs only pure ingredients, it is quite handy to make. And it evokes creativity and art in the minds of kids. That's why better rendered as a science experiment than a recipe.
Ingredients
- 3 cups • White granulated sugar
- • Food coloring (if you want to add)
- 1 cup • Water
EQUIPMENT
- • Full glasses or mason jars (400 to 800ml)
- • Clothespins
- • Pot
- • Wooden spoon or spatula
- • Lollipop sticks or bamboo skewers
Instructions
- Dip the sticks in water and then rotate them up in the sugar. You can use a plate to keep the sugar entirely. Keep the sticks for rest and let them get dry.
- Set a large pot on medium heat on the stovetop. Stream some water and simmer it. Then pour 1 cup of sugar at a single time, stir it and dissolve the sugar completely. Let it come to a boil. You can add the color and flavor of your choice right when it is cooked.
- Take the pot from the heat, let it rest for 20 minutes, and allow the sugar solution to cool down completely.
- Run the tap water for 20 minutes until it gets really hot. Water should run over the glass to heat it until it gets hot. Use a full glass or mason jar if you want to have larger-sized candies, but you might get very few of them. You will only get a single large one with this quantity of liquid.
- You will get more candies when you use smaller mason jars for smaller candies.
- Take a container and pour the hot sugar into it. You don’t have to heat up a metal thermos. Pour the colors and flavors of your choice at this time.
- Use the clothespin to arrange the sugar skewer and arrange it in the solution. To make the clothespin sit correctly on it, you should use a metal ring on top of the jar. Try keeping the stick in the exact center of the glass, and it should float just at least 1.5 inches from the bottom of the jar. The crystals will be filled up at the bottom if it gets too near the bottom.
- Keep it for 3 to 5 days and allow the crystals to form. Break any thin layer of sugar gently by using a fork set up on the solution's surface. Next, pull out your rock candy and shift it into a different container and keep it for 4 hours for drying. Afterward, your yummy candy will be ready!