Rock Candy Lollipops Recipe

All you need is sugar and water and a few basic materials you likely have around the house.

Rock candy lollipops recipe.

Bring to a boil over medium high and cook to a temperature of 300 to 310 degrees f 149 to 154 degrees c or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard brittle threads. This is one of the simplest sugar candies you can make though it does require patience. George smith a candy maker from new haven connecticuthad been manufacturing these sweets on a stick since 1908 but trademarked the term in 1931. Arrange the lollipop sticks in the lollipop molds and place on a baking sheet.

While you should start to see changes within the first few hours it may take three to seven days for the rock candy to form. The candy though in one way shape or form dates back even further to the late 1700s in england. My girls were raving fans of a successful experiment we did out of a science kit growing rock candy crystals in a jar. It was a case of a rock star gone pop.

It was originally used by pharmacists to make medicines for many kinds of illnesses. Let cool completely until fully hardened then carefully peel the lollipops off the baking sheet. Combine the sugar water and cream of tartar in a heavy bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Rock candy is supposed to be a supersaturated solution when you mix the sugar and water together.

Recipe worked rather nicely and the addition of just a touch of candy. In a heavy bottomed saucepan stir together the white sugar water and corn syrup until sugar has dissolved. Heat the water in the saucepan over medium high heat until it comes to a boil. That means you should have more sugar than water not equal amounts of both.

In that experiment we hung a sugar coated string down into some sugar syrup which results in crystals coating the string and jar. The candy we grew up with is named after a racehorse called lolly pop. Rock candy is one of the oldest and purest forms of candy.