Comments on: Crack Candy

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:22:05 +0000

Thank you very much :) This was very helpful, I will keep this recipe and use it soon, the weather has been so horrible here in lower Michigan lately that I don’t think I will be able to get out to get the ingredients before Christmas, and that is really a bummer. But I will at least try this, it does look a bit hard to do but im sure it will turn out okay.

Happy Holidays!

By: siomha

siomha — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:27:32 +0000

In addition to what Red said.. because extracts have a high water (and alcohol) content, they won’t emulsify in candies. You’ll have plain candy that sweats flavoured water. Yuck.

Flavour oils are also more concentrated and will, therefore, last a lot longer because it only takes a little.

By: doubleknot

doubleknot — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:15:52 +0000

back in nursing school we learned that a dram equals 4ml. a teaspoon is 5ml. So an amount just shy of a teaspoon.

By: Ohio chick

Ohio chick — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:26:18 +0000

This candy is super good, but if you make cinnamon, prepare for your face to feel like it’s on fire. Don’t ask me why, but every time I make that flavor, I have the same reaction, as do other people I know lol

By: 4Nfood

4Nfood — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:25:50 +0000

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By: pet

pet — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:19:15 +0000

Isn’t a dram just a unit of measure, like an ounce or a pound? Wouldn’t the stuff you are talking about for flavoring be called and oil? i get that there is a difference between an oil and an extract. i am glad you pointed that out. i would be one of those people who might try a substitute, so i appreciate you teaching me that. Thanks for posting this recipe and the fudge one too. i may try them both.

@ dragonfly You were right in your second post. The crystals on the sticks were grown there and are called rock candy. My problem is in being patient enough to wait for them to form *lol*

By: Lexi

Lexi — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:57:59 +0000

I made three batches yesterday. My grandmother called it Stained Glass candy. I shatter the cand with the edge of a spoon. Just swing it down and break up any large clumps, then throw the shards into a bag with powdered sugar. Toss the candy in the sugar and presto! I made cherry, lemon, and butter rum.

By: Zille

Zille — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:52:36 +0000

Heh … I thought you meant “crack,” like the cocaine kind! (I guess that would really be the pb fudge recipe, huh?!) ;)

By: dragonfly

dragonfly — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:24:08 +0000

You can watch crystals grow and then eat the results. Make rock candy crystals.

1. Put 1/2 cup of water into a pan. Add 1 cup sugar. Heat it over a low flame until the sugar dissolves. Do not stir. Let it boil for one minute.

2. Pour the warm syrup into a glass (plastic). Hang a weighted string into the syrup. Let it stand at room temperature.

3. Large crystals will begin to form in about 1 week. You may need to break the crust to keep the water evaporating.

Some growers gently tap the glass.

Grow crystals on a stick for a rock lollipop.

Maybe this is how they make the lolly’s. idk :)

By: dragonfly

dragonfly — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:19:26 +0000

YUMMY

It sounds like the stuff we used to call rock candy. At the fair, and other places you can get it crushed and stuck on a stick like a lollypop. I have never tried making it since HS home-ec class cuz i’m sure i’ll burn myself silly.
:D