Rock Candy Lollipops Recipe

Combine the sugar water and cream of tartar in a heavy bottomed saucepan over medium heat.

Rock candy lollipops recipe.

The candy we grew up with is named after a racehorse called lolly pop. Most of the steps involve making the sugar syrup and preparing the sticks and jars. Let cool completely until fully hardened then carefully peel the lollipops off the 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.

All you need is sugar and water and a few basic materials you likely have around the house. Of course when you leave sugar water out it feeds bacteria just like if you would leave meat out. Arrange the lollipop sticks in the lollipop molds and place on a baking sheet. This is one of the simplest sugar candies you can make though it does require patience.

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. The candy though in one way shape or form dates back even further to the late 1700s in england. George smith a candy maker from new haven connecticuthad been manufacturing these sweets on a stick since 1908 but trademarked the term in 1931. In that experiment we hung a sugar coated string down into some sugar syrup which results in crystals coating the string and jar.

Rock candy is one of the oldest and purest forms of candy. Recipe worked rather nicely and the addition of just a touch of candy. Rock candy is supposed to be a supersaturated solution when you mix the sugar and water together. That means you should have more sugar than water not equal amounts of both.

Heat the water in the saucepan over medium high heat until it comes to a boil. It was originally used by pharmacists to make medicines for many kinds of illnesses. My girls were raving fans of a successful experiment we did out of a science kit growing rock candy crystals in a jar.