DESSERTS ON A DIME
Impress your kids with this Homemade Rock Candy Recipe that is actually very simple. Get the kiddos involved and make this fun candy together.
Granulated Sugar
Food Coloring
1
2
Water
Flavoring Oil or Extract
3
4
Add sugar and water to a pan and heat over high heat, stirring constantly until it reaches a rolling boil.
Remove from heat and keep stirring until all of the sugar granules have dissolved. pour the hot sugar mixture into your jars and put in the refrigerator to cool a bit.
Prepare your wooden skewers by getting them damp and rolling them in sugar. Once they have a coating, put them aside to dry.
When they cool to near room temperature, remove the jars from the refrigerator. If you are adding food coloring do that step now.
Tie baker’s twine to the picks and dangle them into the sugar mixture. Hold the strings along the sides of the jar screw the top on.
Set the jar aside somewhere where it won’t be disturbed and wait 3 -10 days for the sugar crystals to grow.
Once the crystals are the size you want, simply tie 2 straws into an X and balance it on top of a clean jar.
Remove the rock candy sticks from their jars and tie their strings onto the straw X’s.
Don’t let them touch each other, let them hang in the jar from the X until they are dry. Once they are dry they are ready to eat!