Rock Candy ('Kandis')
Rock Candy ('Kandis')
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- For coating the skewers:
- 50 g granulated sugar
- For the syrup:
- 600 g granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- a few drops of liquid food coloring
Instructions
- 1
Lightly wet the bottom half of the wooden skewers and roll them in granulated sugar to tightly coat them. These are the seed crystals for the rock candy.
- 2
In a pot with high edges, combine half the sugar and all the water for the syrup. Heat the syrup until all the sugar is dissolved. Then add in the rest of the sugar and boil the syrup again until all the sugar is fully dissolved. Leave the syrup to cool for 20 minutes. Then stir in a few drops of the food coloring.
- 3
Divide the syrup evenly among 6 mason jars. Place a wooden skewer in each jar but make sure it doesn't touch the bottom of the jar. It should just be dipped in the syrup. You can secure the skewer with clothespins.
- 4
Leave the skewers in the mason jars and wait for the sugar to crystallize at room temperature. The longer you wait, the larger your rock candy will be. You can wait anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks. Remove the sticks from the mason jar once you are happy with the size of your sugar crystal.