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Super Easy Old-Fashioned Snow-Covered Hard Candy In any Flavor For The Holidays

Snow-Covered Hard Candy In any Flavor

dana vento
Prep Time 6 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 46 minutes
Course Recipes
Cuisine candy
Calories 130 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • CANDY BASE
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1 1/2 Cups of Light Corn Syrup
  • 3 3/4 C of White Sugar
  • tool: Candy Thermometer
  • FLAVORING & COLORING
  • 1 Tsp Food Coloring of choice
  • a TABLESPOON of an extract of your choice refer to post for notes on what type to use
  • 1/3 C Confectioner's Sugar sifter too for dusting on the snow.
  • Parchment paper.
  • Silicone mat
  • Rimmed baking sheet
  • Meat Hammer or Rolling Pin
  • Candy Jar

Instructions
 

  • Gather all of your ingredients before you even start.
  • Make sure to line your rimmed baking sheet with a silicone mat and lay aside, or,
  • If you don't have a silicone mat, you will need to grease that sheet so that it does not stick, then lay it aside.
  • Pull out your food coloring and flavoring and have them ready as well.
  • Prep your saucepan (medium-sized) with water, sugar, and corn syrup.
  • Begin on medium heat, and stir until the mixture dissolves.
    Hard Candy in process
  • Once it is fully dissolved, you will allow this to come to a boil.
  • However, you don't want this on high heat, just a consistent medium heat boil and KEEP watching it.
  • Do attach your candy thermometer at this point.
  • Allow this to boil but do NOT stir this boiling mixture.
  • Instead, just allow it to boil until it reaches 300°F on your thermometer.
  • Once you reach 300°F or 310°F MAXIMUM, it's time to remove it from the heat.
  • Now you will work quickly.
  • First, add in the color, do beware, it can 'pop' when it goes in, which means it might spit a little of the color at you.
  • Next, add in your flavor choice .and stir.
  • Pour onto the prepared silicone-lined tray.
  • It sets so quickly so you can follow that with 'snow' to snow-cover it.
  • This is simply confectioner's sugar.
  • Let this whole large piece of candy cool for about an hour (even longer, is fine.)
  • Last, you get to break this.
  • It can be done in so many ways.
  • I actually covered mine with a layer of parchment and used a meat hammer.
  • However, you can also work from the bottom of the silicone mat and fold it over itself, this will break it into chunks
  • Use a hard wooden spoon end, whatever you want to break into bite-size pieces.
    hard candy in sheet
  • Again, lightly dust the broken pieces with more 'snow'.
    holding a piece of snow-covered hard candy
  • Store in an airtight container and enjoy! ~ Dana XO