Glass Candy Food

SEA GLASS CANDY

Steps:

• It's sea glass you can eat! To make it, crush 1 cup blue hard candies (such as Jolly Rancher) and microwave in 30-second intervals until melted. (Be careful, the molten candy will be super-hot!) Immediately pour onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and let harden, 15 minutes. Repeat with green candies and a mix of blue and green. Remove from the parchment and rub the candy with confectioners' sugar, then break into pieces.

GLASS CANDY

Steps:

• In a heavy-bottomed pot, bring the sugar, water, and vinegar to a medium boil.
• Stir carefully so all the sugar is dissolved.
• Brush down the sides with a pastry brush dipped in water if crystals begin to form.
• Cook for atleast 20 minutes.
• Add the butter and cook for another 10 minutes until you reach the "crack" stage on the candy thermometer (290 degrees).
• At this point, when a bit of the mixture is dropped into cold water, it instantly turns brittle.
• Meanwhile prepare a muffin tin by greasing well with vegetable shortening. These will serve as your moulds.
• Remove the molten candy from the stove and stir in the food coloring and flavouring of your choice.
• Now pour 1/8 to 1/4 inch of candy into each muffin cup.
• Cool completely.
• When cooled, turn upside down and give a few taps on the bottom and the candies should pop out.
• Wrap each in waxed paper.

BROKEN GLASS CANDY

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Line a baking sheet with a nonstick silicone mat or a layer of aluminum foil sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. If you are making more than one color and flavor of candy, grease one pan for each.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the water, corn syrup, and granulated sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
• Wash down the sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent sugar crystals from forming. This prevents the finished product from being grainy and will make for a nice, clear candy.
• When the sugar syrup comes to a boil, insert a candy thermometer. Continue to cook the sugar syrup, stirring occasionally, until the thermometer reads 300 F (150 C).
• When it has reached 300 F, remove the pan from the heat and let the candy cool off a little until it stops bubbling completely.
• If you want to make 2 or more different colors and flavors of broken glass candy from a single batch, pour parts of the syrup into separate pans before adding the extracts and food colorings. Working quickly to avoid the candy setting in the pans, add different colors and flavors to the syrups.
• Pour the candy out onto the prepared baking sheets and let it spread into a thin layer.
• Cool the candy completely at room temperature; this can take up to 2 hours. Once it is set, pull the candy up from the sheet and crack it into small pieces by banging it against a cutting board or shattering it with a knife handle.
• Place the powdered sugar in a plastic bag and, one at a time, add the shards of each flavored candy. Shake the bag until the candy is coated with the powdered sugar. Remove from the bag and repeat with the other colors.
• Serve and enjoy!

STAINED GLASS CANDY

Steps:

• Butter a 15x10x1-in. pan; set aside., In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage)., Remove from the heat; stir in oil and food coloring (keep face away from mixture as oil is very strong). Immediately pour into prepared pan; cool. Break into pieces. Store in airtight containers.

STAINED GLASS CANDY I

Steps:

• Lightly grease one 12x18 inch or larger baking sheet.
• In a large heavy saucepan, combine the water, sugar and corn syrup. Heat over high, stirring constantly with a heat resistant spoon, until all sugar is dissolved. Stop stirring and bring to a boil. Boil until a candy thermometer reads 310 degrees F (154 degrees C). Remove from heat.
• When bubbling has ceased, stir in the flavoring and a food coloring. Spread into the prepared pan so that the candy is no more than 1/4 inch thick. Cool for 45 minutes in the refrigerator. Remove from refrigerator, crack into pieces and enjoy!

GLASS CANDY

Steps:

• You will need a candy thermometer.
• Mix first 3 ingredients in large saucepan.
• Stir over heat until sugar dissolves.
• Bring to a boil and stop stirring.
• Continue to boil until temperature reaches 310 degrees F, it may take 20- 30 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• After boiling has stopped, stir in extract& coloring of choice.
• Quickly, spread out onto a LIGHTLY greased baking sheet so that the candy is no more than 1/4 inch thick.
• Candy does not need to touch all edges of baking sheet.
• Cool, then break into pieces.
• Store in an air-tight container.
• SPECIAL NOTE: After reaching 310 degrees, I like to put 1/2 of mixture in a separate kettle, so that I can make two different colors and/or flavors.