Kids of all ages will delight
in these colorful taste treats made in your own kitchen! Shiny
and bright, these lollipops will make fine treats to give to
loved ones and friends.
Peppermint
Lollypops
- 1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon red food coloring (optional)
1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 package wooden stick
- Cook sugar, corn syrup
and water in the top of a double boiler over high heat. Do not
stir mixture but cook to just past the crack stage (see note).
- Remove from heat. Stir
in food coloring and extract. Pour into lollipop molds or onto
a greased sheet of wax paper to form disks. Press a lollipop
stick or string loop into each disk and allow to cool.
Makes 32 lollypops.
Note: 'Crack' describes
the point at which a drop of boiling syrup immersed in cold water
separates into hard threads that are not brittle. On a candy
thermometer, the crack stage is between 270° and 290°F.
