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Old Fashioned Rock Candy

Ingredients

  • 3 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tsp flavored oil
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • food coloring

Instructions

  1. Butter or spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.

  2. Combine sugar, water, corn syrup and food coloring in a large saucepan. Mix well together and bring to a boil. Cover the pan and let it cook for 3 minutes to completely dissolve the sugar crystals.

  3. Uncover the pan and turn up the heat to medium high. Place the thermometer into the mixture. Cook the mixture without stirring until it reaches 300 degrees (hard crack point)

  4. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir the flavored oil into the mixture.

  5. Pour the candy into the baking pan. Let the candy cool completely. This takes at least an hour. 

  6. Take a butter knife handle and break the candy in pieces.

  7. Put the candy in a plastic bag with powdered sugar, seal it and shake it, so they are coated. Shake off the excess and remove each piece from the bag. Enjoy! (Be careful, as some of the pieces can be sharp.)