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Author Topic: How do I make custom candy?  (Read 3572 times)

Cheddarius

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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #30 on: May 13, 2010, 08:50:27 am »
....oh.
Oh my.
Piecewise, I kneel before your superior candy knowledge.
Where do I get me one of those?
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #31 on: May 13, 2010, 11:04:56 am »
Well it would probably be best to get yourself a good metal double holed pour mold...

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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #32 on: May 13, 2010, 05:42:23 pm »
Man that sounds expensive and/or difficult to acquire.
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #33 on: May 13, 2010, 07:16:56 pm »
I'm pretty certain they make cheap plastic candy moulds that work just fine, and even come in "gemstone" shapes like the one above.
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #34 on: May 13, 2010, 07:20:31 pm »
Yes, piecewise had a picture of those.
Where would I get one?
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #35 on: May 14, 2010, 01:01:01 am »
Quote from: Cheddarius on May 13, 2010, 07:20:31 pm
Yes, piecewise had a picture of those.
Where would I get one?

Google Shopping gives some good results.
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #36 on: May 14, 2010, 08:51:37 am »
Excellent, I will peruse my local shoppes.
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #37 on: May 14, 2010, 06:32:59 pm »
Oh, by the way, does anyone know if you can make candy syrup, let it cool, then melt it down again and reuse it? Or will it mess up that way?
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #38 on: May 14, 2010, 09:40:27 pm »
As a side note, what is the recipe for the candy itself?
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #39 on: May 14, 2010, 09:46:42 pm »
2 cups sugar, 2/3 cup light corn syrup, and 3/4 cup hot water per batch, with a few drops, I guess, of flavor extract added.
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #40 on: May 15, 2010, 10:51:17 am »
Try using a double boiler.
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #41 on: May 15, 2010, 11:35:37 am »
I think that's for chocolate, the internet says to use a saucepan. And the Internet, as we know, is never wrong.
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #42 on: May 15, 2010, 10:23:33 pm »
Graaaaah.
Does anyone know of a physical chain of stores that I can go to and buy molds for hard candy? (I don't think plastic molds work, they're only for chocolate)
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #43 on: May 15, 2010, 10:39:27 pm »
Some plastic candy molds are made for hard candy, and others are made for soft candy. Searching for "Hard gem candy mold" cuts out most of the chocolate molds.

I'm afraid I don't know much about brick-and-mortar candy stores. Gem shaped hard candy molds seem like something of a specialty item.
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Quote from: KrataLightblade on August 17, 2008, 11:33:59 am
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Re: How do I make custom candy?
« Reply #44 on: May 17, 2010, 05:11:14 am »
Double boilers are pretty useful--good for anything that you don't want to burn/overcook. Candy, chocolate, sauces with egg and/or cream that you don't want to break, etc.

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