Making Rock Candy
Hi and welcome to my blog today ill be talking to you about making rock candy.
Aim- To make rock candy.
ROCK CANDY EXPERIMENT
- 2-3 cups of sugar
- 1 cup of water
- Skewers
- A jar or glass
- A large saucepan
- Clothespins
- Food coloring
- Candy flavoring
- Combine equal parts of sugar and water in a saucepan and heat until all of the sugar is dissolved.
- Then, slowly add more sugar and mix, slowly adding more sugar and mixing until the sugar will no longer dissolve in the water.
- The water should start to look a little cloudy. That is when you know that no more sugar is dissolving and the perfect sugar-saturation has been reached.
- The short version is that you are creating a saturated sugar solution, or a solution in which no more sugar can dissolve at a particular temperature.
- The amount of sugar verses water used should be roughly 3:1. You can easily double & triple the recipe as long as you mantain a 3:1 ratio.
- Add candy flavoring if desired, and then continue to heat the water until it comes to a simmer.
- Remove the sugar-water from the heat and allow it to cool.
Preparing the Candy Sticks
- Cut the skewers to a desirable size for the jar(s) that you are using. Then, dip the sticks in water and roll them in sugar.
- Set the sugar-coated sticks aside and allow them to dry.
- Once your sugar-water is cool enough pour it into jars, using one jar for each colour of rock candy that you wish to make.
- Once the sticks are dry carefully place them into the jar(s).
- You want to make sure that the sugar-coated sticks are completely dry before placing them in the jars.
- The rock candy needs the sugar on the sticks to grow, and if the sugar isn't dry it will dissolve in the water.
- It is also important to make sure that the sticks are not touching the bottom or sides of the jar.