This hard candy recipe can easily be adjusted by using different flavored extracts and food colorings. The hardest part is waiting for the sugar to reach the proper temperature—a candy thermometer ensures perfect candy every time!
Hard Candy
This hard candy recipe can easily be adjusted by using different flavored extracts and food colorings. The hardest part is waiting for the sugar to reach the proper temperature—a candy thermometer ensures perfect candy every time!
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 3 ¾ cups white sugar
- 1 ½ cups light corn syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon orange or other flavored extract
- ½ teaspoon food coloring Optional
- ¼ cup confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Grease a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
- Stir white sugar, corn syrup, and water together in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until sugar dissolves, then bring to a boil.
- Without stirring, heat to 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads.
- Remove from the heat and stir in flavored extract and food coloring. Pour onto the prepared cookie sheet. Dust top with confectioners’ sugar.
- Let cool until hardened, about 15 minutes. Break into about 36 pieces and store in an airtight container.
