To make barley sugar, proceed as in acid drops - clarified sugar is the best - add a teaspoonful of strong saffron water, and when up to the crack, pour over the boil a teaspoonful of essence of lemon, let it boil two or three seconds longer, and quickly �...
To make CANDY, a mixture of sugar and water, called a sugar solution is created. ( Sugar, alone , can be boiled, instead.) It is then boiled on the stove, creating a sugar syrup, whereby the water evaporates and the sugar concentrates in it, causing the temperature in the mixture to rise the more it is cooked.
Clear toy candy is also known as "barley candy." Where the "barley" comes from is up for debate. "This is the $54,000 question," Wainwright-Evans says. Where the "barley" comes from is up for debate.
Okay, this post will be quite entertaining. Not only because my googly candy eyes turned out so freaking cute, but because I made an entire batch and waited an entire 24 hours for them to dry and used up all of my mini chocolate chips, only to see that they turned out to be a severe pinterest fail.
Pour the sugar into a small pan on a stove over low heat. Stir continuously until the sugar melts (takes a while). If you have a candy thermometer, remove from heat at the hard crack stage (clear glass).
