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Candy Boxes and Holidays

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During holidays, everyone likes to give and receive gifts. It is not about the items that you gift. It is more about how you value the recipient of your gift. The items inside the box matter at very little extent. What matters is how presentable the gift you have made is.

In this article, we are going to discuss how to prepare a gift which is going to be welcomed by your recipient.

The right paper

It is important to pick the paper that looks nice. Although you can go for the least expensive papers, investing a little bit more in decoration is going to make your gift quite valuable.

Using the double stick paper

To make the gift look great, you can use double stick paper. The best thing about this tape is that it doesn’t appear on the paper if it is used properly on the paper.

Add a bow after wrapping the gift

Adding a bow on the wrapping can make the gift look great. Aside from bow, you can also use a flower or any other decorative items. There are many things available in the market to make the gift look great. You can also prepare a decorative item at your home.

Don’t forget labeling your gift

The labels are used to tell who you are giving gift to. On the other side of the gift, you can add another label to write your name as the gift sender. A magic marker can make the label look pretty good.

Creating great candy boxes

The best treat for the holidays is candy. Therefore, it is ideal to consider candy for gifting. For this purpose, you can purchase candy boxes from the market. If you want to prepare candy boxes on your own, that’s also fine. As a matter of fact, creating candy boxes yourself will allow you to go creative. Now, you can either put homemade candy in the box or you can purchase wrapped candies from the market. Whatever you make, the gift is going to be great, and the person receiving that gift is going to love the gift.

It’s good to be creative

When you are wrapping gift, you will have to make sure that you are using every bit of your creativeness. Here, I am not mentioning it as an obligation; you are going to be creative because gift wrapping is such an interesting thing to do. You can use different crafts to prepare a creative gift.

The gift doesn’t need to be expensive

Last but not the least; you do not require gifting an expensive item. You can just use your creative approach to make the gift look expensive.

How to make sugar candy

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Sugar is one of the most basic ingredient for making any type of candy. Whether it is sugar candy, or any other candy. There are a few types of sugar candy that highlight the beauty of its texture and delicious simplicity of its taste. You can sugar candy for any event. Sugar candy is best and like by everyone. You can make it for birthday party. Christmas, Halloween, treat, or any other party at your home. When you are in mood of eating candy you can make it by yourself.

Here we will discuss the main three types of sugar candy. What are the ingredients required and what is the procedure?The common three types of sugar candy are lollipops, rock candy, and butterscotch candy.

Ingredients for making lollipops:

  • 1 cup sugar.
  • Half cup light corn syrup.
  • ¼ cup of water.
  • 1 teaspoon of flavored extract: which ever you like. Vanilla, rose, orange or cinnamon.
  • Five drops of food color of your own choice.

 Ingredients for making rock candy:

  • 2 cups of water.
  • 4 cups of sugar.
  • I teaspoon of flavored extract like pepper mint or lemon.
  • 5 drops of food color of your own choice.
  • 1 glass jar.
  • Wooden skewer.

Ingredients for making butterscotch candy:

  • 1 tablespoon butter.
  • 2 cups of sugar.
  • Half cup corn syrup.
  • ¼ cup of water.
  • 5 drops of vanilla extract.

Making of lollipops.

Follow the steps for making lollipops.

Making lollipops molds.

Spray your molds with nonstick cooking spray. It is important. By doing this you will be able to remove the finished lollipops without them cracking. After that put the lollipop sticks in the molds.

This recipe is for every type of hard candy mold. You can choose any shape of the mold. Heart shape,drop shape, or any other shape you like.

For making candy always pick up the candy mold. Do not pick any other mold. As the candy molds are designed to help candy for coming out without sticking. In other molds the candy will be stick.

Adding ingredients.

Add all the ingredients in a saucepan. Water, sugar and corn syrup. Put the pan on the stove.Make sure the flame is medium. Do not place it over low flame or high flame.Stir the mixture continuously. Stir it till the sugar dissolves properly. Scrape down the sides with a brush so that you can prevent your mixture from sticking.

Boil the mixture.

Bring the mixture to the boil. Stir it until it boils. When it comes to boil. Turn off the flame and check the temperature by using candy thermometer. If the temperature of the mixture is 295 F or 126 C. the it is fine.

Adding color and extract.

Now add food color and food extract. Stir it properly so that they can get mix.

Harden the candy.

After this let them harden at the room temperature. Now the lollipops is ready to eat.

Making of rock candy.

Mixing

Mix the sugar and water in the pan. Turn on the stove.Stir the mixture well until the sugar dissolves.

Add food color and flavor.

After that add food color of your own choice and food extract. Add purple rock candy with lavender flavoring, Orange rock candy with tangerine flavoring, Pink rock candy with rose flavoring, Red rock candy with cinnamon flavoring.

Suspension of wooden skewer.

Place the wooden skewer evenly around the jar. Lean them against the lip of the jar.  Cover the jar with a wrap. It will take week for making crystals of the candy inside the jar. So, leave it for the prescribed time. Leave it until the rocks come into your desired size. After that remove the skewer and enjoy the rock candy.

Making of butterscotch candy.

Buttering.

The first step is butter the pan. take a shallow pan and bitter it from all the sides. And add remaining butter all.   

Adding ingredients.

Add sugar, water and corn syrup. Place it on stove over low flame and let the sugar dissolve.

Boiling point.

When the mixture boils check the temperature by using candy thermometer. When the temperature is 270 C. add food extract. And remove it from stove. Mix it well.

Adding honey.

Now add remaining butter, honey and salt. Stir the mixture and boil it again. Check the temperature it should be now 300 degrees now. Then remove it from stove.

Pouring.

Pour the mixture I a pan to let it cool down. After 10mints the mixture will cool down then cut the shapes. Dish it out and enjoy the candy.

How to Make Candy at Home

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Make candy at your own home and by your own hand. It is not a tough task. I would be a fun-loving task. It would be very economic making candy at home. You can save lot of money in parties and events. Which you usually spend on candy. Kids enjoy and love candy mostly. In every party and generally at home also. The recipe is not for kids. Because it is hot and young people cannot handle the hotness. It may burn you. So, making candy is the task by adults.

Watch: HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CANDIES

You can candy for any event. Like I have a special event coming up at my home. Whenever there is a birthday party. Or any other event at your home or coming up soon you can make candy at your own home. It will be very economic and hygienic.

Now, I quickly jump to the recipe.

The ingredients you will need to make candy are:

  • 600g (21.16 ounces) sugar or 2 and 3/4 sugar cups.
  • 200mL (6.76 fluid ounces) water or 3/4 cups of water plus 2 tsp of water.
  • 100g (3.53 ounces) corn syrup or glucose syrup or 1/4 cup plus 2 tsp of glucose syrup or corn syrup.
  • 1/16th teaspoon of cream of tartar.
  • A candy thermometer.
  • Flavor of your own choice.
  • Food color of your own choice. 
  • Yellow color
  • Lemon flavoring.
  • Lemon fizzer 2 table spoon.
  • 2 table spoons of sherbet.

Process of Basic Candy
Take a pan. Place it on the stove. Turn on the flame. Add sugar, water and glucose syrup into the pan. Make sure the flame is high. Stir it well. If you find any sugar particle on the side of the pan, wash it down by using a wet pastry brush.

The next step is turn on the oven. Pre heat it at 100C temperature. And also place a tray lined with non-stick baking paper in it. So, that the tray will get warm.

Your mixture should get boil continuously and check the temperature after a while by using candy thermometer. When the temperature reaches 150C. it is done. Turn off the flame now. Add cream of tartar in it now and stir it well. So, that the tartar get dissolve into it properly. Now the candy is ready. Place out it in a pan and leave it to cool down on room temperature.

Process of Sherbet filled Candy
for making the sherbet filled candy the first few steps are the same as for the candy. Do all the steps as you did in the process of making candy. The next and the change step would be adding yellow food color.

When you are finished with the first all these steps. The next thing you have to do is pour it into the warm tray which were in your oven. Tray must be lined with baking paper. Protect your hands from hotness. Wear cotton gloves covered in silicon gloves so you cannot burn.

Fold the butter paper from the edges of the candy. Center should be lift up then, pull it out then fold it back in. It is a special technique to make it shiny and opaque. So,pull it more you can. If you want your candy transparent then do not pull it much. Put it back in the tray. Flatten it and put back into oven. 

Stretch it into a rectangle shape. Now it is time for adding sherbet. Add a generous amount of sherbet in to center and then bring the sides up. Cover it from all the sides. Pit it back in oven for next 30 seconds just. After that bring it out and stretch it in long snake shape. Place it aside. Give some time to make harden. And cut into small pieces. Enjoy the candy.