These candies on wooden sticks in the form of golden males, red kremlin and other figures, large and small are well remembered by those whose childhood was in the Soviet and the first decades of the post-Soviet period. And now in the bazaars, in the busy city centers and on the beaches in the resort towns, you can find traders selling these sparkling caramels.
Lollipops: Homemade
The legitimate question: "How to make lollipops at home?" In fact, they are home-made preparations, because gypsies and retired grandmothers traded with this product. Their sweets were often "blown", i.e. Empty inside, to save products, of which delicacy was produced. And if they could do it, you can. The main thing is just to find out a couple of successful recipes, how to make lollipops at home! And, of course, a working "inventory". If you manage to get the appropriate forms - luck, for sure, on your side. If not, use those that you have for freezing ice, containers from boxes of candy, small cookie shapes. Suitable even for ordinary printing paper, only pre-oiled. And more - wooden sticks. Instead of them, there will be good toothpicks, divided into parts of a stick from ice cream-eskimo or any homemade ones. Now tell the recipe first how to make lollipops at home. For ten small candies you will need: sugar - 8 tablespoons, water - 4 same, 6% vinegar - 3 spoons, dye (food) or without it. The dye is bred in several drops of water. It also take a very little, otherwise the language repainted, when you will eat a finished product! In passing - a useful tip, how to make lollipops at home more delicious. Instead of the dye, take a little any dark jam (syrup from it) or berry, fruit juice. With juice, your sweets will also be useful. Sugar is added to a thin-walled saucepan, water is added - exactly for coating the sugar, not more. If you take juice, immediately pour it. Pour a saucepan immediately on a large fire to make the syrup boil. It happens very quickly. You can prevent it from burning. When a foam appears on the surface of the foam, vinegar is added, otherwise the sugar starts to crystallize. Next the recipe, how to make lollipops, advises: want candy with bubbles of air inside - keep stirring. Want to just transparent - leave the caramel mass for the next 5-7 minutes without interference. And make the fire minimal. After 7 minutes, dip one pan into the pan, put a little "brew" on it, hold it for a couple of seconds to check whether it is frozen? If yes - remove the pan from the plate, stir the syrup and fill the molds. Let caramel slightly harden, then insert the sticks. When the sweets completely cool and solidify, they can be washed under the water jet to give a glossy luster. Or sprinkle with coconut shavings, powdered sugar, poppy seeds. Here's how to make a candy "cockerel" and many others - depending on the availability of molds!
Lollipops made from juice
You can cook sweets using only 2 products - sugar and juice. In this case, the products are taken from the ratio 1: 2. Ie a spoon of juice - 2 sugar. 2 tablespoons of juice - 4 sugars, etc. Perfect for these purposes are citrus fruits - lemons, oranges (freshly squeezed juice), pomegranates, cherries, currants. They simultaneously act as both dyes and flavoring agents. By the principle of jelly, you can make candies two- and even three-color.
Successful experiments!