Sugar crystals on a stick
Description
The recipe won't take much time. Today I'll show you how to grow tasty and unusual candy lollipops. You'll need a minimum of ingredients; the only long part is the waiting. But watching the process is very interesting. Serve chilled.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the necessary ingredients for growing crystals on a stick.
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Step 2
First, pour 1/4 cup of water from the total amount into a saucepan and add 2 heaping tablespoons of sugar. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Cook until the sugar is completely dissolved, then cool.
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Step 3
Place the prepared skewers (I used short wooden skewers for shashlik) into the granulated sugar and roll them around. The sugar should adhere evenly and densely to the skewer. Place the skewers onto a plate and leave them to dry for 24 hours.
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Step 4
Pour the remaining water into a saucepan and add one cup of sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the remaining sugar, mix, and bring to complete dissolution. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
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Step 5
Take tall glasses and add some food coloring. The more you add, the brighter your crystals will be.
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Step 6
Pour in the sugar syrup and mix until the color is uniform. Cut circles from a sheet of thick paper, making them larger than the diameter of the glasses. Poke a hole in the center of each circle and place them into the glasses with the sugared side down. The sticks should not touch the bottom or sides of the glasses. Leave them undisturbed for two weeks. Just make sure the surface doesn't form a crust; if it does, break it up as needed.
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Step 7
This is what the sticks look like after a week.
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Step 8
And here's how they look after two weeks. Carefully remove them and place them on a plate, keeping them spaced apart. At first, the remaining syrup will drip off, and they might get smeared with other colors. Leave them like this until completely dry. These are already fully dried.
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Step 9
Our crystals on a stick are ready.