Homemade Christmas Lollipops

By Fork And Good

Give the gift of sparkly candy-cane flavoured lollipops to your loved ones this year.

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Ingredients

420g white granulated sugar
140g Liquid glucose (light corn syrup for my American Friends)
2 fl oz (about 60ml) water
3 teaspoons peppermint Extract
FOR DECORATION: (I've included links to the products I used)
Lollipop sticks
Edible Glitter

Details

servings 16
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 10mins
Cost Budget Friendly
Adapted from forkandgood.com

Preparation

Step 1

Put your liquid glucose, sugar and water into a pan and warm it up on a medium heat, mixing until all the sugar is dissolved. Whack up the heat to high, attach your sugar thermometer to the side and let it come to the boil. You shouldn't need to stir it during this.

Step 2

Using a brush dipped in water, wash down the sides of the pan to stop sugar crystals forming.

Step 3

Keep an eye on your mixture at all times. It should be bubbling on nicely. Watch the thermometer. Once it reaches 310°F (hard crack stage) on there, remove it from the heat and submerge into the bowl of cold water. This stops it cooking. Keep stirring it for roughly 5-10 seconds as it cools. This is the time to add your extract and roughly 1/2 teaspoon of edible glitter. Stir it up until it's all combined.

Step 4

Head over to your lollipop making station. Slowly pour your sugar mixture onto the lollipop sticks. The slower you pour, the more control you will have over the shape. The mixture will harden quite quickly, if it becomes unmanageable, just heat it up until it softens slightly.

Step 5

Before your creations set, grab your edible glitter and sprinkle more onto the tops. Leave to cool.

Step 6

After about 10-15 minutes, your lollipops should have hardened. I give mine and extra few minutes so they don't misshapen. They should gently peel off the sheet. If you used the tealight method, they take a little longer to cool, the foils should peel off as well.

They are ready to eat!

NOTE: Working with hot sugar can be dangerous! You can still be a badass AND take steps to insure you are safe. I wouldn't recommend making this with children.

SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO BEFORE COOKING
Before you start, you will need to set up your lollipop making station. Having everything ready is VITAL to making this an easy process and stop you getting burnt.

- You will need to set up a cold bowl of water (ice cold), big enough to submerge the bottom of your saucepan.
- Have your peppermint extract and edible glitter next to the bowl, ready to use.
- You will also need to set up a sheet of baking parchment or a baking sheet (and put that onto something heatproof like a heatproof chopping board of baking tray). Sprinkle a small amount of edible glitter onto the sheet under the lollipop sticks.
- Set out your lollipop sticks ready to pour your sugar onto. You won't have time to do this once you start cooking.

There are two ways to make your lollipop shapes. The first is freestyle pouring, however if you want uniform lollie shapes, use the foil wraps off tealights, cut a slit for your lollipop sticks and use those.