After Dinner Lollipops
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
32 lollipops
ingredients
- vegetable oil cooking spray
- 32 lollipop sticks
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup strongly brewed coffee
- 2⁄3 cup light corn syrup
- 1⁄3 cup coffee-flavored liqueur
directions
- Heavily spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Place lollipop sticks about 3 inches apart on baking sheet.
- In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, coffee, and corn syrup.
- Stirring constantly, cook over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves.
- Cover and cook 2 to 3 minutes to wash down any sugar crystals on sides of pan.
- Attach a candy thermometer to pan, making sure thermometer does not touch the bottom of pan.
- Increase heat to medium and bring to a rolling boil.
- Cook without stirring, until mixture reaches 292 degrees.
- Test about 1/2 teaspoons mixture in ice water.
- Mixture will form brittle threads in ice waterand will remain brittle when removed from water.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in liqueur.
- Spoon about 1 tablespoon hot candy over 1 end of each lollipop stick to form a 2-1/2 inch diameter circle.
- Let candy cool.
- Wrap individually in small plastic bags or plastic wrap.
- Store in airtight container.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
children from A to Z
Vernon, Arizona
I am a wife, a mother and grandmother, I love to bake and I love to can (water-bath and pressure). My family and I live on 5 acres, we now have chickens and ducks and who knows what else we'll add in the future. My favorite meal to make and eat is soup.