Cherry Suckers

Submitted by ChrisM

"I found these on foodnetwork.com and they are great. They are also really easy to make."

 

• Ready In: 12mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 20 suckers

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup light corn syrup
• 1 (3 ounce) box cherry gelatin
• non-stick vegetable oil cooking spray

directions

1. Butter two cookie sheets.
2. Arrange half of the lollipop sticks on each and set aside.
3. In a small saucepan over low heat, stir butter, sugar, and corn syrup together until sugar has dissolved.
4. Slowly bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
5. Insert a candy thermometer into syrup and continue cooking until temperature reaches 275 degrees.
6. Stir in gelatin until smooth.
7. Remove from heat. (This sugar syrup is very hot and can cause a painful burn!)
8. Using a metal tablespoon and working quickly, drop heaping spoonfuls of lollipop syrup on end of each lollipop stick.
9. Flatten into a circle shape with metal spatula sprayed with cooking spray.
10. Cool completely.
11. Wrap each sucker in plastic wrap and store in an air tight container.

Reviews

[Heidi in Wisconsin]

Worked really well. I used strawberry jello and blue raspberry jello as they were on hand...worked great! I made a couple batches. Make sure you heat the mixture up to 275, otherwise the suckers don't harden. VERY tasty and easy.