Any Flavor Kool-Aid Taffy

Submitted by The Scone

"A yummy, soft salt-water taffy. Make any flavor using Kool-Aid!"

 

• Ready In: 11mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 100 pieces

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 1 1⁄3 cups water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (1/4 ounce) packet unsweetened Kool-Aid powdered drink mix, any flavor

directions

1. Butter two large cookie sheets, then set them aside.
2. In a 2 qt.
3. saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch.
4. Add corn syrup, water, butter, and salt.
5. Mix well before heating.
6. Bring mixture to boil on medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until it reaches 250 degrees Fahrenheit on candy thermometer (hard ball stage).
7. Remove from heat, and immediately stir in the Kool-Aid powder.
8. Quickly pour onto prepared cookie sheets.
9. Let stand a few minutes, until cool enough to handle with your hands.
10. Grab a few helpers to pull the taffy with buttered hands until the taffy lightens its color and becomes firmer.
11. Roll taffy into bite-sized pieces.
12. Wrap individually in squares of wax paper.

Reviews

[Rayce Lamont]

If you're wanting to make lollypops, this is a nice tasting recipe, however, it is absolutley NOT SOFT! I followed this recipe to the T and it came out hard and crunchie. I would not recomend this recipe to anyone, sorry but most of mine are hanging on my tree as HARD orniments.

 

[S M.8478]

I doubled the recipe and used 2 cups of canna butter. They turned out great!

 

[Indigo S.]

Hard as a rock and I LOVE IT! I actually added a bit more to make it harder we wanted a recipe of candy we could make into our own homemade Creme Savers "Used Bolthouse blueberry+Banana Almondmilk flavor" and it is super delicious we take them to work with us since we can't chew gum sucking on a hard candy made at home with less sugar than this recipe was epic!

 

[E9488]

this recipe worked great for me, nice and soft.

 

[Lesia S.]

This is a great candy recipe, I wasn't sure about it so I cut it in half but I used a whole packet of kool-aid. Taste and texture was great, I will make the whole recipe next time and use 2 packets of kool-aid.