Rock Candy?

Question

Does anybody have any good raock candy recipes????

Answer 1

When you make rock candy, you can see the shape of sugar crystals on a giant scale. The key is giving them lots of time (about 7 days) to grow. As the water evaporates, sugar crystals form on the string or stick, and the shapes that they form reflect the shape of individual sugar crystals.

What Do I Need? .
• 4 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• a small saucepan
• a wooden spoon
• a candy thermometer
• a small, clean glass jar
• a measuring cup
• cotton string
• a weight to hang on the string (such as a screw or galvanized washer)
• waxed paper
• a pencil (to suspend the string in the jar)

What Do I Do?

Did You Know?

Rock candy is one of the oldest and purest forms of candy. It was originally used by pharmacists to make medicines for many kinds of illnesses.

1. Heat the water in the saucepan over medium-high heat until it comes to a boil.

2. Completely dissolve the sugar in the boiling water, stirring continuously with the wooden spoon until the solution grows clear and it reaches a rolling boil.

3. Remove the solution from the heat, and then carefully pour it into the jar. Cover the jar with a small piece of waxed paper.

4. Tie the weight to one end of the string, and then tie the other end to the middle of the pencil. The string should be about two-thirds as long as the jar is deep. Dip the string into the sugar solution, remove it, lay it on a piece of waxed paper, straighten it out, and let it dry for a few days.

• Why does the string need to be soaked and then dried?

5. Gently suspend the prepared string in the solution and let sit at room temperature, undisturbed, for several days. You can check each day to see how much your crystals have grown. It’s tempting, but don’t touch the jar until the experiment is finished—it usually takes about seven days.

• What makes the crystals grow?

6. At the end of the week, the crystals on your string should be clearly defined, with sharp right angles and smooth faces of various sizes. In the field of crystallography, these are called monoclinic crystals. Their shape is determined by the way the individual sugar molecules fit together, which is similar to the way the shape of a pile of oranges is determined by the shape of the individual oranges and the way they stack together.

Answer 2

Wow, good question!!
I used to make it at home as a kid ..(40 years ago).. hanging string in cooled boiled sugar water ... but I don't recall the ingredients, ratio, or timing involved ..... I am gonna do some searches now and see what I can find! Will add it here if I find something.

Here is a link to recipe with string:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/recipe-rockcandy.html

Here is one with out the string:
OLD FASHION HARD CANDY (ROCK CANDY)

2 c. sugar
3/4 c. light syrup
1 c. water
1/2 tsp. flavoring
food coloring

Mix sugar, water, corn syrup together and cook to 300 degrees on a candy thermometer or until a few drops of the syrup tested in cold water separates into hard brittle threads. pour onto a well-greased plate or pan. The moment the candy is cool enough to touch, cut into 1/2-inch strips with scissors, then cut strips into tiny chunks. When cold and brittle, dust with confectioners sugar.

Answer 3

Sure.

Take as much sugar as you want to turn into rock candy, dissolve in the smallest amount of water possible.
Dangle a string or stick in said water, and bring it to a boil.

Boom, rock candy when the water's gone.

Answer 4

Rock candy... hell yeah!!!!! that's been alongside time because of fact that I certainly have even heard of it. I do bear in mind having a mouth finished and pouring slightly coca cola in my mouth.... oh confident!!!!! Pop Rocks!!!!!!! yet nonetheless there looked as though it might many varieties of rock candy. Now a days i'd think of rock candy as being this warm rock groupy:-)

Answer 5

well u get hot hot well boiling water and u put the sugar in and then u put the water in the jar when the sugar is melted then u put a string hanging down on the water and u leave it for i think its 3 days

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

sorry no. but i love it! go but it at the store.