easy homemade lollipops

Name: Easy Homemade Lollipops
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 15
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) sugar; 1/4 teaspoon(s) cream of tartar; 2/3 cup(s) water; 5 - mold trays or a 2 ft sheet of foil; - non stick cooking spray; 2 tablespoon(s) any extract you want to use (cin, rootbeer, banana, cherry, peppermint); - food coloring; 15-25 - sucker sticks; - ice bath in a bowl a little bigger than your pot

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69 Pinches

amy edwards

nocona, TX

Updated on Dec 14, 2010

So easy even a teen can do it..Under supervision of course..

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 20 Min

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yield 15-25 serving(s)

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
2/3 cup water
5 - mold trays or a 2 ft sheet of foil
- non stick cooking spray
2 tablespoons any extract you want to use (cin, rootbeer, banana, cherry, peppermint)
- food coloring
15-25 - sucker sticks
- ice bath in a bowl a little bigger than your pot

How To Make easy homemade lollipops

Step 1

spray your molds or foil paper with the non stick cooking spray add sugar water and cream of tartar to a heavy sauce pan.

Step 2

cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved about 5-8 minutes.
Step 3

turn up heat to med high or high and let cook without stirring until it reaches 300 degrees on candy thermometer, or turns an amber color.
Step 4

now you must work fast. but be very careful not to get this on you. put the mix in an ice bath for about 5 seconds.
Step 5

add in food coloring and extracts now and stir quickly. pour by spoon into molds or pour about a spoonful onto foil ..add your sucker stick and kinda roll them a little to coat. this way the stick will stay in..let set for 15 minutes then remove and wrap...enjoy
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