taste this! sponge candy!

Name: Taste This! Sponge Candy!
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup(s) light corn syrup; 1/2 cup(s) molasses; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 tablespoon(s) vinegar, regular or apple cider vinegar; 1 tablespoon(s) baking soda; ## CHOCOLATE FOR DIPPING:; 2 cup(s) milk chocolate chips; 1 cup(s) semi sweet chocolate chips; 2-3 teaspoon(s) vegetable oil

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Wendy Rusch

Cameron, WI

Updated on Dec 8, 2011

I love Sponge Candy! Okay, I love all candy and things of a sweet nature!!! :o) But anyway, I was always afraid to make this, I mean, that sponge stuff had to be hard I thought, I had never even looked at a recipe for it. I just don't like to deal with things that are touchy and precise, which I totally assumed sponge candy was...Then a friend whom don't like to make candy for that same reason told me she made some and it was easy...I was like no way!!! So I had to try it and tweak it of course, wouldn't be me not to! Sorry I can't help it. So here ya go, I hope you enjoy it!

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Ingredients

3/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup molasses
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vinegar, regular or apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon baking soda
CHOCOLATE FOR DIPPING:
2 cups milk chocolate chips
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
2-3 teaspoons vegetable oil

How To Make taste this! sponge candy!

Step 1

Butter a 9x13 pan, bottom and sides. Set aside.

Step 2

In a heavy saucepan, over medium heat, stir together syrup, molasses, sugar and vinegar. Continue stirring constantly until sugar dissolves and starts to boil. Once mixture comes to a full boil, stop stirring, but continue to cook at medium heat, no stirring, until candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees.
Step 3

Remove from heat and stir in 1 Tablespoon of baking soda. Pour into prepared pan, DO NOT spread, it will spread itself. You don't want to deflate it. Allow to cool. Break into desired size pieces.
Step 4

Over a double boiler...melt together 2 cups milk chocolate chips, 1 cup semi sweet chips and 2-3 tsp vegetable oil. Dip cooled pieces of sponge in chocolate, place on wax paper to dry.
Step 5

*Of course you can use your favorite chocolate combination...that is just my favorite.
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