Technology of cooking lollipops on a stick

Do you remember the joy you felt as a child when you saw colorful caramel cockerels on a stick? Ah, those sweet years. A lot of people made sweets at home, and they were the best treat for children. And make lollipops on a stick at homeAll you need is some sugar, water and lemon juice. But you also have to be able to cook.



In memory there are heavy cast-iron forms for lollipops and cookies: cockerels, mushrooms, nuts, ducks. Probably somewhere in your cottage in the attic in the furthest box hidden such. Anyway, today we will do without heavy artillery and show how quickly and easily you can make your favorite candy from childhood in half an hour.



The ingredients

• 200g sugar
• 50 ml of water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

Preparation

1. In the beginning, prepare silicone molds for lollipops. Lubricate them with vegetable oil and remove the excess with a napkin.
   
   
   
   
2. Pour the sugar into a thick-bottomed sodium and place it on a medium fire.
3. Pour water and lemon juice. Stir the ingredients and leave the mixture until boiled. Sometimes stir the syrup so that it does not stick to the bottom of the saucer.
   
   
   
   
4. When the syrup starts to boil and bubbly, reduce the fire and stir the mixture. Syrup should be cooked to a golden color, minutes 5-7. If you have a culinary thermometer, it is better to monitor the temperature, it should not exceed 150 degrees. Then put the steak on the board and let the syrup cool a little so that it stops boiling.
   
   
   
   
5. To make sure the caramel is ready, drop a couple of drops into the icy water. The syrup should immediately curl up into a solid ball, which means that you can cast candy.
   
   
   
   
6. Pour hot syrup with a tablespoon on the molds.
   
   
   
   
7. The remaining caramel can be poured onto a silicone mat and make lollipops on a stick. Pour 1 tbsp caramel and place a stick in it. You can decorate lollipops with sugar sprinkle.
   
   
   
   
8. After half an hour, the candy will freeze and be ready to eat. If you want to give an interesting shape to lollipops, 15 minutes after the spill you can form waves of thin caramel. It looks very beautiful.
   
   
   
   

Skillful hostess shows on his channel a video recipe for these wonderful candy and tells how easy it is to make sugar candy at home. What could be easier? A good idea is to add finely sliced pieces of lemon or orange peel to caramel. No preservatives or food colors – beauty!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2s-5S7IQUM

To get thicker lollipops, you need to give the caramel a little more to cool, then pour on a cooking mat or parchment, lubricating it well with vegetable oil. For the sake of such a case, you can look for cast-iron forms, oh, this nostalgia.