A hard candy, or boiled sweet, is a sugar candy prepared from one or more sugar-based syrups that is boiled to a temperature of 160 °C (320 °F) to make candy. Among the many hard candy varieties are stick candy (such as the candy cane), lollipops, aniseed twists, and bêtises de Cambrai. Hard candy is nearly 100% sugar by weight; Recipes for hard candy may use syrups of sucrose, glucose, fructose or […]
Candy apples “Toffee apple” redirects here. For the album by Australian children’s musician Peter Combe, see Toffee Apple (album). Candy apples, also known as toffee apples outside of North America, are whole apples covered in a hard toffee or sugar candy coating, with a stick inserted as a handle. These are a common treat at autumn festivals in Western culture in the Northern Hemisphere, such as Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night because […]
In 1977 Stephen Scott founded The Melbourne Rock Candy Company. Using machines dating back to the early 17th century, armed with traditional recipes and working from his Mother’s kitchen, thus began his lifelong passion with creating candy. Today’s range of products incorporate his own unique recipes and production methods to manufacture boiled lollies and other […]
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