Homemade Lollipops
Source of Recipe
SFI - October 2003
List of Ingredients
1 cup White Sugar
2 tsps Glucose Syrup (liquid glucose)
1/4 cup Water
1 - 2 drops prefered food colouring
18 lollipop sticks (available from craft stores such as Lincraft or Spotlight)Recipe
Line 2 large, flat baking trays with baking paper. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Combine sugar, syrup & water in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon until sugar has dissolved.
Increase heat to medium high & bring to the boil. Do not stir.
Add colouring. Reduce heat to low. Boil gently for 12 minutes or until mixture has reached the correct temperature (149c - 154c) on a sugar thermometer. Or test, drop a small amount of mixture in a glass of cold water. The mixture is ready if toffee is brittle. Remove saucepan from heat.
Remove baking trays from fridge. drop spoonfuls of toffee onto the trays. While mixture is still warm, press a lollipop stick into the centre of each circle.
Makes approximately 18
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