These lollipops make a great sweet treat for your kids and trick-or-treaters!
What You Need:
- 1 1/2 C of sugar
- 3/4 C of water
- 2/3 C of light corn syrup
- 1/2 t cream of tartar
- 1/2 t peppermint oil
- Black and orange paste food coloring
- 10 lollipop sticks
Instructions:
1. Butter 10 round cookie cutters of various sizes, and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
2. Place the sugar, water and corn syrup into a saucepan and place the pan over medium heat.
3. Stir in the cream of tartar and allow the mixture to cook. Stir constantly until the sugar has dissolved.
4. Stop stirring and bring the mixture to a boil.
5. Continue cooking without stirring until a candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees.
6. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the peppermint oil. This has a very strong aroma, so ensure you keep your face away from the pan when adding the oil.
7. Spoon 1/4 C of the mixture into two separate custard cups, and tint one cup orange and the other black.
8. Pour the remaining mixture into the prepared cookie cutters.
9. Drizzle the black and orange sugar mixtures over the cookie cutters and use a toothpick to swirl the mixture through each lollipop.
10. Remove the cutters just before the lollipops completely harden and place a lollipop stick into each lollipop.
You can make a variety of different shaped and sized lollipops, depending on the cookie cutters you have available. After hardening, the lollipops can be wrapped in plastic and finished with a Halloween bow.
Makes 10 lollipops.
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