How to Make Rock Candy (Blue Rock Candy Recipe) - The Cookie Rookie® (2024)

FAQs

Why didn't my rock candy get hard? ›

The simple answer is that there is too much moisture in your candy.

A supersaturated solution is unstable—it contains more solute (in this case, sugar) than can stay in solution—so as the temperature decreases, the sugar comes out of the solution, forming crystals. The lower the temperature, the more molecules join the sugar crystals, and that is how rock candy is created.

To speed up the process, you jump-start the nucleation process by adding sugar crystals, called seed crystals, to the string first. These actively attract other molecules to join them, so sugar crystals tend to grow on those seed crystals.

In our opinion, the easiest method is to simply put your rock crystals into a bag with some duster colour (Rolkem Sparkles Dusts and Rainbow Spectrum Dusts work really well!), and a few drops of Rose Spirit, then gently shake and rub the crystals in the bag until they are evenly coloured.

Just Say No to Hard Candy

The hard texture of the candy can cause severe damage to your teeth. If you get tired of sucking on a hard candy and decide to crunch it up by biting down on it, you could crack or chip a tooth or cause damage to previous dental work, such as fillings, dental bridges, or dental crowns.

Rock (often known by its place of origin, for instance Blackpool rock or Brighton rock) is a type of hard stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery most usually flavoured with peppermint or spearmint.

Sugar has a sticking point that is around 10 degrees Celsius higher than its glass transition temperature Tg value. Stickiness will result from a low cooking temperature. Packing materials that aren't up to snuff. In the processing area, there is more humidity.

Slowly add 2 cups sugar and 1 package of Kool-Aid. Stir well. Attach a nail to one end of a string and pencil to the other end of the string. Place the pencil on the mouth of the jar so the nail hangs down into the thick sugar without touching the bottom of the jar.

You can obtain it from Haunted Skulls (0.13% chance) and Mystery Boxes, from purchasing it from a few different sources, and can be redeemed through rewards.

The modern American term "rock candy" (referring to brittle large natural sugar crystals) should not be confused with the British term rock (referring to an amorphous and opaque boiled sugar product, initially hard but then chewy at mouth temperature).

How to make rock candy for kids? ›

A candy cane is a cane-shaped stick candy often associated with Christmastide, as well as Saint Nicholas Day. It is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint, but the canes also come in a variety of other flavors and colors.

To make candy, sugar is first heated to a high temperature so that it melts . The scalding solution is then then cooled into a solution that is supersaturated. The supersaturation is considered unstable, forcing the sugar molecules to crystallize into a solid.

A supersaturated solution holds more dissolved solute than it normally would at a given temperature. When making rock candy, this is done by raising the temperature to the boiling point of water, dissolving a lot of sugar, and then allowing the solution to cool undisturbed.