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Hard Rock Cinnamon Candy
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Try your hand at candy making with this simple recipe. Cook sugar, corn syrup and water to the hard-crack stage, then add in cinnamon oil for flavor and red food coloring. Crack into pieces when hardened and you have some sweet treats ready to go.
serves/makes:
ready in:
1-2 hrs
1-2 hrs
4 reviews
ingredients
3 3/4 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
2 teaspoons cinnamon oil
1 teaspoon red food coloring
directions
Roll the edges of two 16 inch square pieces of heavy duty aluminum foil. Sprinkle the foil very generously with confectioners' sugar. I
n a large heavy saucepan combine the sugar, corn syrup and water. Heat over medium high heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves.
Stop stirring and heat until a candy thermometer reads 300 to 310 degrees F.
Remove from heat and stir in the cinnamon oil and food coloring.
Pour over the prepared foil; let cool and harden. Crack into pieces and store in an airtight container.
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nutrition data
182 calories, 0 grams fat, 47 grams carbohydrates, 0 grams protein per ounce. This recipe is low in sodium. This recipe is low in fat.
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reviews & comments
March 17, 2017
Awesome and easy !
September 19, 2015
Did this as kind of a "project" with the kids. Worked pretty good...we used vanilla extract for flavoring, but it needed way more than the 2 tsp we used...probably 6-8 would be better. Used a buttered cookie sheet and it worked fine. Thanks.
Vanilla extract is different than cinnamon oil so you probably would need a different amount. The oil is more concentrated.
September 20, 2014
Love this candy! I'm going to change out the cinnamon for mint for the holidays. Maybe do red and green.
December 23, 2013
This was very simple to make, even for me - a non-candy making expert! Just a few notes: it will take about 25 minutes of boiling to get to hard-crack stage (300F). Buttering the foil instead of using the powdered sugar I think would be preferable. It's hard to get the powdered sugar evenly on the foil and there were places it stuck a little. Butter the foil, then when you remove it you can sprinkle the candy with powdered sugar (which was what a similar recipe stated to do). Although I think I prefer the more clear look of the candy without the powdered sugar. The flavor and everything else turned out very good! It was a fun recipe to try!