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Question:

How do you make rock candy?

with simple ingredients such as water and sugar and is powder sugar ok?

Answer:

I love to make rock candy all the timeThe kids love itYou`ll need powdered sugar, 1 cup of light corn syrup, 1 cup of water, 1 teaspoon of oil (not flavored please), what ever food coloring you desire and 2 cups of regular sugarFirst, you sprinkle the cookie sheet with powdered sugar or spread a large piece of heavy aluminum foil and sprinkle with powdered sugarThen, mix together the sugar, syrup and waterCook and stir occasionally until candy thermometer reaches the hard crack stageRemove from the heatAdd food coloring and oilStir and pour on powdered cookie sheetCool down and then break into little piecesHope I helped! :]

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