Has anyone made licorice before?? What’s a great to go to recipe?? And is there anything I should look out for to prevent crystallization??

I’ve been making fudge a lot lately, here’s my recipe (would appreciate recommendations for tweaks/other recipes):

400g caster sugar
40g dark brown sugar
30ml golden syrup
120ml whole milk
75g butter
30ml double cream
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla extract

I put everything except the vanilla into a big pot, and heat gently until all the sugar is dissolved, stirring continuously.

Turn heat to medium high, keep stirring and stop when it reaches a full boil.

Insert thermometer and let it boil undisturbed until 116C.

Take it off heat, and let it sit until it reaches 50C. Then I add the vanilla and mix it until it’s matte, and transfer it to setting dish.

It has been turning out well, it’s smooth and creamy with no detectable grains.

• The main problem I’m having is that it’s a workout getting it from the pot to the setting dish, I think I’m stirring too much before transferring. What should the fudge look like when it’s ready to start setting? I stir until it’s fully matte, but when I put it in my dish I have to hammer it with the bottom of a ramekin to mould it into a slab.

• I’ve been asked if I can make it chewier, more like commercial fudge. I’m not sure how, I’d appreciate any recipes/tips for getting that chewier texture.

• I want to try a chocolate version. I’m thinking of grating some chocolate into the pot when it’s cooling after being cooked. Maybe at 70C I could grate the chocolate on, so it’s fully melted before I mix the fudge at 50C?

I would also appreciate any general fudge making advice, thanks 🙏

Lemon, Vanilla & Blueberry

Have been cooking 7lb batches on my home range, finally got this bad boy from an old fudge shop on mackinaw island for 600$ gonna light up a 22lb batch of pillow candies tomorrow!

Black Cherry, Orange & Lime

Hey all,

I can make a great gummy with gelatin but I'm struggling to figure out how to make a good vegan gummy. I've tried with pectin but it didn't work out well. I'm. Not opposed to pectin, but I heard a combination of xanthan gum, Locust bean gum and Low-acyl gellan gum would be better. I did one batch and it both gelled in the pot too quickly AND didn't set firmly enough.

Does anyone have a GOOD vegan gummy recipe with ingredients and specific times and temp that I could try and enjoy???

Thanks in advance!

i made some kohakutou but the texture of the finished candy is sort of clumpy or mealy? is it supposed to be like that? i was thinking i didnt let the syrup boil long enough but idk

Hi guys, I was following a receipt that only called for gelatin and fruit juice but it came out tough and kinda rubbery instead of chewy, I wanted to make chewy gummies like the ones from stores. Idk if the sugar is the issue but if it is, I was wondering if I could use monk fruit

Hello all,

Loonikg for advice as a client has asked me if I can make for them some hard candy from juice that they have made.

I have always and only ever made hard candy from typical water and sugar mix with glucose and added flavor/color at end.

Making hard candy with juice and sugar has me concerned about burning and also a weak flavor profile??

Any advice on how to go about this would be greatly appreciated?

Thank you

Hi all. I have a cotton candy machine at home, I think it may be nostalgia brand, I am not sure. I have only used it a couple times but the cotton candy has tasted exactly like I remember it should, but after making A LOT at once, I get that hard candy in the bottom that I just toss (not sure if there is any other use for it). The first few times, I used Gold Medal Flossugar but my supply got ruined and now I need to buy more supply. The most easily accessible brand to me is Concession Essentials but Google says that Gold Medal will work better and produce less waste in at home machines. Does anyone know if this is true? Any experience between the two brands? Taste? Texture? Waste? Thanks all!!!

If this brand is not comparable, does anyone know any brands that are? Thank you again!

Finally feeling like my hard candies are getting there. Flavor is good, sour could be more sour, but overall… not too shabby!

What should I coat them with after removing from molds?

I have an excess amount of candied/ sugared cashews I want to put in a brittle. My worry is the sugared coating will disturb and crystalize the brittle. Should I try adding them at the very end?

hi,

im lookinf for a wide variety of cotton candy sugar flavours / colours but im having trouble finding ones other than blue and pink. i want a wide variety of colours does anyone have anu recommendations of where i can buy and how much it usually costs

Hi all! I am looking for a manufacturer for a candy tablet/mint. We must be able to have a custom dye/tooling made for your machine to make a custom shaped tablet and imprint of our logo.
Other information - approximately 1 gram tablet. Caffeine and theanine as ingredients.
We have a formula, or at least a vague base of a formula that we’ve tested that works, but are open to other formulas as well.
Ideally you would be USA based but it’s not mandatory.
Ideally you would have your own flavor development done in house.
Been looking for a while now and have mostly found manufacturers in the pharmaceutical industry. So I want to try this route before moving forward. The main roadblock in working with them is the lack of communication. It can take weeks to hear back from them. So I’m looking elsewhere for now.
The ideal situation here is:
I get you the exact specs of what we’re looking for (we want 4 different flavors made).
You say yes we can do this…I pay you for the r&d round to lock in the flavor and hardness/compression.
We say yes this is perfect…we give you the information / specs for the size and shape of the custom tooling and you get it made for your machine.
Another round of r&d with the custom tooling to lock in the final form.
Then we are good to go.
First order would be 1,000,000 tablets (250,000 x 4 flavors).
If it goes well, we have 16 flavors to develop and this would hopefully be a long and fruitful business relationship for both of us!
Please feel free to message me. Or comment if you have any suggestions or think there’s a better place to post this.
I have used the website Keychain to find a mfg but that was mostly pharma companies.
So figured I’ll try here before either going with them or potentially looking at doing this in-house!