![]() ![]() Table sugar is made up of sucrose, fructose, and glucose. The chemical makeup of corn syrup helps buffer granulated table sugar from crystalizing back up into grainy clumps. ? Why is corn syrup in so many candy recipes? What’s wrong with corn syrup? We will bring back the real candy tradition with these recipes. We are falling back in love with not only the subtle flavors that come from real food, but also the self-sufficiency of knowing that we can make beautiful, delicious, superior-tasting caramel without relying on a can of sweetened condensed milk, fudge without a jar of marshmallow fluff, and lollipops without red dye #40. There also is something to be said for knowing how to produce different candies from simple ingredients found on grocery store shelves like honey, simple white sugar, maple syrup, and real cream. ![]() Now, as we see how these highly processed foods are destroying our health, many of us want to avoid these products. Back to basicsĪs corn syrup, marshmallow fluff, sweetened condensed milk, and artificial dyes and colors came into mass market, many home cooks took advantage of these ‘easy’ high technology options and discarded their grandmother’s special candy making methods in favor of using new ingredients. We use pure organic sugar from sugar cane, sticky golden honey, rich sustainably-harvested maple syrup, and lesser known but still minimally processed coconut nectar to replace corn syrup (and its cousin, glucose syrup) that is found in so many recipes. The food trend is sweeping back toward real ingredients that you can identify easily. This simple chemical change allows us to add other ingredients and create delicious concoctions- from hard peppermint lollipops to creamy chewy caramels, to classic marshmallows and rich velvety fudge. During this process not only the texture is changed, but the flavor is as well. Making real candy requires heating sugar to the point where it changes consistency. Whether it’s for a bake sale, treat plates for the holidays, or to pass down the delicious tradition of making homemade fudge for Christmas or caramel apples for fall, here are delicious candy recipes without all the weirdness. Go back a few more generations, and there are candy recipes without corn syrup… but they may have been lost over time. ![]() We love carrying on the traditions of family recipes, but many of us just aren’t interested in the canned milk, corn syrup, or marshmallow cream. But as you scroll through recipes, you quickly are discouraged by all the fake ingredients in the recipes you find. The cool crisp days of fall and winter invite you to try your hand at making caramel apples, chocolate fudge, lollipops, and more. ![]()
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