With the holiday season being around the corner and it being National Candy Day as well I wanted to find that perfect candy recipe for you guys and when I found this recipe for candy canes well I just had to share it onto you
They look so fun to make and what a great way to have fun making your own candy canes that I am sure everyone will love you can give them as presents over the holiday season or hang them on your Christmas tree .. I certainly will be giving this one a go as I do love them at Christmas time on my tree and the children love them too
This great recipe has been brought to you courtesy of CookingwithKarma on YouTube , thanks for sharing this video with us
Here below is a list of the ingredients you will need to make these candy canes from the YouTube channel
Ingredients: (this made 15 decent size candy canes, filled one jar with small candies, and still had some left over)
700g sugar
300g glucose syrup (corn syrup)
1/3 – 1/2 cup of water
1 teaspoon of cream of tartar (can be left out if you can’t find it)
1-2 teaspoons of peppermint extract/essence
Red food colouring
Five Food Finds about Candy Canes
- The candy cane was originally a straight stick.
- It was not until the mid 1900’s that candy canes with red stripes appeared in Sweden.
- The curvy shape of the candy cane is credited to a choirmaster who worked at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. It is believed that he bent the peppermint sticks to look like the canes that shepherd’s used.
- Other sources credit the bending of the candy maker in Indiana. It is rumored that he also decided to added three red stripes to the candy cane which were meant to represent the Holy Trinity.
- Some people believe that the reason the peppermint sticks were bent into their curvy shape was so that they could look like a “J,” for Jesus.
Fact from foodimentary.com
