Best Hard Tack Candy Recipe

Bring to hard crack boil on candy thermometer.

Best hard tack candy recipe. When the candy comes off the stove pour into the rows of powdered sugar and cover over with the powdered sugar. Butter the heat resistant surface you will be working on. Attach candy thermometer on side of pot careful not to touch bottom of pan.

How to make hard tack candies in a heavy bottomed saucepan or pot combine 3 3 4 cups granulated sugar with 1 1 2 cups light corn syrup and 1 cup of water. Add 3 4 drops food coloring. Cook without stirring until candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees hard crack.

Pour syrup into prepared cookie sheet. Let sit a couple minutes and start cutting the pieces. You can dust with powdered sugar or a mixture of powdered sugar and cornstarch.

Make sure you store the candy in a humidity free place as humidity will make the candy more sticky. There is not a great way to fix sticky hard candy after you ve cooked it and let it cool. Stir till the color is well mixed in.

Keep an ice cold bowl of water handy in the event of any small burns. At this point you should not stir the mixture anymore. Heat over medium and stir until the sugar is dissolved.

Immediately remove from heat. Watch about the steam coming off of the mixture it can really get you. Drop the candy on wax paper that has been sprinkled with powdered sugar.