We got to talking as I have made them for years.
She told me that she makes them in the microwave. I told her I had never seen or heard of that.
She told me how she does it and here it is.
Homemade Suckers in Microwave
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
2/3 cup corn syrup
coloring
flavoring
Mix in a microwavable glass bowl. Pyrex works great. Cook for 22 minutes in microwave. Don't stop or stir.
She also said she uses cooking spray to grease the molds rather than grease or butter. So, we now spray them and then dab them with a paper towel to take off the excess and it works so much quicker.
She also told me she makes her own "Tootsie Roll" filling for the round sucker molds using powdered milk and cocoa.
You can get a white softer nugat type filling at baking supply stores and you can make the suckers Opaque so they aren't see through using the Wilton product in the "candy making" section at WalMart or a baking supply store. It isn't cheap however so we have stuck with the clear single colored suckers.
Even though she gave me this recipe years ago, we have never tried it until today. Princess Five had a friend over and it was her birthday. She wanted to make suckers for her birthday so we did. It was FABULOUS making them in the microwave. It was quick and easy and much less chance of burning.
The mold on the right is a tiny candy mold like life savers. It makes a baggie full. I want to try making my own cough drops using that mold and using eucolyptus and wintergreen flavor or something similar as I don't like the "cough drop" smell with only eucolyptus so if I add a mint flavor as well, it will be like a breath mint and cough drop in one.
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