Even while visiting, on a summer vacation or at the dacha, you can prepare a wonderful treat for children - homemade lollipops on a stick (aka “cockerels”). Do you remember how happy you were as a child when they prepared or bought this delicacy for you? And we can also make our children happy. Moreover, the recipe is very simple - see for yourself.

Ingredients:

• for 300 gr. Sahara
• 8 tbsp. l. water
• 1 tbsp. l. vinegar 9%
• sunflower oil(for greasing molds)

You will also need molds for preparing lollipops (if you don’t have them, you can use regular spoons - table, dessert or tea spoons - as desired) and sticks.

Preparation:

1. Wash the molds in advance, dry them, and carefully lubricate the recesses with sunflower oil. If you make lollipops in spoons, you also need to grease them from the inside with sunflower oil and place them on a plate greased with vegetable oil.
   
2. Prepare the sticks. I cut wooden skewers in half, you can use wooden ice cream sticks.
3. We connect the greased halves of the molds and fasten them with clamps. Place with the holes facing up.
   
4. Pour sugar into the bowl in which we will cook the lollipops (“cockerels”). Small dishes with high sides are best. For example, here’s a ladle. If the ladle has a spout, it will be even more convenient to pour the hot mixture into molds.
   
5. Pour in water until all the sugar is wet, add vinegar and stir.
   
6. Place on low heat. When the sugar melts, increase the heat - it should be slightly less than medium: not too high so that the caramel does not burn, but not too low, otherwise it will cook for too long. Bring the syrup to a boil and cook, stirring, for 20-25 minutes. The syrup should be boiling.
   
7. As soon as the syrup begins to brown, turn it off.
   
8. If the candy syrup is well prepared, it will be clear and caramel-amber in color.
   
9. Mix the turned off syrup and immediately quickly pour it into the prepared lollipop molds, as it begins to harden very quickly. If the syrup is cooked correctly, then when pouring into molds, a glassy thread stretches behind the ladle. Insert the sticks into the mold.
   
   
10. Pour the syrup into the prepared spoons in the same way. You can insert sticks if you wish.
    
11. Let the candies harden. I left it until the molds had cooled completely.
12. It is important to cook the syrup correctly and turn it off exactly when it starts to brown. If you turn it off earlier, the syrup will already be quite thick, but light yellow transparent in color. Lollipops made from undercooked syrup turn out more sticky, which makes it difficult to open the mold, stick to your teeth, hold their shape less well (“melt”), and become deformed. And the taste of these lollipops is different, without a caramel shade (the taste of cotton candy). Overcooked syrup may have a bitter taste. True, they say that such caramel is a good cough remedy.
13. If the syrup has been well cooked, the molds open and the figures can be easily removed from there.
    
14. After preparing the candies, a ladle and a spoon remain in the frozen caramel. How to wash it? Everything is very simple. I put a spoon in a ladle and poured boiling water over the whole thing, put it on low heat and simmered for a minute or two until all the caramel had dissolved. And then I also made tea with the resulting syrup (add to tea to taste). My daughter really liked this tea. She said it tasted like cotton candy. And lollipops are better than any lollipops :)
    

Bon appetit!

Candy cane on a stick in the shape of a cockerel from our childhood or the newfangled overseas lollipop is a delicacy loved by children of different generations. Making sweets from sugar at home is quite simple; many of us once made them. Only now they’ve forgotten a little. Let's remember old recipes and maybe some of you will learn new and more interesting ones. Moreover, homemade candy caramel differs advantageously from store-bought ones in that it does not contain flavor enhancers, stabilizers, dyes or other harmful ones.

Warning! You should not give small children caramel with a hard filling (they may accidentally choke on it) or on a short stick, as children can swallow it (we already wrote about this in the article about e).

What you need to make caramel on a stick

To make a regular lollipop, you only need 2-3 ingredients: sugar, water and a few drops of vinegar or a little more lemon juice. The acid is needed to prevent the candy mass from crystallizing. But before we did it without acid. If the sugar melts and then crystallizes again, that's okay - keep heating it and stirring and it will melt again. The main thing is not to overheat it, otherwise the syrup will acquire a bitter taste. Burnt sugar candies are not for everyone; not everyone likes them.

You also need a wooden spoon or spatula for stirring and a deep container for cooking - a small saucepan, ladle or bowl with a thick bottom, a frying pan with high sides is also suitable. Many people worry that it will be difficult to clean the container from frozen syrup. But you just need to fill it with water and leave it there. The frozen syrup will completely dissolve in water.

To get caramels on sticks, you need to prepare them in advance, otherwise, while you are looking for or taking them out, the syrup may harden (and it hardens quickly). If you don’t have sticks for lollipops, then they can be successfully replaced with wooden sticks from, kebab skewers, toothpicks or, if you have nothing at all, matches (break off the tip with sulfur or cut it with scissors).

You will also need molds for candy canes. Metal or silicone ones are suitable for making cookies; if you don't have them, you can use spoons or a baking tray, just pouring neat little puddles onto it. If you have a hazel tree, then this is also a good option: you can make round candy nuts or lollipops using only the lower part of the hazel tree. But you will have to make the syrup twice. Place the halves that have already hardened and taken out of the mold onto still hot molds that have just been filled with sugar syrup, and both halves will cling to each other. Place chopsticks between them. Don't forget to grease the molds for homemade sweets with vegetable oil (silicone ones don't need to be greased).

How to make caramel on a stick

You need to start preparing the caramel mixture over medium heat, stirring all the time; when it boils, reduce the heat by half. When the syrup turns golden, heat it for another 20-30 seconds and then remove from the heat. The viscosity of the syrup should resemble office glue. To check, drop the syrup into a glass of cold water. If the drop has hardened, the syrup is ready. After removing the container from the heat, you need to stir the syrup a little more until the bubbles disappear and you can pour it into the molds.

To vary the color and taste of the candies, they can be made with milk, cream, fruit and vegetable juice; add cocoa and cinnamon to the syrup. You can put figures from a into the molds, pour in sunflower or pumpkin seeds, and nuts. Caramel is also very tasty with fresh crushed fruits and berries or raisins, candied fruits, pieces of dried apricots, and dried prunes. And already frozen caramel can be dipped into or applied with a brush, rolled (after sprinkling with water or brushed with a thin layer of honey) in sesame seeds or coconut flakes.

By the way, lollipops can help with colds if you add lemon to the sugar syrup. They will soften the cough. And to relieve a runny nose, it’s good to add mint. good for coughs and runny noses. But honey cannot be added to hot sugar syrup, because when heated it releases harmful substances.

You can decorate Easter cakes with candies: make domes using heart-shaped shapes. You will need to attach the sticks to the other side of the hearts and stick them into the finished Easter cakes. Or, if you have bunny molds, make caramel Easter bunnies.

Candy caramel on a stick

To make the caramel on a stick we are used to since childhood, you need to prepare

10 tbsp. spoons of sugar
4 tbsp. spoons of water
4 drops vinegar (or 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice)

1. In an iron bowl, mix water, sugar and vinegar;
2. put on medium heat and stir;
3. when the mixture boils, reduce the heat slightly, continuing to stir;
4. remove from heat when the syrup becomes golden and liquid;
5. Stir the syrup a little more until the bubbles disappear;
6. pour the syrup into greased molds;
7. Immediately insert the wooden sticks. Ready! Wait for cooling for 10-20 minutes.

Caramel with fruit or vegetable juice

The caramel will turn out colored from juice, for example, cherry or beetroot. Water can be completely replaced with juice - whatever you like. Take

10 tbsp. spoons of sugar
2 tbsp. spoons of water
2 tbsp. spoons of juice

Prepare caramel as described above, but you can check the readiness of the syrup not by color, but by the viscousness and hardening of the droplet in a glass of water.

Caramel on cream

6 tbsp. spoons of sugar
2 tbsp. spoons of cream
you can add vanilla

Cocoa lollipops

1 cup of sugar
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
50 grams of water or milk

Candy caramel with fruits

Prepare

150 gr. any fruit
1/2 cup sugar (or less if the fruit is very sweet)
3 tbsp. spoons of water

1. Grind the fruit in a blender or on a grater;
2. Mix sugar and water and cook until golden brown;
3. remove from heat, add fruit and mix well;
4. Divide the mixture into molds and insert sticks into the center;
5. Leave the candies to cool, maybe in the refrigerator.

Caramel lollipops with berries

100 grams of any berries (raspberries, currants, cherries)
1 tbsp. spoon
1/2 cup sugar
you can add vanilla

1. Chop the berries and mix with jam;
2. Put sugar and vanilla on the fire and cook until sticky and golden brown;
3. mix both mixtures;
4. pour the mixture into molds, insert the sticks and leave to cool.

Watch the video on how to cook whole fruits and berries (apples, grapes, etc.) in caramel

As a child, my mother made me lollipops - it was my favorite treat. Nowadays you can buy such sweets in the store, but I will never forget the taste of the candies made by my mother. I still have a mold for candy from those times, now I myself making lollipops at home and I make all the children in the yard happy. I offer one of the recipes for making sugar candies. If you don’t have a mold, you can pour the sugar mixture into tablespoons or teaspoons and insert toothpicks to make it convenient to hold the delicious candies.

Ingredients

In order to make lollipops at home we will need:

sugar - 6 tbsp. l.;

water - 2 tbsp. l.;

vinegar 9% - 1 tbsp. l.;

toothpicks or sticks;

butter or vegetable oil for greasing the mold.

Cooking steps

Place the sugar mixture over medium heat. And now the most important thing: during the cooking process, the caramel CANNOT BE STIRED (!!!), otherwise it will “sugarify” and look like just very wet sugar, and then this sugar will harden into a bulletproof stone. And the candies will turn out rough and lumpy, but we need to achieve a smooth and transparent consistency of the candies. So, let's be patient and don't touch the caramel.

How to make lollipops at home? This question is asked by almost every mother who wants to pamper her children with a delicious rooster, but does not want to buy harmful sweets in the store. It should be noted that today there are several ways to prepare such a delicacy. All of them require the use of a small number of components. The main advantage of such products is that they do not contain harmful dyes, preservatives or additives.

Details on how to make lollipops at home

The recipe presented is the simplest. Using this method, you can quickly make delicious homemade candies. In the future, the standard set can be easily modified by adding certain ingredients to it.

Today we decided to present you with the basic recipe with which all candies are made. We will also tell you how you can change the taste and color of homemade caramel.

So, to make regular sugar candies, you need to purchase:

• fine granulated sugar - 10 full large spoons;
• settled drinking water - about 10 large spoons;
• wine or apple cider vinegar - a large full spoon (if desired, you can replace it with citric acid);
• deodorized vegetable oil - used for greasing molds.

Step by step cooking method

Before you make lollipops at home, you should prepare a base for them. To do this, you need to pour drinking water, wine or apple cider vinegar into a small enamel pan, and also add granulated sugar. Mix the ingredients and heat thoroughly.

Once the mixture becomes hot and the sugar begins to dissolve, reduce the heat and cook the contents of the pan until golden brown. The heat treatment time of the sweet mass depends on its quantity - the larger the portion, the longer it needs to be heated.

During the cooking process, the syrup must be dripped into a bowl of cold water from time to time. If it begins to harden, then the base for the lollipops is considered completely ready.

Dessert Formation

Now you know the basic candy recipe. But in order to form beautiful figures from sweet syrup, the hot mass needs to be poured into molds pre-greased with vegetable fat. At the same time, you should not forget about the sticks, which must be inserted into the cooled mass. By the way, they can be purchased at any store, or you can use regular matches, toothpicks or bamboo skewers.

Once the lollipops are formed, they should be placed in the refrigerator and allowed to cool completely. After half an hour, you need to remove the caramel from the molds and please your child with a tasty and sweet treat.

How to make colorful cockerels at home?

We talked about how to make regular lollipops. But if you want to make multi-colored caramel, then you need bright natural dyes in the standard set of products.

So, to create multi-colored cockerels we will need:

• fine granulated sugar - 8 large spoons;
• fruit or berry juice without pulp - 7 large spoons;
• fresh lemon juice - dessert spoon;
• cooking sugar - use as desired.

Cooking process

How to make lollipops at home so that they turn out bright and beautiful? To do this, you need to mix fruit or berry juice without pulp with granulated sugar and freshly squeezed lemon. Next, the ingredients must be heated in an enamel bowl until all components are completely dissolved. In this case, the products should be stirred regularly with a large spoon so that they do not burn to the bottom of the pan.

Check the readiness of the caramel in exactly the same way as described above. To do this, the syrup must be periodically dripped into a bowl of cold water. As soon as the product begins to quickly solidify and not dissolve in the liquid, the candies are completely ready.

After cooking the base, add cooking sugar (if desired) and pour into molds greased with vegetable oil. If you really want to, you can add some additional nutritional supplements to these lollipops. This will make the dessert even more beautiful and vibrant. However, it should be noted that it is recommended to use only natural and not harmful ingredients. After all, your own child will enjoy the finished treat.

Making a mold for homemade candy

We told you how to make delicious lollipops at home just above. However, you should also talk about what molds you need to use to make beautiful caramel.

Today it is quite problematic to find dishes for homemade candy in the store. After all, such a dessert is not very popular due to the fact that it can be purchased at any time in the nearest supermarket. In this regard, we recommend using improvised means. For example, if you want to make a round lollipop with a stick, then the caramel mass should simply be poured onto a flat baking sheet in the form of neat puddles. Next, you need to place a regular wooden stick in each of them. Once hardened, you will get a standard round lollipop.

To prepare homemade caramel, experienced housewives often use shaped silicone molds, which are intended for cupcakes. Chocolate boxes are also good for this dessert.

Some people with a sweet tooth make beautiful homemade lollipops by filling cookie molds with caramel mixture, etc.

Let's sum it up

As you can see, there are quite a few ways to make delicious and beautiful homemade caramel. But when preparing such a dessert, you should not forget about generously lubricating the molds. Otherwise, your candies will simply stick to the dishes, and it is unlikely that you will be able to remove them intact.

It should also be noted that it is very important that the molds are made of a material that can withstand the temperature of hot caramel without melting.

Grandma's lollipops are a good alternative to store-bought lollipops. Homemade lollipops are made from sugar syrup using natural dyes, which significantly reduces the amount of harmful synthetic additives in the diet of little sweet tooths.

Basic recipe for making lollipops at home

The basic recipe for making homemade lollipops can be further modified by adding ingredients (fruit juices, zest, cocoa, food coloring), and you can prepare different flavors of this delicacy.

To make lollipops at home, you will need:

10 tablespoons of granulated sugar; - 10 tablespoons of water; - 1 tablespoon of vinegar or 1/5 teaspoon of citric acid; - vegetable oil.

To make candies, it is better to use natural apple or wine vinegar.

First of all, mix water, granulated sugar and vinegar in a fireproof bowl. An enamel pan is suitable for this. Place over medium heat and heat thoroughly. When the sugar begins to dissolve, reduce the heat and, stirring continuously, cook the sugar syrup until a nice golden color is obtained. The cooking time directly depends on the amount of liquid in the pan: the larger the portion, the longer the caramel cooking time.

Check readiness periodically - drop the syrup being prepared into a cup or glass of cold water. As soon as the drops begin to harden, remove the pan from the heat - the candies are ready.

If you don't have a special cockerel mold, you can make the lollipops in ice cube trays, silicone molds, or lined cookie sheets. It is important that the material of the mold can withstand the temperature of hot caramel

How to make a lollipop? Recipe

Grease special molds for preparing cockerels with vegetable oil and fill them with prepared caramel. To make the cockerels on legs, insert pre-prepared sticks. You can buy them, or you can use ordinary matches, wooden toothpicks or bamboo skewers for lollipop sticks. Just remember to trim off the sharp ends.

Cool the candies to room temperature and remove from the mold. A delicious homemade delicacy is ready to eat.

How to make colorful candies

To prepare unusual candies of different colors, you should slightly change the basic caramel recipe and take the following ingredients:

8 tablespoons of granulated sugar; - 3 tablespoons of berry or fruit juice without pulp: - 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.

Mix all ingredients: granulated sugar, fruit and lemon juice. Heat them in a non-stick pan until the sugar is completely dissolved, stirring continuously. Determine if the caramel is ready by dropping the syrup into a cup of cold water. When the drop stops dissolving and begins to harden, remove the betta caramel from the heat.

If the candies are prepared using food coloring, then thoroughly mix the powdered coloring agents in the water before heating, otherwise the candy will color unevenly.

You can use citrus zest, coffee, cocoa, orange and rose water as flavorings for candies.