Lollipop Drink Recipes

Steps:

• Place lollipop sticks in hard candy molds or arrange sticks 3 in. apart on greased foil-lined baking sheets; set aside., In a heavy saucepan, combine corn syrup and sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cover and cook for 3 minutes to dissolve sugar crystals. Uncover and cook over medium-high heat, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage). , Remove from the heat; stir in flavoring and food coloring, keeping face away from mixture as odor is very strong. Immediately pour into prepared molds or pour free-form over ends of lollipop sticks on baking sheets. Let cool before removing.

Steps:

• Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour shots in order into the glass.
• Stir drink or you can use a martini shaker to mix the ingredients, however you want to do it.
• Top drink with a cherry and enjoy!

Steps:

• Grease 8 metal lollipop molds.
• Combine corn syrup water and sugar in small sauce pan over low heat, stirring just till the sugar dissolves.
• Once the mixture comes to a boil, reduce back to low heat.
• Continue to cook until it reaches 300°F on candy thermometer (it will take 15 minutes total).
• If crystals form around edge of pan, brush them back with moistened pastry brush.
• Remove from heat add root beer.
• Fill each mold with 1 tablespoon mixture.
• Insert a stick into center inserting it 1/4 inch and smoothing over; let cool and then unmold.

Steps:

• Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil, and arrange lollipop sticks 4 inches apart. In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, 1/2 cup water, and corn syrup, and heat until sugar dissolves. Cover and boil mixture 1 minute. Remove the cover and boil the syrup until it registers 310°F (or 98°F above the boiling point of your water) on a candy thermometer.
• Immediately remove the saucepan from the heat and set on a rack. Let syrup cool 5 minutes, then stir in food coloring and flavoring.
• Pour syrup in 2- to 3-inch puddles over one end of each lollipop stick. Allow candy to cool completely. Wrap each lollipop in plastic wrap.
• *Oil flavorings, available at health-food stores, work better than alcohol-based extracts, which can evaporate during the candy-making process.