Comments on: The Rock Candy Recipe

By: Rhondaa

Rhondaa — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:22:05 +0000

So, can you give me an idea of how many rock candy strings this will make? I will probably use swizzle sticks instead of string.

By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:09:00 +0000

This is so awesome. I`ve got all of the ingredients needed for this recipe. Just hope it works. Thanks Jason! I`ll let you know how it goes:)

By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:08:00 +0000

This is so awesome. I`ve got all of the ingredients needed for this recipe. Just hope it works. Thanks Jason! I`ll let you know how it goes.

By: al gore

al gore — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:11:07 +0000

@Crop High Humidity will not discourage rock candy from forming. The reason you’re not getting any is that you’re not supersaturating enough sugar into the solution for the crystals to form and/or there isn’t enough evaporation occurring.

@Chris
Wow #1 21 ounces of Sucrose, #2 8 ounces of tap water. Please remove yourself from the gene pool.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:15:43 +0000

Oddly, you’re missing ingredients 1 and 2 from the list of things you’ll need.

I’m assuming those missing items are 1) water and 2) sugar, but I’d love to know the actual quantities.

By: CropTillDawn

CropTillDawn — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:25:45 +0000

I live at the beach and the kids and I have tried this at least 2 different times and for some reason it will not work? Is it because of the high humidity? Summer is coming so we will try it one more time.
My husband is a Rocket Scientist and works on an Air Force Base but they only let 50 kids come to ” Bring your Kids to Work” Day in April and it was full :(
Maybe next year :)

By: Cathi

Cathi — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:41:32 +0000

Or you could use the old-fashioned, kid-proven recipe: Tie a piece of string to a washer (from Dad’s workbench-brush off the sawdust and dirt. Tie the other end to a pencil. Put the pencil across a glass jar so the washer lays on the bottom. Pour boiling water into the jar, leaving some room at the top. Spoon in sugar, stirring constantly, until the water will not hold any more. Cover the jar will plastic wrap, using a rubber band to seal the palstic wrap to the sides of the jar. Set the jar aside (like hidden in your closet) fro a few days then eat up the rock candy. Less scientific but lots more fun, especially since we were not allowed to make rock candy because the crystals(will break your teeth”.