Grandmama Pampas' Old-Fashion Pull Mints

SUBMITTED BY: AMY CATES

"These mints are so good! They're the soft, melt-in-your mouth kind that remind you of trips to your grandparents' house. Yum! This is best done on a marble slab, but can be done on a very clean baking sheet, although it may affect the temperature of the candy."

PREP TIME	5 Min
COOK TIME	25 Min
READY IN	1 Hr

SERVINGS & SCALING

Original recipe yield: 1 pound of candy

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INGREDIENTS

3 cups white sugar
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup boiling water
1 tablespoon butter
3 drops peppermint oil
food coloring

READ REVIEWS (3)

DIRECTIONS

Place sugar and 3 tablespoons butter into a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Pour the boiling water over, and stir to dissolve. Allow the mixture to come to a rolling boil. It will boil up in the pot as if it is going to boil over, but it will settle down. Use some of the remaining butter to butter a marble slab.
When the sugar mixture reaches the soft crack stage of 270 to 280 degrees F (132 to 140 degrees C), remove from the heat immediately. Pour onto the buttered marble slab. Add peppermint oil and food coloring if desired. Butter your hands, and start pulling up pieces of the sugar blob. Keep stretching so that it will not set up. Continue to stretch until it has lost it's shine and is stringier.
Pull the candy out into one long string, and cut into 1 inch segments using scissors. Store candies in an airtight tin.

Note

If it turns back into sugar while being pulled, put it back in the pot with another cup of boiling water and start again at step 2.

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REVIEWS

Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2003 by MAMAJ57

This is a great receipe. I have made these before but had lost the receipe. Since my receipe had been handed down over the years I wasn't able to replace it until now. Pulling the mints make all the difference. My mother and I used to make a double batch and hers were always better. She always got more pulls in than I did. This is a fun receipe to make with friends. The success isn't in the receipe but in the candy maker. If you fail the first time try again.

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Reviewed on Nov. 28, 2005 by Chelle

So glad I found this website and this recipe again. My mom, grandmother and I used to make it for several years as Christmas gifts for friends and coworkers. We'd make mints of different colors. We'd make flavor varities such as spearmint (our favorite) as well as raspberry, strawberry, vanilla etc. We'd have different colors for each flavor. Warning: you will really need a candy thermometer to determine candy temperature. Be careful, mixture is HOT and I burned my hand once while trying to pour it. You also have to work VERY FAST with pulling the candy and cutting it before it sets up, because it starts setting up fast. It's best to have several family members present to help because it "moves fast." Great recipe for inexpensive gift giving. I think we'll try it again this year!

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Reviewed on May 12, 2006 by Ilovetocook

I tried this recipe 3 times and could not get it to turn out It was like eating a mint flavored sugar cube. I followed the recipe EXACTLY even using the marble slab. After the first time Irealized how fast it set up so try and try again . Iwould still like to have a recipe like this that works. I am very determined. It may have been just me though

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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 48

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 57

Total Fat: 1g
Cholesterol: 3mg
Sodium: 10mg
Total Carbs: 12.5g
Dietary Fiber: 0g
Protein: 0g

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