Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2011

Perfect. I used cinnamon oil & my candy is great. Didn'tsee the point of confectioners' sugar.

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Pisces221

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2011

Cooks right, but needs half a bottle of extract to get anywhere, might need an entire bottle to taste right.

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iceprincess

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2011

again recipe from when I too was young. Good advice is to cover your hand with butter which will help while cutting the strips into pieces. We usaully used a small bowl and put butter in it and would just grab a small amount and cover palms and then went to work on cutting pieces. This was a great thing to do as a family.

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babygirl1910

Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2011

Great hard candy recipe. I have also placed Popsicle sticks on a cookie sheet lined with foil and sprayed and then poured the candy mixture into circles over the end of each stick. Individual suckers work well for children.

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tbearmom03

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Tempe, Arizona, USA

Living In: Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2011

excellent

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diana

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2011

This recipe was so easy to follow. I was very nervous about candy making because I was told it was very touchy...but it wasn't bad at all! But it did take FOREVER to get the candy up to 220 degrees, so I pulled up a chair and "watched a pot boil". I couldn't figure out how to cut the candy while it was still hot. But where I come from, people pour the candy into a cookie sheet and smash it with a hammer, so no one noticed. Be careful, because between 250 and 300 degrees, the sugar heats up very quickly. Also I had another recipe from the flavoring insert, and it said to put the coloring in at 250 degrees, and NOT with the flavoring. Other than that, no alterations were made to this recipe. Thanks for sharing!

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laceybug8806

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lisbon, New York, USA

Living In: Ogdensburg, New York, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2010

I have been looking for a hard candy recipe for quite a while like I had when I was growing up. Ii have never made it before and I was surprised at how easy it was! My first batch turned out perfectly! I do think it needs a little more of the extract but that is a personal choice. Thank you so much for such a easy recipe!

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gabby70

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Lindale, Texas, USA

Living In: Wyoming, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2010

Made these canides the other day and they turned out wonderful! Only changes I made was the extract. Instead of using extract I used one dram of LorAnne flavored oil. I made cinnamon, butterscotch, and watermellon. The watermellon was less than pleasing because it turned out too sweet and tasted to much like artificial flavoring. I recommend to anyone that if you do make watermellon to add LorAnn tart & sour enhancer. Tastes very similar to jolly ranchers when the enhancer is added. Great recipe thanks for sharing!

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