Ingredients you need to make sugar crystals
- - 380 ml. water,
- - 1 kg sugar,
- - wooden sticks - skewers,
- - clothespins,
- - transparent glass cups - glasses (other utensils are possible).
Making sugar crystals
Place water in a saucepan on the stove and heat it up a little. Add sugar and stir until completely dissolved. If it does not dissolve, heat it a little more and so on until completely dissolved without a residue.
Important: Do not boil the water with sugar and, if possible, use a lower temperature.
Our main task is to completely dissolve the sugar with minimal heat.
Prepare the sticks on which you will grow crystals
Dip the sticks in water and roll them a little in powdered sugar. Let dry on a plate in a warm place. This is the base on which the sugar crystals from the water will crystallize.
Only after the water has cooled, pour it into cups and add food coloring as desired.I poured it into several glasses and added different colored dyes.
Place the sticks in the cups and secure them with a clothespin in the center. The chopsticks should not touch the edges of the cup.
We are waiting for the crystals to grow
It takes several days to grow crystals. I advise you to put all the cups out of reach. Preferably in the dark. Cover to prevent dust from entering. Wait a few days, periodically monitoring the process.
Crystals begin to form. Sugar also crystallizes on the surface of the glass.
The final stage is drying the crystals
After all the crystals have grown, you need to get them out by breaking the surface that has formed. And place in an empty glass to dry out excess liquid. This will take about a day; everything dried overnight for me.
You can try!
Beautiful and appetizing lollipops beckon you to put them in your mouth. So feel free to enjoy.
You can make small crystals using toothpicks and shot glasses.
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