Who doesn't love rock candy?!!! It is so much fun to make rock candy at home. This recipe is actually a Science Experiment! It is super fun to watch crystals growing at home. Kids will love this project. But it requires lot of patience. It may take from 1 week to 2 weeks to completely grow.
Ingredients:
1. Sugar - 4 cups
2. Water - 2 cups
3. Food Colour.
4. Essence (I used Rose, Vanilla and Pineapple)
5. Glass containers
6. Cloth-pins
7. Bamboo Skewers
Recipe:
1. In a sauce pan, add water and start heating it. Add sugar to the water, 1 cup at a time and keep on stirring. The sugar will mix completely and the solution will start to boil. Switch off the flame. Allow the solution to cool.
2. Take the glass containers and add food colour and Essence to the glass containers. For Example, add pineapple essence and yellow food colour in a glass. I used Yellow for pineapple flavour, pink for rose flavour and no colour for vanilla flavour.
3. Once the solution is cooled, pour it into the prepared glass jars. Mix the essence and flavour completely. Alternatively, you can also cool down the sugar solution in different containers having the essence and food colours.
4. Take the bamboo skewers and dip in the sugar solution and coat with the sugar. This is like a seed for the sugar crystals to grow. Allow the sugar coated skewers to dry.
5. Now place the bamboo skewer inside the glass jar such that it doesn't touch the bottom and sides of the container. This can be done by inserting the skewer in a cloth pin and placing the cloth pin horizontally on the rim of the container.
6. Do not disturb the set up. Enjoy watching the sugar crystals growing from the second day.
7. Remove the rock candy when it attains the desired size. Keep the rock candy in the kitchen tissue and allow it to dry. You are done with your crystal growth Experiment!!!!
2. Take the glass containers and add food colour and Essence to the glass containers. For Example, add pineapple essence and yellow food colour in a glass. I used Yellow for pineapple flavour, pink for rose flavour and no colour for vanilla flavour.
3. Once the solution is cooled, pour it into the prepared glass jars. Mix the essence and flavour completely. Alternatively, you can also cool down the sugar solution in different containers having the essence and food colours.
4. Take the bamboo skewers and dip in the sugar solution and coat with the sugar. This is like a seed for the sugar crystals to grow. Allow the sugar coated skewers to dry.
5. Now place the bamboo skewer inside the glass jar such that it doesn't touch the bottom and sides of the container. This can be done by inserting the skewer in a cloth pin and placing the cloth pin horizontally on the rim of the container.
6. Do not disturb the set up. Enjoy watching the sugar crystals growing from the second day.
7. Remove the rock candy when it attains the desired size. Keep the rock candy in the kitchen tissue and allow it to dry. You are done with your crystal growth Experiment!!!!
Notes:
1. As we hav used 2 cups of water (approximately 500 ml), use a glass containers which can hold 100 ml each. That way, you will get 5 rock candies. All these measurements are approximate. Just for you to get a rough idea.
2. Try using a small (short) containers. I observed that rock candy grew well in the short containers better than in the bigger ones. Also that amount of sugar solution used will be less in the case of small containers. That way, you can avoid more wastage.
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