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thenewgreen  ·  4680 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I wonder if it tastes as good as it looks
It's cool to see how they lift it once it's finished.

I've seen candies that are more elaborate and ornate but NEVER after being made from a dripping ladle. Most confectioner decorating that I've seen uses squeeze bottles. This was impressive.





JakobVirgil  ·  4679 days ago  ·  link  ·  
don't they burn their hands with the bottles?
mitzy  ·  4679 days ago  ·  link  ·  
It's probably not warm caramel that they use, but some other type of candy that hardens when exposed to air/cold/some other environmental stimulus.
JakobVirgil  ·  4679 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I do it with sugar at the "hard crack" stage I assumed they do the same but know you have me wondering. did some googling http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com/en/8Kaleidoscope7248.... looks like it is brown and or white sugar. so you are right not caramel but melted sugar.
JakobVirgil  ·  4679 days ago  ·  link  ·  
but the western folks have other types of candy which after rereading I guess is what you meant.