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STEPS
INGREDIENTS

Start by cutting out little pieces of your wax/parchment paper

Start by cutting out little pieces of your wax/parchment paper

Take your corn syrup

Take your corn syrup

Sugar

Sugar

And water (not much)

And water (not much)

Mix 1 cup sugar and add just enough water to make it look like wet sand and add a dab of the corn syrup                P.S. If you add too much water it is like a sweet paste

Mix 1 cup sugar and add just enough water to make it look like wet sand and add a dab of the corn syrup P.S. If you add too much water it is like a sweet paste

Set on stove to medium low heat

Set on stove to medium low heat

Then let your sugar solution sit don't stir or anything

Then let your sugar solution sit don't stir or anything

You should start seeing bubbles at the edge and if you connect them it will look like an X

You should start seeing bubbles at the edge and if you connect them it will look like an X

The bubbles will grow still don't stir

The bubbles will grow still don't stir

they'll reach the center you still can't stir

they'll reach the center you still can't stir

(Not in the pic) it will turn a dark golden brown but not to dark

(Not in the pic) it will turn a dark golden brown but not to dark

Then stir

Then stir

And add some water to slow the bubbles you only need like half a small Dixie cup                                                      Warning: it will bubble a lot and make weird sounds

And add some water to slow the bubbles you only need like half a small Dixie cup Warning: it will bubble a lot and make weird sounds

Then put on a simmer

Then put on a simmer

Move quickly or it will harden on the spoon  Place a decent sized glob of the caramel to the wax/parchment paper strip you cut out earlier

Move quickly or it will harden on the spoon Place a decent sized glob of the caramel to the wax/parchment paper strip you cut out earlier

Let cool (about 3-5 minutes) Fold in the sides twist the ends and your done

  • Sugar
  • Water
  • Corn syrup
  • Cooking pot
  • Spoon(s)
  • Wax/parchment paper
  • Stove