Pink Peppermint Candy
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 3:15pm

Ingredients




2 cups Sugar
1 cup Light corn syrup
1 dash Salt
1/2 cup Water
1/4 teaspoon Red food coloring
1/2 teaspoon Peppermint extract

Preparation

1 Combine sugar, syrup, salt and water in a saucepan. Heat slowly, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves, then cook, stirring, until mixture reaches 300 on a candy thermometer (a tsp of syrup will separate into brittle threads when dropped into cold water). 2 Stir in food coloring and extract until blended; remove from heat. 3 Drop from tip of a teaspoon onto well oiled cookie sheets to make 1 1/2 inch rounds,or spoon into well oiled 1 1/2 inch molds. If syrup hardens while shaping drops, heat slowly until just melted. 4 Cool on cookie sheets or in molds until firm, then remove carefully with spatula.