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Mint Lollipops

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Mint Lollipops

Mint Lollipops

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Equipment

  • - Candy Mold Set

  • - Professional for making various shapes and sizes, including lollipops.

  • - Lollipop Sticks

  • - Specifically designed for inserting into lollipops to hold them upright.

  • - Mini Ice Cream Makers

  • - Adapted for making homemade frozen treats like mint chocolate bars

  • - Candy Thermometer

  • - Essential for ensuring the correct temperature during candy-making to achieve desired consistency and texture.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup water

  • 3 cups packed mint leaves (peppermint or spearmint)

  • 2 cups sugar

  • 1 tablespoon light corn syrup

  • 1/4 teaspoon pure peppermint or spearmint extract

  • Equipment: a candy thermometer; 24 lollipop sticks; cellophane wrappers (optional)

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Lightly oil 2 large baking sheets.
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Instruction 2

Bring water to a boil in a 1-quart heavy saucepan, then stir in mint and remove from heat. Cool slightly, about 2 minutes, then purée in a blender, about 1 minute (use caution when blending hot liquids). Strain through a fine-mesh sieve lined with 2 layers of paper towel into a bowl, pressing on and then discarding solids (you should have at least 2/3 cup liquid).
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Instruction 3

Have an ice bath ready.
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Instruction 4

Heat sugar, corn syrup, and 2/3 cup mint liquid in cleaned saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium heat, without stirring, washing any sugar crystals down side of pan with a pastry brush dipped in cold water and skimming any foam from surface. Put thermometer into syrup and boil until it registers 300°F (hard-crack stage), then stir in mint extract. Immediately dip bottom of pan in ice bath to stop cooking.
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Instruction 5

Pour a 2-inch pool of syrup onto 1 of the baking sheets and quickly put a lollipop stick in it. Continue making lollipops, spacing pools of syrup 2 inches apart. (If syrup becomes too thick to pour, heat to thin it.) Let lollipops cool and harden, about 15 minutes, then gently loosen with a thin metal spatula. If desired, individually wrap lollipops in cellophane wrappers.
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