Test the sugar again – this time the spoon is much clearer and the sugar liquid is fairly transparent. Leave it for couple more minutes and then bring the mixture to the boil and carry on boiling on a medium heat. Don’t be tempted to steer the mixture, it would crystallise it. For the best in delicious wholesale Candy Canes, look no further than Candy UK—the UK’s only Candy Cane producer. Invest in heat resistant gloves, which will protect your hands from the hot candy and the dye. They are available online. And if you fancy trying other hard boiled sweets recipes you can follow my tried and tested recipe for traditional sweets right here on my blog, where you will also find my troubleshooting tips for making sweets at home. Why make this recipe?

Ideal for events or when a bespoke product is needed on short notice, our wholesale Candy Canes will bring that classic sweet shop feel you can’t get anywhere else. We’ll design and manufacture a bulk run of Candy Canes in the colour and flavour of your choosing for a completely personalised run. What’s more, their short lead time and low MOQ make us the most flexible supplier when it comes to personalised confectionery products. I’ve divided the mixture into two parts – one – large one for the white element of the candy cane and smaller one for the red stripes. Start by pulling the lighter sugar mixture. You can see that at the beginning the mixture is see-through, but as you carry on pulling and twisting the rope, it gets more and more opaque. Bring the mixture to about 150 C (145-150 depending on the humidity in your kitchen), take off the heat and add your flavour.

Our shop is crammed full of all your favourites like popping candy, sherbet fountains, and liquorice whips. First of all mix all the ingredients (apart from the colour and peppermint extract) in to a medium size pan and put on a very low heat.

The smaller puddle of the sugar mixture needs to be coloured with red gel colouring. You only need tiny amount, which still gives you strong red colour. The large puddle of the sugar mixture is not being coloured, but if you have white gel colour, you can use that. After few minutes the sugar starts to dissolve, but if you test it with a wooden spoon, you can still see sugar crystals that are not fully dissolved. Keep it on very low heat and wait a little longer until all is dissolved. Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the product information provided, products and their ingredients may change. You are advised to always read the product label for ingredients, nutrition, dietary claims and allergens.Depending on the type of your peppermint flavour you might need to add 1-2 teaspoons of the extract. I’ve added 2 teaspoons and the flavour was fairly minty, but not overpowering. Candy canes are fun to eat on their own, but there are plenty of creative ways to use them in other recipes around the holidays. We don’t just sell online, we also have a real sweet shop. We are located right in the heart of Bristol, just off St Nicholas Street, the main part of the old city. Pop in and say hello! Bowers, Paige (September 10, 2019). "Bobs Candies". New Georgia Encyclopedia . Retrieved February 19, 2022. You can see that the mixture is not quite white and whilst it gets lighter as you pull it, it doesn’t get brightly white. This is mainly because, whilst trying to take all the photos and make the recipe at the same time, my sugar syrup has been slightly caught by the heat and started to caramelise.