What do children love most in the world? Of course - sweets, or rather lollipops. Unfortunately, a store-bought lollipop doesn't do much good for your little one. And if you make it at home, it will certainly combine taste and usefulness.
Classic chupa chups
To make a lollipop at home, you will need the following ingredients:
- 2 glasses of sugar;
2/3 cup corn syrup
- 3/4 glass of water;
- 1 teaspoon of any flavoring;
1/4 teaspoon liquid food coloring.
You will also need:
- a large saucepan;
- thermometer;
- special molds for chupa-chups;
- special sticks or toothpicks;
- a heat-resistant ceramic jug or glass container.
Lightly dampen the molds with a spray bottle and insert the prepared sticks into them. Combine sugar, corn syrup, and water in a large saucepan. Stir the mixture over medium heat until the sugar is completely dissolved, then bring it to a boil without stirring.
Use a thermometer. Pour the dye into the mixture at a temperature of 130 ° C. There is no need to stir the mass. Then add the flavor. Remove mixture from heat at 150 ° C.
Please note that the temperature will rise very quickly to the desired maximum. That is why keep track of its mark, starting from 120 ° C.
Pour the mixture carefully into a glass container or ceramic jug. Pour the syrup into molds. After that, place the mass in the refrigerator to freeze faster. After a few hours, remove the candies from the molds and wrap them in pre-prepared bags.
Chupa Chups recipe with honey and fruit
To make chupa chups using this recipe, you will need:
- fruits;
- honey;
- sugar.
Take one of your child's favorite fruits (banana, apple, strawberry, kiwi, etc.) and chop it until smooth with a blender or fine grater. Add honey and sugar to the resulting fruit mass. Their number directly depends on how sweet the selected fruit is.
Divide the thick mass into molds, place toothpicks in the center and refrigerate for 1-2 hours. After homemade lollipops have hardened, you can safely treat your favorites.
Apple Chupa Chups
To make a large chupa chups you will need:
- small apples;
- butter;
- sugar;
- any food coloring.
If desired, the peel can be removed from the apples.
Take small apples and insert a wooden stick into the center of each one. Then cook the caramel by mixing the butter, sugar and food coloring. Dip the apples into the resulting caramel and let it set.
Chupa-chups, prepared according to any of the above recipes, is a better option for babies than the store counterpart of this sweet. In addition, the joint preparation of such delicacies will bring a lot of joy to the baby.
