Sweet

February 22, 2015 8:59 AM

How to Make Handmade Candy (SLYT)
posted by fearfulsymmetry (18 comments total)

I thought the heart shape would just get squished into a little blob. That was cool.
posted by bunderful at 9:18 AM on February 22, 2015

What is it called when you have an ASMR response to the tactile quality of candy making? This is awesome just to watch.
posted by isopraxis at 9:22 AM on February 22, 2015 [3 favorites]

Their website says they have candies with little cat faces and ones with panda faces. I think I might just visit.
posted by jeather at 9:23 AM on February 22, 2015

I'd also recommended the film on Teddy Gray's, a very traditonal British sweets manufacturers, from this previous post (the original link is coming up Private Video now)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 9:49 AM on February 22, 2015 [2 favorites]

Are there special candy-stretching gloves? He switches to a pair of black gloves just for the stretching bit.
posted by minsies at 9:58 AM on February 22, 2015

.....Is this a double? I swear I remember seeing this before.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:11 AM on February 22, 2015 [2 favorites]

I was wrong - same method, different manufacturer.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 10:12 AM on February 22, 2015

.....Is this a double? I swear I remember seeing this before.

I posted this over a year ago on ribbon candy, which in turn prompted commenters to post their own hypnotic candy making vids.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 10:17 AM on February 22, 2015 [1 favorite]

Handmade candycanes.
posted by porpoise at 10:41 AM on February 22, 2015 [1 favorite]

You can see it any day on Blackpool Prom
posted by PeterMcDermott at 10:43 AM on February 22, 2015 [1 favorite]

I LURVE making candy, but man it can be scary: if that hot sugar gets on your skin it is not funny. Seriously, I got a fairly serious burn the first time I tried it. Didn't stop me from doing it again, though, a bunch of times.
posted by holborne at 11:08 AM on February 22, 2015

That was unexpectedly tense! You could really sense the need for hurry, as the candy began to cool and harden, and the quick work with the shears, the water sponging, and the gloves all added to the surgical atmosphere. Gripping stuff!
posted by mrjohnmuller at 11:26 AM on February 22, 2015

I don't think there's that much danger of cooling -- usually the part where they're working the candy is done on a heated surface that keeps the candy at the temperature they need to work it.
posted by jacquilynne at 11:29 AM on February 22, 2015

Heat lamps are also frequently used. Very helpful!
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 11:39 AM on February 22, 2015

Man, my hands just ACHE watching them work the scissors through increasingly thicker slabs of candy.
posted by xingcat at 2:45 PM on February 22, 2015 [1 favorite]

This was fascinating. May well prompt a visit to their website.
posted by arcticseal at 3:07 PM on February 22, 2015

This is quite intriguing, but watching it gives me curious, fleeting tooth pains.
posted by Hot Pastrami! at 4:51 PM on February 22, 2015

A friend brought this kind of candy back from Australia after commenting on the lack of this type of shop in the states. It was the best hard candy I'd had in quite sometime! Sent this to her for an upcoming trip to Montreal.
posted by maryr at 8:17 AM on February 23, 2015