Marjorie's Candies BUTTERSCOTCH Hard Candies

Butterscotch Hard Candy
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
2 TBs. water
2 TBs. vinegar
1. Combine all ingredients in 2-qt. heavy bottomed sauce pan. Cook, stirring until all the sugar is dissolved.
2. Introduce the candy thermometer and cook to 300 degrees F. Stirring occasionally.
3 Remove the pot from the heat, and allow it to cool a few min. It becomes thicker and stands up better for a lollipop.
Please see the lollipop video for pouring lollipops.
4. If you do not have a mold for making small pieces of candy. Just pour the thickened butterscotch on greased wax paper in a 8 x 8 inch pan and use a buttered knife or flat side of a metal spatual or a dock scrapper would work great if you have one. to mark while the candy is still soft .
5, Allow candy to cool completely and then break apart and store in an air tighr container.

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[MarjoriesCandies]

Brown sugar would give the candy a molasses flavor. The butter and sugar caramelize to give it the caramel/butterscotch flavor.

I am careful with molasses as I do not like the flavor.

Great for Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Thanks for the question.

Margie

[MarjoriesCandies]

Making candy without a candy thermometer is much more difficult. It takes all the guess work out regarding whether or not the candy has reached its temperature. You could try dropping a little candy into ice water to see if it forms a hard ball when squished together. I have never actually done that, I have always used a thermometer.

Good luck.

Margie

[MarjoriesCandies]

Very Cool!

Thank you so much for the comment

[MarjoriesCandies]

Thank you so much let me know how it comes out

[MarjoriesCandies]

Have fun and let me know how it turns out.

Margie

[MarjoriesCandies]

Yes this candy could be made in a heart mold that is designed to be used for very hot candy.

This candy cannot be dyed pink because it is yellow already. For pink candy I would use a lollipop recipe like the one I used for the candy apples.

[JrotheChef89]

I haven't tried the recipe yet... but i can tell it is going to be as awesome as you are.

[Zaku186]

i thought you were supposed to use brown sugar?

[Pipcute10]

i have everything except the candy thermometer -__-

[Greenbrier326]

@MarjoriesCandies - Great recipe Marjorie; I've made it twice and they came out perfect. Also, I bought a silicon mold at a restaurant supply store and it is amazing. It feels like rubber but it can take liquids up to 550 degrees without melting; after cooling, the candies come out clean as a whistle.

[Greenbrier326]

@MarjoriesCandies - What is the vinegar in the recipe for and what does it do? Is it necessary?

[Jbear9]

I did it! I made butterscotch hard candy! I'm 60, and I remember at age 3 tasting butterscotch hard candy for the first time, and the dream I had about them that night!

My son asked me, "How do those ingredients end up tasting like butterscotch?"

Answer: MAGIC!