How to make Rock Candy, aka, Hard Tack Candy
Author: Lori
Ingredients
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • ⅔ cup white karo syrup
  • 1 teaspoon (or a little more) of flavoring oil
  • food coloring
Instructions
  1. In a saucepan, mix your sugar, water, and karo syrup.
  2. Boil until temperature of the mixture reaches 300'.
  3. Take off stove and pour in food coloring & flavoring oil, as many drops as you like. Stir well.
  4. Pour into a greased cookie sheet. I used cooking spray.
  5. Let cool for a couple of minutes and start to cut or let cool all the way and break.
Recipe by A Cowboy's Wife at https://acowboyswife.com/make-rock-candy-aka-hard-tack-candy/