Cracked glass candy / cinnamon hard candy is a fun and delicious candy that is easy to make and hard not to taste! You can make this glass candy with any flavor you find in your local craft store and color it to your liking. A few of my favorite flavors are black licorice, cinnamon and butter rum. Add a splash of color to your Christmas desserts this holiday season by adding cracked glass candy to your list of must bake items.
Supplies for Cracked Glass Candy Making
- Measuring cups
- Candy thermometer
- Parchment paper
- Pot
- Spatula
- Gallon ziplock bag
- wooden spoon with long handle
- oven mitts
This candy is excellent for adding some texture and color to your Christmas desserts and also works as an awesome decoration on gingerbread houses! Christmas time is filled with sweets. Add this to your Christmas baking list, you will not be disappointed.
Glass candy
Equipment
- candy thermometer
- heavy pot
- wooden spoon with long handle
- oven mitts
- parchment paper
- 10x15 cookie sheet with edges
- gallon zip lock bag
- measuring cups
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cups cold water
- 3/4 cups light corn syrup
- 1 dash salt
- 4 drops food coloring
- 1/2 tsp flavored oil
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a large pot, add the sugar, water and salt. Stir together. Over medium heat while stirring to dissolve the sugar, bring the mixture to a boil. STOP STIRRING. Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pot. Let the mixture boil until the temperature reaches hard crack stage. 300 degrees. Remove from heat. Add your flavoring and food coloring. Stir carefully until combined . Pour candy onto prepared pan. Let cool at room temperature until hardened. Place the cooled cookie sheet on the counter, with a heavy spoon, hit the candy. Break the pieced until desired sized. Put the broken pieced into the ziplock bag. Add the powered sugar. Shake until coated. Stored in a sealed container. Enjoy!
Happy holidays!
Another thing we like to bake around the holidays is , Finnish Pulla. The warm loaf coming out of the oven, is just the thing to add to that holiday feeling. What is your favorite holiday baking tradition? Please share them in our comments section.
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