Source: thedecoratedcookieblog.com via Carrie on Pinterest
The moment I saw the Lollipop photo on Pinterest I KNEW I had to try it. immediately.
Having tackled homemade suckers before and finding myself in the midst of a sticky mess - I felt like i was really rolling the dice. I dreaded the sticky cleanup I experienced last time... but if this was really as easy as it looked....well it was worth the risk.
The general idea is to take three jolly ranchers *unwrapped of course * and lay them side by side on a sheet of parchment paper, which is one top of a piece of foil, which is on a baking sheet. warm up the oven and let the candies melt for about 6 minutes....
Pull out hte pan of semi-melted candies and slide sucker sticks into the gooey candies - let cool.
(The link to the full How-To is at the top of this post.)
Here are some things I learned:
- Don't get distracted (like kate and I did ... we were squirrel watching and forgot about suckers in oven) The sucker really only need 6minutes...any longer and they spread out and liquify. *see photos below of first batch.
- When putting stick in ...lay the lightly where you think you want them, press slightly down and then turn or roll so sucker is all around the stick and sticks stay put.
-it's faster if you have two cookie sheets/ baking pans ready....then you can just switch them out...your only going to fit about 6-8 suckers on each pan.
