Rock candy has been around for many years. In the past West, sugar used to be only used as a medicine or a preservative. Until the 18^th century when they used it as a treat. It was called “Sugre Candie". Have you wondered if the difference of powdered sugar and regular sugar mattered when you make Rock Candy?

            Rock Candy is the recrystallization of pure cane sugar. The way Rock Candy is made is the same way quarts and many other crystals are made, except it is made with sugar and water. The sugar is mixed with water and is left to cool. The sugar grows crystals on the sticks, strings, or just forms loose crystals. If you put the container in a warm spot, the crystals will grow larger because of how it slowly cools. We used glass jars to see what happens during the process, but if you better results use a plastic container. The more they dry the more they sparkle.

            People always try to stay away from sugar if they are dieting or just cutting back. The truth is that you always have sugar in food. This simply cannot happen because there is sugar in everything. Sometimes people think they are not eating sugar because they do not know some of the terms used for sugar in foods. Some of the terms used are corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, fruit juice concentrate, glucose, honey, lactose, maltose, maple syrup, molasses, and sucrose. Corn sweeteners are only one type of common sugar. Most other sugars are made from sugarcane, sugar beets, or honey.