How to Make CRACK GRAPES -- Candy Geode Grapes | Cooking with my Kids

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Honey adds natural sweetness with fewer calories.

grapes

🥗Healthier: berries

💰Cheaper: bananas

Berries provide similar texture and flavor.

Unwrap five Jolly Ranchers of each flavor and place them into a sandwich bag.

Crush the Jolly Ranchers using a mortar and pestle until they are in small pieces, leaving some larger chunks for texture.

In a heavy bottom saucepan, add 2 cups of sugar, 1/2 cup of corn syrup, and 1/2 cup of water.

Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until it reaches 300 to 310 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the hard crack stage.

Add white food coloring and a little rose food coloring to the syrup for color.

While the syrup is cooking, pluck grapes off the stems and rinse them thoroughly under cold water.

Dry the grapes completely using dish towels.

Skewer the grapes with longer toothpicks for dipping into the hot syrup.

Dip each skewer of grapes into the hot syrup, then quickly roll them into the crushed Jolly Ranchers.

Place the coated grapes on a piece of parchment paper to cool and harden.

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