Old Fashioned Vinegar Taffy

By Chef Eddy Van Damme

Prep Time:

Bake/Cook Time:

12m - 18m

Yield:

35 candies

Making your own candy is much easier than you think and lots of fun! This Old Fashioned Vinegar Taffy is made entirely without corn syrup or unpronounceable ingredients. Wrapping the candies in plastic will prevent them from sticking together.

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Products Used

Extra Fine Granulated Pure Cane Sugar Bag

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
3 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons vinegar, any type but not balsamic
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Set aside a silicone baking mat or coat a granite or marble surface with a thin coat of vegetable oil (any light flavor will work). Set aside a clean pair of latex gloves, a non serrated knife and a large cutting board.
In a small saucepan, combine sugar, honey, water, and vinegar and stir to a boil.
Once boiling, place a lid on pan for 2 minutes. Trapped steam will wash away any sugar crystals stuck to sides of pan. After 2 minutes remove lid.
Absolutely do not stir sugar syrup for entire cooking process. Cook syrup to 275°F
Pour syrup onto silicone or stone surface. Let set for approx. 3 minutes.
After 3 minutes, bottom of syrup will have become firmer and can be handled. Using gloves, roll and fold mass towards center onto itself.
Continue process until sugar mass stops spreading, this will take about 5-8 minutes.
Pull mass apart into a rope.
Transfer onto cutting board and cut using knife.
Roll in powdered sugar and wrap in plastic or store in an airtight bag.