Homemade Candy Coal For Those Naughty Kids
Ingredients
- 70 grams egg white icing
- Black food coloring
- 700 grams sugar
- 230 grams water
- 1 egg white (35 g)
- 5 drops of lemon juice
- 200 grams icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon Flavored Extract – I used Almond
- Black food coloring
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine all ingredients until smooth and thick.
- A good test is when a knife blade drawn through the icing leave a clean cut.
- Add more sugar if necessary.
- Add the food coloring.
- Prepare a rectangular pan lined with greased parchment paper.
- Combine water and sugar in a deep saucepan until 1/3 of the height.
- Bring to boil until 126ºC.
- Remove from heat and add the egg white icing.
- Stir in circles until foam forms.
- Keep stirring until foam surfaces again.
- Pour the mixture into the lined pan.
- Break the coal in pieces.
Recipe and Photo: Foodista / CC BY