Lolly Crystal Recipe

Lolly Crystals

Ingredients

1. Food colouring – any colour you choose
2. 1 cup water
3. 4 cups granulated sugar
4. 1 glass jar – completely cleaned
5. 3×10-15cm pieces of string (adjust according to the length of your jar)
6. Pen or pencil to suspend over the jar
   
   

Method

1. Combine half of the sugar and 1 cup of water in a saucepan and stir over a medium heat until the sugar is completely dissolved.
2. Slowly add a few drops of food colouring
3. Add the rest of the sugar – mixing until all the sugar is dissolved
4. Pour the liquid into a clean glass jar
5. Tie the pieces of string to the pencil
6. Suspend the pen or pencil over the jar with the pieces of string dipping into the liquid
7. Crystals will form after about an hour. Break pieces off the string to eat.

The crystals will continue to form for several days.