
Candy making or candymaking is the preparation and
cookery of
candies and
sugar confections. Candy making includes the preparation of many various candies, such as
hard candies,
jelly beans,
gumdrops,
taffy,
liquorice,
cotton candy,
chocolate
Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civil ...
s and
chocolate truffles,
dragées,
fudge,
caramel candy, and
toffee.
Candy is made by dissolving
sugar in
water
Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as ...
or
milk
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modulati ...
to form a
syrup, which is boiled until it reaches the desired concentration or starts to
caramelize. The type of candy depends on the ingredients and