Old fashioned sponge candy
Old fashioned sponge candy recipe in the candy category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup dark Karo syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon molasses
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon baking soda, sifted
Recipe method:
- Cook the first four ingredients to hard crack stage, 300 degrees F, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching.
- Remove from heat. Add 1 tablespoon sifted baking soda.
- Stir well enough to mix in soda, but being careful not to break down volume as the mixture foams up.
- Again being careful not to break down the bubbles, pour into 8 x 10 inch slightly greased metal pan. Do not spread, just move the pan around so it gets disturbed. It will settle some.
- When cooled, this will be a hard, honeycomb candy.
- After cooled, tip upside down on bread board and cut straight down with tip of sharp knife into irregular shapes.
- Over warm, not boiling, water, melt 12 ounces real chocolate chips, 1 square bitter chocolate and 1/4 to 1/8 bar of paraffin.
- Dip each piece into chocolate until covered on all sides. Lay on wax paper.
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