candy making
Creating sweet treats
Candy making is the craft or process of producing confections from sugar, chocolate, and other ingredients.
It encompasses techniques like tempering chocolate, pulling taffy, and cooking sugar syrups to precise temperatures: She took up candy making as a holiday tradition.
The term covers both home kitchen projects and commercial production.
- caramelizationSugar's heat transformation
- moldsHollow shaping containers
- cooling rackElevated grid for airflow
- corn syrupLiquid sweetener from maize
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
fudge · enrobing · pralines · cocoa butter · heat transfer · gelatin · brittle · nougat · tempering · lollipop sticks · citric acid · spatulas · crystallization · emulsification · inversion · truffles · chocolate coating · marshmallows
- sweetener usebaking, frosting, glazing
- candy culturesweet shops, fudge shops
- snack factorynut roasting, extruders, fryers
- homecraftssewing, knitting, crocheting, crochet, quilting
- caramelisingbrowning, burnt sugar, caramel sauce, dulce de leche, butterscotch
- crystallizationcrystal growth, nucleation, crystal structure, seed crystal, seed crystals
culinary technique/confectionery method
candy makingbaking
Cooking with dry heat
bread making · pickling · fermenting · charcuterie · cheese making