Description
Spooky, translucent white hard candy lollipops infused with warming pumpkin spice and shaped like ghosts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice blend
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 lollipop sticks
- Edible food markers for decorating
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly grease with cooking spray.
- Combine sugar, water, and corn syrup in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat.
- Stir until sugar dissolves, then stop stirring and let the mixture boil.
- Use a candy thermometer to heat the syrup until it reaches exactly 300°F (150°C).
- Remove the pan from heat and stir in pumpkin spice and vanilla extract.
- Spoon the mixture onto the parchment paper in ghost-like teardrop shapes.
- Insert a lollipop stick into each shape, twisting slightly to secure.
- Allow the candy to cool completely at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Draw ghost faces on the cooled candy using edible food markers.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American