Boiled Sweets Candy?

I have seen an old western movie several times and in it, there is a mention of BOILED SWEETS. Has anyone ever heard of this candy? If you have, how do you make it?

Thanks, Rick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_candy

https://youtu.be/9RJpyjUEs-Y

https://youtu.be/Ia4Pq62Hx2o

https://youtu.be/fdB8-stIBrY

I use honey.
Heat up cast iron pan, butter, then add honey and cook till propper colour, I add nuts to it and pour it over parchment paper, or moulds.

Inspired by this topic, I just made some peppermint candy using honey....very tasty.. :thumbsup:

In the 19th Century "boiled sweets" was often homemade caramel candy, which was mostly plain sugar (with occasional other flavorings, like vanilla beans) that were stirred/boiled & then cooled "by the spoonful" into hard candy.

yours, satx

Here is a really simple tutorial.
https://youtu.be/Ydplh2myE08

well....I ate all my candies....they were quite addictive..
Now I will have to make some more....

If you haven't tried it, I recommend it. :thumbsup:

Clyde, That is basically the way we make Peanut Brittle except for a couple added things. Some call this Glass Candy.

Just now, I made another batch....sugar, honey, peppermint extract, and a pat of butter....

Super simple and so easy a caveman could do it,

As it cools I fold it and roll it into rods and cut it with a scissors.....then as it cool I dust it with corn starch to keep it from sticking to each other. :thumbsup:

Well,

You could use Clyde's link and make barley candy. :grin:

Barley candy was made in the 17th century by boiling down white or loaf sugar using barley water, cream of tartar, and water. (iirc) The earliest recipe is from 1638 by Benedictine monks. Although I'd bet that one could use "raw" or "tubinado" sugar and come up with a pretty authentic copy of the confection.

During the 18th century metal molds were used to create shapes, and by the 19th century these had become a popular Victorian Christmas treat.

To make British style barley water to flavor your confections, you will need:

¾ cup of pearl barley (I can get it at my super market)
2 lemons to zest, and juice
6 cups of water

Rinse the barley in a strainer under cold water until the water runs clear.
Boil the zest of the two lemons with the barley in the 6 cups of water, for ten minutes.
Strain the barley and the zest from the water. You may discard the barley & zest or you might add it to bread dough (waste not; want not) :wink:

Use this as the flavoring agent for your candy. IF when you make your first batch of candy with the barley water, that the lemon flavor isn't as much as you'd like..., you may add some of the juice to the barley water, or you might add the zest of another lemon.

The Brits drink the above as a beverage by juicing the two lemons and sweetening the whole with raw honey. It's supposed to be a healthy drink as well.

You could use other citrus fruits instead of lemon such as orange or lime, and you could use cinnamon, and nutmeg, and maybe even some red pepper (?) if you wished. Just the earliest reference that I could find used lemon zest alone.

LD