How to Make Sugarless Hard Candy
Even though you may not be allowed to have sugar, this doesn't mean you have to forsake hard candy altogether. You just have to either buy commercially available sugarless candy, or make your own. Sugarless hard candy can be difficult to make because there aren't many suitable ingredients that will react as well as table sugar when making candy. Most sugarless hard candy recipes include a sugar substitute called maltitol because it has no taste of its own, it is almost as sweet as sugar and it thickens similarly to sugar. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Non-stick pot 1/4 pound butter 1 cup granulated maltitol 1/2 tsp. flavor oil (specific for candy) Greased candy molds
Instructions
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Melt the butter over medium heat in a non-stick pot.
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Stir the granulated maltitol into the butter, keeping the mixture on the heat.
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Stir the mixture continuously, keeping it on the heat, until it turns a slightly dark caramel color.
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Remove the pot from the heat and stir your flavor oil into the mixture.
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Pour the mixture into your greased candy molds and allow the candy to cool and harden.
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Wrap the cooled individual candies in wax paper and store in an airtight container.
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Tips & Warnings
If you don't want a buttery candy, you can omit the butter and use a sugar-free syrup to act as a base for the maltitol. Mix the syrup and maltitol in a heavy pot and bring the mixture's temperature to 300 degrees F. Then, take the pot from the heat, add your flavoring, and pour the liquid into your greased candy molds. Let the candy cool and harden, wrap each individual piece, and store the candy in an airtight container. You can add nuts to the butter version of this recipe to make nut brittle. You can buy maltitol in specialty food shops.
Use caution when working with hot liquids, especially because they will be sticky. Maltitol can be difficult to digest, which can cause upset stomachs. Each person has his own level of sensitivity to this sugar substitute, so eat maltitol-based candy in strict moderation, especially until you know how your body will react to it. Maltitol can alter your glucose levels, so if this is a concern, ask your doctor if and how you can safely incorporate it into your diet.
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