How to Make Blown Sugar Glass

Sugar can be heated and manipulated to replicate blown glass.

Sugar glass, also known as pulled sugar, is a technique that allows sugar to be manipulated into different shapes while keeping a glassy look. Pulled sugar can be blown like real glass to make round objects. This process uses high temperatures, so it's important to make sure the sugar is cooled before touching it with your hands.

Things You'll Need

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 2 drops tartaric acid
• Hand pump
• Pot
• Parchment paper
• Heating lamp
• Fan

Instructions

1. Pour 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of corn syrup into a pot. Stir to mix them well.

2. Add two drops of tartaric acid to the pot.

3. Put the pot on the stove and bring the temperature to 320 degrees F.

4. Wait for the sugar to start boiling and turn off the heat.

5. Pour the boiling sugar onto a piece of parchment paper.

6. Let the sugar cool completely on the paper.

7. Put a heating lamp over the parchment paper, and turn it on once the sugar has cooled completely. This will make it easy to shape.

8. Roll the sugar into a clump and put it on the nozzle of the hand pump.

9. Pump air into the sugar; the sugar should blow like a bubble.

10. Play around with the hand pump and sugar until you get a shape you like.

11. Use the fan to cool the sugar once you have a shape you want.

References

• Sweet Napa: Sugar Work
• YouTube: Sugar Beer Bottle and Ice