How to Make a Homemade Candy Mold
While a variety of plastic candy molds are available for use with candy melts and chocolate, not many of these molds will stand up to the temperatures of hot liquid sugar candy or gummy candies. Additionally, designs may be limited and you may simply want to make a truly unique candy. Homemade candy molds are fairly easy to make from cornstarch, and you can reuse the cornstarch several times as long as you prepare your workspace to catch the excess when the candy is removed from the mold. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- 1/2 sheet cake pan
- Full sheet cake pan
- 4 to 5 lbs. cornstarch
- Dowel rod
- Hot glue gun
- Items to create desired impression
- Grid-pattern cooling rack
- Pencil
Instructions
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Set the 1/2 sheet cake pan into the full sheet cake pan.
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Pour the cornstarch into the 1/2 sheet cake pan, gently pressing it into the pan so there are no spaces or cracks.
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Roll the dowel firmly across the cornstarch to create a smooth, level surface.
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Lay the dowel rod across the pan, and mark on the dowel where the edges of the pan are.
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Glue the items that will form the impressions of your mold onto the dowel rod, being sure to keep them within the marks you made to indicate the edges of the pan and to space them far enough apart so that the molds will not push into one another.
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Press the glued-on items firmly into the cornstarch--the ends of the dowel rod should prevent them from going to the bottom of the pan--and then lift them out gently. Repeat this process to create rows of molds, remembering to space them appropriately.
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Pour your liquid candy carefully into your molds and allow it to cool completely. To remove candy from the molds, lay the cooling rack over the 1/2 sheet cake pan, and then swiftly flip the pan and cooling rack over, catching the cornstarch in the full sheet cake pan.
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