Homemade caramel on a stick

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the caramel products.

2. Step 2:

   

   Also prepare wooden sticks on which you will stick lollipops. Wooden skewers are well suited for this purpose. If they are too long, cut them in half. Prepare the paper on which the caramel will dry. A Teflon mat is best suited. If there is none, take ordinary parchment and lubricate it well with odorless vegetable oil. I also used pastry sprinkles for decoration.

3. Step 3:

   

   Take a saucepan with a thick bottom. Put sugar in it, pour water and lemon juice. Mix it up.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put the saucepan on the fire. Stirring with a spatula, wait for the sugar to completely dissolve.

5. Step 5:

   

   The mixture boils. Then it will be possible not to interfere constantly. Put a container of cold water at the ready, you will need it instead of a thermometer.

6. Step 6:

   

   Let the caramel cook a little, it will boil violently and turn slightly yellow. This will be the signal to make a trial. To do this, dip a wooden stick into boiling syrup for a second, take it out and immediately lower it into cold water. After dropping the stick into the water, quickly swirl it in the water to cool the caramel.

8. Step 7:

   

   Take out the wand and touch the caramel that has stuck to it. if it is soft and it is easy to flatten it, then it is necessary to cook further. If the caramel becomes hard after the water, then it is ready. Mine in this photo is still a little plastic. I cook further.

9. Step 8:

   

   Now you can see by the color that the caramel should be ready. The water sample gave a positive result - the caramel ball on the stick became solid almost immediately. Turn off the fire.

10. Step 9:

    

    Using a spoon, pour the caramel in the form of identical circles on a mat or paper.

11. Step 10:

    

    Insert the sticks by pressing them slightly into the caramel.

12. Step 11:

    

    If desired, pour decorations on top.

13. Step 12:

    

    Thus, make caramels from all the syrup. Wait for them to cool down completely. And only then remove them from the paper.