Recipe - Root Beer Lollipops

2 tablespoon Plus 2 tsp light corn syrup
1/3 cup Water
One half cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Root beer concentrate

Grease 8 metal lollipop molds or an acrylic cutting board well with
vegetable oil and set aside. Combine the corn syrup, water, and sugar in a
small saucepan over mediumlow heat, stirring just until the sugar
dissolves. Once the mixture comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low and
continue to cook until it reaches 300F on a candy thermometer. (It will
take about 15 minutes total.) If crystals begin to form around the edge of
the pan, carefully brush them back with a moistened pastry brush. Remove
the pan from the heat and quickly stir in the root beer concentrate. Fill
each prepared lollipop mold with about 1 Tbsp of the mixture, according to
the size of the molds, or set cookie cutters onto the prepared cutting
board and spoon about 1 Tbsp into each. For each 3inch freeform circular
lollipop, spoon 2 Tbsp directly onto the prepared cutting board. Insert a
stick into each lollipop, pushing it about One fourth inch into the syrup and
smoothing over the stick so that it will be secure when hardened. Set the
lollipops aside for 20 to 25 minutes, until hardened. Remove from the molds
or cookie cutters. Wrap each in a lollipop bag and store them in an
airtight container, where they should keep for up to 6 months.

YIELD: 48 lollipops

NOTES : Look for the root beer concentrate in the spice section in your
supermarket.
Recipe by: Homemade in the Kitchen Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #567 by
Sean Coate swcoate@peganet.com on Apr 14, 1997