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Default Hard Candy: No Flavor??

mdginzo > wrote in
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> On Mar 11, 11:55*am, hahabogus > wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote
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> ny01:
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>> > "mdginzo" > wrote in message
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>> >>I have started making hard candy with molds. *For some reason my
>> >> candies come out flavorless. *This last batch I added twice the
>> >> flavor the recipe called for and it just tastes like sugar. I am
>> >> guessing that I am adding the flavor at the wrong time and it is
>> >> evaporating away. *I am waiting until teh boiklign stops and then
>> >> add

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>> >> teh flavor. is that correct or should I wait longer? I am uising
>> >> LorAnn flavors. I want to make sugar free candies, but I want to
>> >> fix this problem before I do since the SF stuff is so expensive.
>> >> *Thanks for any help.

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>> > I was going to say maybe you were using the wrong flavors, but...
>> > *I find the LorAnn stuff is very strong! *I haven't tried it in SF
>> > hard candies but I did try it in jellies and even a small amount on
>> > a toothpick was too much flavor. *They were inedible.

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>> > You are correct to add it after it has stopped boiling. *Don't know
>> > what else to tell you.

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>> First off smell and taste the flavouring...perhaps it is too old,
>> beyond the expiry date and flavourless. (a guess).
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>> Next without a recipe to aid how can anybody spot a problem? So post
>> the recipe.
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> Well, I didn't post the recipe because the problem isn't there.
> Besides I figured if you knew how to answer the question you would
> know the basic recipe.
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Fine by me

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The house of the burning beet-Alan

A man in line at the bank kept falling over...when he got to a teller he
asked for his balance.