Feed the tri-star beads on the pipe cleaner alternating colors to create your design.

How to.make candy canes. Nothing says Christmas like candy canesIngredients. Immediately pour onto prepared pans in eight 8-in. Combine sugar corn syrup water cream of tartarvinegar and a pinch of salt in your saucepan.

It is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint but you can make it with whatever flavouring and color you want to. Cook without stirring until a candy thermometer reads 280 soft-crack stage. Remove from the heat.

Clip the candy thermometer to the side of the bowl then heat and stir the mixture until it reaches about 300 degrees Fahrenheit or the hard crack stage. Youll need about 40 beads to make a 6 candy cane. To make Christmas candy try making your own peppermint candies like candy canes peppermint creams and peppermint bark.

If you use a softer blend it will still work but there may be more give to your canes. Easy 6 inch candy cane takes a strip about 33 inches long. A candy cane or peppermint stick is a cane-shaped stick candy often associated with Christmas.

By gently heating your candy canes you can mold them into words shapes and more. If youre a chocolate lover go with chocolate truffles fudge or turtle candies. Make them for the Christmas tree or as treats to send to school or just as a fun craft with the kids.

This made 15 decent size candy canes filled one jar with small candies and still had some left over7. If regular candy canes just wont do make Candy Cane Shapes instead. RToday I show you how to make Homemade Candy Canes.