Exploring the Art of Creating Freeze-Dried Sweets

Last year, Niagara Falls was the destination for my daughter and her familys vacation. They also stepped into the Canada side of the falls. At some point, they found a big candy store that had freeze-dried candy.  They got all excited about that, but the freeze-dried candy is very expensive.  So, I came up with the idea to experiment with freeze-drying some candy for our granddaughter’s Christmas stockings.

My assistant, Kayla, and I researched which candies are the best to freeze dry. My husband, Leroy, researched how long and what settings to use to freeze candy. And so, the experiment began.

First, I did not buy a lot of each type of candy.  Most of them were theatre box candies for $1.25. 

We did multiple tries of 5 trays at a time.  I did not take pictures of each kind.  These two trays are Sour Patch Gummies and Peach Rings.  Leroy and I watched a video about the Peach Rings, so we wanted to try those.  Well, these two did not turn out as expected.

The initial image features the Sour Patch Gummies, which sadly were tough and difficult to chew.  The second picture is the tray of Peach Rings, which exploded all over the freeze-dryer.  Need I say, Leroy was not happy.  It took him a long time to clean the mess up.  In the first picture you can see the Peach Rings powder landed on the gummies tray.  So much for those.

 

Some of what I would consider successes were Nerd Clusters, Mini Starburst, and Mini Skittles.  These are the before pictures.  Below are the results of freeze-drying these candies.

As you can see, the Nerd Clusters puffed way up and were very delicate.  The Mini Starburst also puffed up a little and were crunchy.  Not too hard though.  The Mini Skittles looked exactly like the ones we had seen in a video and were also crunchy, but very good.   The flavors really intensify when the candies are freeze dried.

We also did Whoopers which blew up in size and were unrecognizable, but very good.  Sorry, no pictures.

We tried peanut butter M&Ms.  They cracked open and looked like little blobs of goop.  At least to me.

My granddaughters were pleasantly surprised with their Christmas stockings this year.

Mission accomplished.

Until next time,

Rhonda

The Middle Sister

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