How Is Candy Corn Made?
Candy corn is actually a candy cream.
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Transcript
So, candy corn is a candy cream. It's made starting with a fondant, so fondant is a highly crystallized sugar syrup. And to that we would add frappe, which is a marshmallow type material. Basically, it's a sugar matrix that holds air, and gelatin in there too or some other type of protein. And to that we would add some colors and flavors, warm it up, and then pour it into molds to give the shape. And then when it cools, the sugar crystallizes to give what we call a short texture. Crystallized candy is one that breaks off easily in your mouth, doesn't have a chewy type of texture, and that comes from the sugar crystals. So, that's a good example of a candy corn is a candy cream.
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