Lump Of Coal Candy For Christmas Stockings
"Do you know someone who's been a naughty little boy or girl this year? Fill their stocking with these lumps of candy coal... This also makes a great gag gift! "
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (709.9 g)
- Calories 1800
- Total Fat - 3.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.4 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 22.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 445.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 5.1 g
- Sugars - 432.7 g
- Protein - 2.3 g
- Calcium - 76.6 mg
- Iron - 3.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
What You Do: Line an 8 inch square baking pan with foil, extending edges over the sides of pan. Lightly grease foil with butter or baking spray.
Step 2
Combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a heavy, non-stick, 2 quart saucepan. Stir over medium-low heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture comes to a boil.
Step 3
Cook about 15 minutes, without stirring, until a candy thermometer registers 290 degrees F.
Step 4
Immediately remove from heat. Stir in anise extract and food coloring. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Cool completely.
Step 5
Lift candy out of pan using foil. Place candy between 2 layers of heavy-duty foil. Using a hammer or mallet, break candy into pieces the size of a lump of coal.
Step 6
Fill a plastic baggie with a few pieces of coal and attach the following poem:
Step 7
POEM: I heard you have been naughty not nice, And Santa even checked his list twice. So all the way from the cold North Pole all you're getting is a bag of coal.
Tips
No special items needed.