How To Make Jawbreakers

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Make Jawbreaker Candy at Home

Jawbreakers, those fun hard candy balls from our childhoods that provided many delicious hours of whittling away the time for no reason. I always loved a trip to the store that included buying a Giant Jawbreaker - those mega sized jawbreakers candies were the best, and I was always intrigued about how jawbreakers were made. I discovered it's actually pretty easy to make jawbreakers candy, so on this page I've included a simple recipe to make jawbreakers, and also some links to more recipes for Old Fashioned Candy. Why not make some do it yourself jawbreakers at home, and then tell us how you like to eat them? I have even heard talk of making jawbreakers at home and selling them online; now there's a sweet idea.





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Jawbreakers Candy

Ever wanted to make your own jawbreakers candy?
And how do you eat them?

Folks Savoring Jawbreakers on Flickr

Mmmm .. jawbreakers

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half of a jawbreaker by bradleygee
Giant jaw breaker by Eric Kilby
Matt and the "jawlipop" by quinn.anya
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What is a Jawbreaker?

The jawbreaker is a hard candy that is made so that it is too hard to bite into and should be sucked on. Jawbreakers come in a wide variety of sizes and flavors. Jawbreakers can often be found in candy stores or vending machines and can also be made at home, which gives you the ability to make them any size you want and to make them in just about any flavor you choose.

How To Make Jawbreakers

Jawbreakers candy recipe

Making Jawbreakers At Home

It's actually pretty easy to make jawbreakers at home, but it takes a lot of sugar



Instructions

Things You'll Need:

8 cups of granulated sugar
2 ½ cups water
Stove
Pot
Spoon
Muffin tin
Refrigerator
Favorite liquid hard candy flavoring



1. Add 3 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water to the pot on the stove. Turn the stove on high and allow the sugar and water to melt together and stir frequently to avoid burning. Add in 2 teaspoons of a flavoring of your choice. When the sugar is completely liquefied and the consistency of syrup, pour into the muffin tin filling each cup about 1/2 way full and sit in the refrigerator to cool for about an hour.

2. Add 2 cups of sugar to a pot and ½ cup of water to the pot and cook on high. Stir often and make sure to keep the sugar off the sides of the pot so as not to burn. Scrape the bottom of the pan to make sure that none is sticking as well. Allow the sugar to come to the consistency of syrup and pour in the tin. Sit in the refrigerator for about an hour to cool.

3. Remove the pan from the refrigerator and dd 3 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water to the pan. Place on the stove turn on high. Cook and stir the mixture until it has a syrupy consistence, as before. Add in 2 teaspoons of the hard candy flavoring and stir in last minute before removing from heat. Pour this into the muffin tin on top of the already refrigerated part and allow to cool for 2 hours.

4. Remove the jawbreakers by cracking the tin in the same manner you would crack an ice tray to remove the ice. Twist the left side one direction while at the same time twisting the right side the other direction. This will loosen the jawbreakers enough to flip the tin over and remove them completely.

“How do you eat your jawbreaker?”

Jawbreakers Duel

Remember we're talking candy, folks

How do you eat your jawbreaker?

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Lick and savour for months

KimGiancaterino says:

One will last forever with me!

elyria says:

Definitely slow and careful to avoid trips to the dentist :)

clouda9 says:

At least ten licks at a time, set it aside, and then go at it again :O

nightbear says:

A little at a time. Don't want to get hurt now do I?

troyreed23 says:

slowly lol

Jewelsofawe says:

Lick it!

JoshK47 says:

What's the point of a jawbreaker that you finish in less than three months? :)

workingmomwm says:

Well, maybe not months, but a good long time - at least half an hour!

GrammaLinda says:

I take my time and enjoy them.

miaponzo says:

I don't.. unless they are very small.. :) I just put them in my mouth and leave them..

As quickly as possible, until it's sugar dust on my fingers

kathysart says:

Ohh I am so impatient!

Close2Art says:

after a while I'm tempted to bite

karmicchristian says:

ASAP; pronto; on the double! :)

gypsyman27 says:

I tend to put candy in my mouth and chew, even if it's hard. I've got a good set of choppers for a man my age.:~) See you around the galaxy...

hunksparrow says:

Quickly as possible without cracking teeth hopefully

ajgodinho says:

Generally as quickly as possible...it would be a combination of biting and sucking.

d-artist says:

Well that is my intention, but it takes me forever because I don't bite into them

AnnaleeBlysse says:

I'd throw it away if I couldn't finish it right away so I never buy big ones that take all day. I'm more a tiny jawbreaker person.

catbehaviors says:

I just suck on my jawbreakers until they disappear!

 
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The History of Jawbreakers Candies

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Sour candy lovers will want to taste it, but the word smog can be a turnoff. Besides, there's nothing in there that tastes like pollution. The tiny round bites are protected by a hard shell like a jawbreaker and aren't very sour at all.
Watch This Guy Turn a Jawbreaker Into a Shot Glass [VIDEO]
Jawbreakers are known for having a steel like demeanor, thus the name, insinuating that you'll have a broken jaw by the end of its consumption. Leave it to artist Hifjohn to take the notoriously hard candy and whittle it down to a beautiful shot glass.
Snack to the future
Sour candy lovers will want to taste it, but the word smog can be a turnoff. Besides, there's nothing in there that tastes like pollution. The tiny round bites are protected by a hard shell like a jawbreaker and aren't very sour at all.
Caring for mom comes full circle
... I had a large jawbreaker in my mouth that somehow got lodged in my throat. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't even ask for help. After what seemed like an eternity to me, it was my mom who smacked me on the back, knocking the piece of candy loose.

Have you ever made jawbreaker candy at home?

How did it turn out? Suggestions welcome, and guestbook is open to the public

  • awelldressedbullet Mar 17, 2012 @ 4:20 pm | delete
    Happy St. Patrick's Day Darcie!
  • SudokuNut Mar 3, 2012 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    We call them gobstoppers in the UK. If I was lucky I used to get an ice cream after school from the ice cream van which had a gobstopper at the bottom, it was like two treats in one. Never thought of making them myself at home.
  • TTMall Mar 1, 2012 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    Great Lens with great resources!
  • kathysart Feb 26, 2012 @ 11:37 am | delete
    I never even thought of making these before.. so cool, maybe I will. Maybe they will not be so fattening for me since they take so long to eat! lol. Angel blessed
  • KimGiancaterino Feb 24, 2012 @ 1:13 pm | delete
    I've only made chocolate candies, but these jawbreakers are so pretty. It would be fun to try at home. Love the lens!
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