This 100+ Year Old Candy Is Still Made The Same Today!
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- This 100+ Year Old Candy Is Still Made The Same Today! Chocolate drops have been a part of the Hercules Candy tradition since we started over a hundred years ago. Passing off the technique to Max and Cooper is such an amazing practice to watch. We show you how it's all made from starch to finish.
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Good job, Cooper! Nothing like learning a new task with thousands of people watching.
I know right!? He's a good sport about that
Pv
@@Andrew.84s they’ve been making the drops for 100 years is what they were saying.....the process is the same not necessarily the ingredients are the same.
@@Andrew.84s I asked if they made their own corn syrup, but I didn't phrase the question very clearly.
I will never think artisan chocolate is expensive again! So labor intensive. This video is giving me Lucille Ball vibes, before she goes nuts.
Must be very stressful for Cooper learning all this while he's being filmed, but he seems to be doing a very good job!
Max learned it all while being filmed.
@@rachelgibson1858 YEP!
As a positive it also gives him a resource to watch back later to help identify mistakes and improve on
I just loved Max so much, hope is is good!
My grandfather died more than 50 years ago and these candy drops were his all-time favorite treat. It’s all he ever wanted for Christmas, every year.
Please tell cooper he is doing a fantastic job !!!🧡🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I love how the conversation just naturally flows.
Max and the slo-mo corn syrup...Perfect Friday morning treat!
It's so awesome to see Max become the teacher now :)
It's come full circle!
Max makes every video fun to watch.
I can't believe anyone would mention the amount of sugar used. It's candy.
lol right like what else do they think candy is made of.
@@Divine-cx8qy Why are you watching this?
Lol my first thought was "omg... that's a lot of corn syrup. O.O"
It’s So dumb lol, like they think the candy has something else that’s healthy for you in it 🤷🏼♂️ 😂 one video I watched on this channel and this girl literally goes “omg if my mom saw how much sugar was in that bowl she’d never let me eat candy again” 🤣🤣 and I said “well luckily they break it down into very small, manageable bite size pieces, you know you’re not actually eating 25 pounds worth of sugar when you eat a piece of taffy right?” 🤣😆🤦♂️🤦♂️ people are so clueless I swear lol
@@Divine-cx8qy it’s not poison anymore than pasta is poison. It’s the “amount” that we consume and our lust for gluttony that is poison. If you ate a teaspoon or two of pure cane sugar once a day everyday and that was the only sugar you ate daily, you would be fine. And that’s assuming you’re exceeding your bmr’s calorie amount.
hi Hercules candy I am a big fan I have been watching for a long time and I will be ordering from you guys I love all of you I am from Canada
Glad the new guy ist camera shy and is willing to do anything new and challenging!! even though max makes everything look easy lmao
It'll be cool to seem him progress just like Max did!
I do appreciate camera man trying to dispell the carb vilification.
aw cooper is so cute ! It’s gonna be fun watching him learn new things and seeing you 3 interact
Tuesday and Friday are becoming my favorite days of the week! This channel is addicting 😊
Thanks Carol!
Almost as addicting as the candy!
Too much fun. Love the team. I always wished Steve could get a team so good he could live life. I know he won't retire but if he could go on vacation with no worries or closing the store. Or just sit at home and brew. I been watching and subed so long it's like an extension of my family. Much love god bless. Hercules candy simply the best.
The eventual plan is for them to be able step back and just work part time and enjoy semi-retirement
That is the best news ever. Thank you. Love you to Craig just didn't understand why so many apologies ( live steam footage ). I hope you all and the rest of the world have a blessed day.
Max and Joe seem ready to handle anything in production. I think Cara is learning Terry's job, specifically the work orders. It would be awesome if Steve and Terry could go for a nice vacation for 2 weeks and not have to worry about the store. So many great people working there who know what they're doing! Must feel good after all those years of working out of the house, and not being able to hire people because there was no room for more bodies!
Karen is right, they are very delicate. Ordered two bags in my last order and most of the bottoms were cracked open. It didn't deter from enjoying them.. My Favorite!!! Can't wait until Fall so I can order again.
I'm glad you liked them!
You all remember when we watched Max drop creams for the first time? Now we're watching Cooper! Great job, dude!
Yikes! I'm glad that meltdown with the beater power cable didn't cause any more serious issues. Cooper seems like he's coming along good, doing creams/drops so soon.
This was a fun video! Thank you for sharing!
I worked at a small tourist Fudge and Soda shop (yes I was a soda jerk and hand mixed soda, so much fun!) We didn't make the Candys like this ourselves, didn't even sell it, but we did make some simpler candies and I loved it. I always wondered how these types of candies are made by hand. I must say one of my favorite things to do was weigh candies out and package them. I know I am weird, but the satisfaction is so real when you get the weight right on the money first try and getting the labels on perfectly!
Watching the corn syrupbeing scooped out by hand is still amazing to me 🤩
Max is so cute!!!
Awesome video guys and girls! Yum!
Been awhile since ive watched one of your videos but loving the short hair Max
Not too shabby for only having filled cream molds a couple of times. You're gettin' the hang of it PDQ! Live how encouraging Max and Craig are.
Max never fails to captivate
Ahhh you fast forwarded through my favorite part of creams. The cream machine! I love watching that spin when the cream turns white...
I love the slow motion shots. Very awesome.
Thanks Alejandro!
If I didn’t live so far away from you all, I would love to come work in your shop😊
Couldn't sleep and this makes it even better for me! 😁
We're here for ya!
Them: "Someone's gotta do it" "Might as well be the Big Bad Boss"
Me: "Isn't Terry usually busy with office work, though?" 😂
My absolute favorite candy that y’all make are the peanut butter and marshmallow fluff cups. In fact, I think it’s time for another order today. Love your candy AND videos! ❤️
Max always smells his food before he eats!
Always!
He eats with his senses. Love it!
This was one of my dad's favorite candies, this and cherry cordials. Every birthday, Christmas and Father's day. Yum 😋
After quite a while of not watching your video’s, I came back. Still as awesome to watch as it always was!
You got a whole Lucy and Ethel thing going on. From I Love Lucy show back in the 1950’s
Hi Max and every one thank you for sharing everything.God bless you all.
Cooper is doing great with dropping the creams. He's a quick learner - and also a lefty like Max?
GOO is always an excellent start. LOVE goo.
You are all so funny and good-natured xD A joy to watch
Out of all the candy that I've bought from you, I haven't tried those yet. They look delish. Cooper did an awesome job dropping the creams. Thanks for the fun vidya, Craig:)
We can really hear Max now that he’s miked up
The discussion about what the starch molds are made out of made me think of 3D printing, I bet you could make some crazy shapes with a 3D printed mold.
I have no idea what these are but I bet they are amazing 🤩
Love that you guys just "casually talk" . Keeps it interesting:
My mother loved chocolate drops. They were very popular during her childhood and a special treat. I think most confectionaries made them but, for some reason, as the neighborhood candy makers died out so did the popularity of chocolate drops.
My dogs name is Cooper and every time one of you says his name my dog looks at me like “what?” Big fan of your channel, thanks for all the videos 😊
Our father loved this candy. He usually got several bags during Christmas holidays (it might have been a different brand here in Texas). It was hard to find the rest of the year. Candy shops and country stores had it once in a while.
Thanks for stirring the memories.
Here in Australia and also UK we call it cornflour not cornstarch
Here, in Denmark, we use potatoflour for starch mould making - works equally well.
Here in the us, corn flour and corn starch are 2 different things.
Interesting! In the States, corn flour is used for baking and corn starch is a thickener for soups, etc.
Cooper welcome to the team, good luck.
I taught critical care physiology to both doctors and nurses. Carbohydrates are a classification of nutrient that contain a caboxyl group and include anything that, when broken down, release one or more sugar molecules. Sugar molecules include glucose, which is the main component of sugar; fructose, lactose, galactose. People sometimes include alcohols, which isn’t correct. There are several sugar alcohols that can affect blood sugar but they fall under alcohols. Hope this clears up the carbohydrate discussion. Forgot to tell you how much I enjoy your channel. I’ve tried ordering some items but they aren’t available.
I was very lucky a number of years ago to visit a small candy company in Lancaster Pennsylvania (Miesses Candies), and saw a lot of the equipment that's in this video. They weren't producing very much at the time, so I didn't get to see some of the things happen as I did in this video. Thank you for producing such a wonderful product.
Also people with gluten allergies couldn’t have the candies if they were casted in flour instead of cornstarch. Truly thankful you guys do it this way for my little one especially who can’t have gluten (flour) ❤️🙌🏻❤️
IDK if this has been said but the reason you use corn startch instead of flour is because when flour is exposed to the moisture from whatever youre casting it begins to form gluten and glyoden protein chains that essentially turn it into bread dough and would stick to the candies since it doesnt revert back once the water evaporates. This doesnt happen in cornstarch, it simply absorbs the water and then evaporates it out without any major chemical change
Hello Max, Craig , new guy, Terry and Steve. I just finished the candy I bought from you . I enjoyed it so much. I also enjoy watching you make this wonderful candy. I had to go on weight watchers, lol but good news is I lost 7 lbs. but every thing in moderation, so yes I will be ordering again lol
Good for you Wanda! We're here when you want a little treat, but don't want to get in the way of your progress, keep up the great work!
My grandparents had these candies at every Christmas. It's still my most favorite candy.
I straight up want to eat those inserts alone 😅
Max! Awww where did you go after this :(
Starch to Finish
Watching Max handling corn syrup is a treat😄 Craig and Max and Cooper together in the starch room🤓 so many big thoughts .
Purple ? 😮🥳
Foreshadowing!
been binge watching all the videos and got to say my favourite parts are the packaging bits. Could watch a whole stream/video of it LOL
These were my dad’s favorite candy and he would drive across town to get a bag of them. Wonderful memory.
Love to see max. He is film magic.
I just got my vanilla cream drops yesterday and DUDE!!! OMG the best i've ever had!! So much softer than anything from the local stores!!
Love everyone new your mom is good at finding the right people.....✌✌✌❤❤❤🍫🍫🍫🍫
She's got a knack for it!
Chocoholic watching chocolate being made.
What an incredible labor of love. Great job ya'll. 👏👏👏🇺🇲❤🇺🇲
Fascinating
I just watched half an hour of candy making and now I'm going to watch the rest of your videos!
I hope you guys always have as much fun at work as you seemed to.
Y’all remind me of having fun with my family as a kid(I farmed micro greens but). and I’m still trying to find a job a mar great as those times. Awesome y’all work as a team skill. Last of a dying breed
I actually built my own start house tray. No table here!! Just a cafeteria tray!! It works amazing and it’s much easier then cleaning so many molds. Not to mention cheaper Thank you for teaching me this technique!!
Just lovely! Homemade with love ❤
Commenters: That's a lot of sugar
Candy maker: WE'RE MAKING CANDY
How long can you use the corn starch until you replace it
I have read that corn starch can last almost indefinitely. I recommend a website called Still Tasty.
I look every morning to see if you've added a new video but I love watching the oldest ones for fun
So.. not only is this dude making candy
With a recipe that is over a hundred years old…
But he lives in the Harry Potter world with dragons.
Epic.
Absolutely amazing. I remember these from my childhood. Yum
I Don't mind all the Sugar. Because of the End result. So you just keep using the Sugar. Happy Crafting your Wonderful looking Candy's. Sending hugs your way from over here in the UK.💞💞❤️💞💞
I never realized how oddly satisfying making candy is
Great job cooper.
All I can think of now is Lucy and Ethyl working in a candy factory and epically failing at dipping candy.
Thank you such a GREAT video!!
Love all your candy making ! ♥️
These look like little mini chocolate mountains.
Are you like a real life Willy Wonka family , that goes into the wild hunting for new and exotics flavors
Lol I love how Steve came to spy when the creme was being poured into the machine 😂
Actually wild to see a process that's over 100 years old..
I miss Max. Wonder what he's doing now
Liked it a rare video without music so you can enjoy the talk and comments plus explanation from the maker himself !
It's Science with Max!
I miss Max!
Purple creams... wait what? Blackberry? Lavendar? Did I miss something? Can hardly wait for winter here in Texas so I can order more goodies! ❤🍬🍫🍭
I NEED to buy some of your candies, but most of what I want is sold out...but I suppose that just means it's good!
Do a video on the history of the family and how it started.
Pina colada ❓ The smell of it sooooo good, tastes like it smells.
I even use it fragrance during the summer too freshen up the air inside my house and vehicle.
Peppermint an fresh oranges in winter.
Great videos 👍🇺🇸👍 team.
Max is so handsome!!!! Love Hercules!
You know it's a Herc Candy vid when you start with a big corn syrup plop
As much as i want to enjoy this channel, the banter drives me away every time.
Max, I can't get over how different (good) that haircut looks on you. Who's the new folks? I must have missed that intro video. Blessings from Ohio.
One of my favourites that you make! Order a package every time I order! 😊
In answer to the question. Starch and cellulose are carbs that are not sugar.
Carbs break down into simple sugars in the stomach
what was the outfall of the plug of the creamer? it didnt look safe and the smoke coming from it 😳😳😳