@@AMyco-r5e 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.
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.
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.
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.
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! ❤️
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!
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.
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) ❤️🙌🏻❤️
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:)
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Starch is just the carbohydrate of the grain, with everything else stripped away. Flour has varying degrees of the rest of the grain in it, depending on the type of flour. For example, whole grain vs all purpose. So, it is technically corn starch you are working with, and not cornflour.
@@revrontalbot6911 In England they call corn starch “corn flour.” I’ve never seen it sold as corn flour in the US. I wonder what they call wheat starch? :-)
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 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.
Thank you for being both educational and entertaining 😊especially while I've been trying several new hobbies throughout these strange times, I'm in the UK, and was wondering if you have tried our old fashioned English flavours? Humbug, rhubarb and custard, blackcurrant and Licorice and pear drops, to name a few 🤔
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.💞💞❤️💞💞
The moisture in the candy would absorb flour, not true with corn starch. Same concept using rice flour in making a bread from a wet dough like sourdough. 💖
❤️❤️❤️ one on my favorites!!! this is gonna sound crazy, but trust me... I've been eating chocolate drops like this all my life. My entire family eats them this way... Smash one flat between your palms, and make a sandwich with it between 2 saltines.... Out of this world good!!! Try it...
Sugars, starches and fiber are carbohydrates. Flour (wheat, corn, rice, etc.) have starch, fiber and protein in them. Pure starch is just the starch part - the fiber and protein parts are stripped out. Fiber and protein won't hold a mold shape well like pure starch does.
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
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!!
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.
You guys are going to have to have that plug rewired! I could see it smoking! The Aerator for the Creams is becoming a safety issue. No electrocution allowed! EEK!
When Max was enrobing the drops, I was so confused because I was like "why is he only putting 2 across? He could totally fit more. I swear I've seen them do 5 creams across. 🤔." But then I realized he was on the smaller enrober! 🤣🤦♀️🤣
@@HerculesCandy Check that socket aswell. Usually hot/melting connectors are a result of a bad connection in the socket, which makes alot of power run through a very tiny portion of the connector - essentially heating it up. If you're constantly using the same socket for that machine and constantly plugging it in and unplugging it I'd have a electrician look at it and replace the wall socket.
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
@@AMyco-r5e 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.
@@AMyco-r5e I asked if they made their own corn syrup, but I didn't phrase the question very clearly.
Max and the slo-mo corn syrup...Perfect Friday morning treat!
Please tell cooper he is doing a fantastic job !!!🧡🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
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.
Tuesday and Friday are becoming my favorite days of the week! This channel is addicting 😊
Thanks Carol!
Almost as addicting as the candy!
I just loved Max so much, hope is is good!
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
Max makes every video fun to watch.
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!
I love how the conversation just naturally flows.
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!
Watching the corn syrupbeing scooped out by hand is still amazing to me 🤩
aw cooper is so cute ! It’s gonna be fun watching him learn new things and seeing you 3 interact
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!
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! ❤️
Ahhh you fast forwarded through my favorite part of creams. The cream machine! I love watching that spin when the cream turns white...
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!
Couldn't sleep and this makes it even better for me! 😁
We're here for ya!
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.
It's so awesome to see Max become the teacher now :)
It's come full circle!
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.
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) ❤️🙌🏻❤️
After quite a while of not watching your video’s, I came back. Still as awesome to watch as it always was!
I love the slow motion shots. Very awesome.
Thanks Alejandro!
This was one of my dad's favorite candies, this and cherry cordials. Every birthday, Christmas and Father's day. Yum 😋
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
You all remember when we watched Max drop creams for the first time? Now we're watching Cooper! Great job, dude!
Hi Max and every one thank you for sharing everything.God bless you all.
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.
I do appreciate camera man trying to dispell the carb vilification.
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:)
GOO is always an excellent start. LOVE goo.
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
Cooper is doing great with dropping the creams. He's a quick learner - and also a lefty like Max?
You are all so funny and good-natured xD A joy to watch
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.
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.
Max always smells his food before he eats!
Always!
He eats with his senses. Love it!
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
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.
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 grandparents had these candies at every Christmas. It's still my most favorite candy.
Starch is just the carbohydrate of the grain, with everything else stripped away. Flour has varying degrees of the rest of the grain in it, depending on the type of flour. For example, whole grain vs all purpose. So, it is technically corn starch you are working with, and not cornflour.
Cornstarch/cornflour are one and same depending what part of the country your from and corn meal is totally a different animal … lol 😆
@@revrontalbot6911 In England they call corn starch “corn flour.” I’ve never seen it sold as corn flour in the US.
I wonder what they call wheat starch? :-)
Absolutely amazing. I remember these from my childhood. Yum
Thank you such a GREAT video!!
Love all your candy making ! ♥️
Awesome video guys and girls! Yum!
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.
We can really hear Max now that he’s miked up
Max never fails to captivate
I look every morning to see if you've added a new video but I love watching the oldest ones for fun
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.
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.
Love everyone new your mom is good at finding the right people.....✌✌✌❤❤❤🍫🍫🍫🍫
She's got a knack for it!
Max is so cute!!!
One of my favourites that you make! Order a package every time I order! 😊
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
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!
Thank you for being both educational and entertaining 😊especially while I've been trying several new hobbies throughout these strange times, I'm in the UK, and was wondering if you have tried our old fashioned English flavours? Humbug, rhubarb and custard, blackcurrant and Licorice and pear drops, to name a few 🤔
I never realized how oddly satisfying making candy is
Just lovely! Homemade with love ❤
You got a whole Lucy and Ethel thing going on. From I Love Lucy show back in the 1950’s
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.💞💞❤️💞💞
These were my dad’s favorite candy and he would drive across town to get a bag of them. Wonderful memory.
Been awhile since ive watched one of your videos but loving the short hair Max
Commenters: That's a lot of sugar
Candy maker: WE'RE MAKING CANDY
In answer to the question. Starch and cellulose are carbs that are not sugar.
Carbs break down into simple sugars in the stomach
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!!
I will never think artisan chocolate is expensive again! So labor intensive. This video is giving me Lucille Ball vibes, before she goes nuts.
The moisture in the candy would absorb flour, not true with corn starch. Same concept using rice flour in making a bread from a wet dough like sourdough. 💖
Cooper welcome to the team, good luck.
❤️❤️❤️ one on my favorites!!! this is gonna sound crazy, but trust me... I've been eating chocolate drops like this all my life. My entire family eats them this way... Smash one flat between your palms, and make a sandwich with it between 2 saltines.... Out of this world good!!! Try it...
Man! I would love to work there too. It just doesn't get old.
Love that you guys just "casually talk" . Keeps it interesting:
What an incredible labor of love. Great job ya'll. 👏👏👏🇺🇲❤🇺🇲
Sugars, starches and fiber are carbohydrates. Flour (wheat, corn, rice, etc.) have starch, fiber and protein in them. Pure starch is just the starch part - the fiber and protein parts are stripped out. Fiber and protein won't hold a mold shape well like pure starch does.
Corn starch allows the candy to come out of the shape. Flour would absorb the liquid.
You know it's a Herc Candy vid when you start with a big corn syrup plop
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.
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 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 😊
Chocoholic watching chocolate being made.
Love to see max. He is film magic.
It's Science with Max!
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!!
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.
These look like little mini chocolate mountains.
Lol I love how Steve came to spy when the creme was being poured into the machine 😂
If I didn’t live so far away from you all, I would love to come work in your shop😊
You guys are going to have to have that plug rewired! I could see it smoking! The Aerator for the Creams is becoming a safety issue. No electrocution allowed! EEK!
Was thinking the same.
I straight up want to eat those inserts alone 😅
Really good vanilla ice cream isn’t white.
lol - and neither is genuine butter yellow …
Are you like a real life Willy Wonka family , that goes into the wild hunting for new and exotics flavors
I miss Max!
Great job cooper.
Do a video on the history of the family and how it started.
Only Karen can threaten someone with so much sweetness.
Max! Awww where did you go after this :(
Purple creams... wait what? Blackberry? Lavendar? Did I miss something? Can hardly wait for winter here in Texas so I can order more goodies! ❤🍬🍫🍭
When Max was enrobing the drops, I was so confused because I was like "why is he only putting 2 across? He could totally fit more. I swear I've seen them do 5 creams across. 🤔."
But then I realized he was on the smaller enrober! 🤣🤦♀️🤣
That'll do it 😂
the fondant making machine with the hot plug it needs a service. Hot plugs can catch fire and cause electric shock be careful
I saw smoke!
Yeah, the plug has already been replaced by now, safety first!
@@HerculesCandy Check that socket aswell. Usually hot/melting connectors are a result of a bad connection in the socket, which makes alot of power run through a very tiny portion of the connector - essentially heating it up. If you're constantly using the same socket for that machine and constantly plugging it in and unplugging it I'd have a electrician look at it and replace the wall socket.