Using Our Candy Drop Roller To Make Old Fashion Candy

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @dallashord5221
    @dallashord5221 Год назад +195

    The longer crank handle is because this model roller doesn’t have power steering.

    • @seedless-bud
      @seedless-bud Год назад +3

      SO FUNNY! I just seen it when he says something about re commenting and I had to go see if you commented!

    • @dougkyle685
      @dougkyle685 Год назад +7

      Longer handle = more torque = easier to turn with load

  • @marred2277
    @marred2277 Год назад +158

    The longer handle gives you more mechanical advantage, like a lever. If it were shorter, it would make it harder to turn.

    • @drandy180
      @drandy180 Год назад +10

      i came here to leave this comment and im glad someone beat me to it !

    • @joer8854
      @joer8854 Год назад +4

      Also more than that there's an optimum temperature for the candy and how workable it is. So a shorter handle making it harder to turn would mean it would take longer to shape the candy creating more candies that aren't formed properly.

    • @barry-allan
      @barry-allan Год назад

      I was also going to say this...however someone beat me to the punch

  • @pattimessenger6214
    @pattimessenger6214 Год назад +93

    Steve has trained some great young people how to be experts at making old fashioned candy makers! Hate to see them leave once we get to know them a bit, but I love to see new people come and learn and grow in skill! The Andreanos family keeping old fashioned candy making alive for over 100 years!

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  Год назад +25

      Steve does it like it's his job!

    • @JB-yb4wn
      @JB-yb4wn Год назад

      @@HerculesCandy
      Is making toffee the same procedure as making candy?

  • @ronniedurie7752
    @ronniedurie7752 Год назад +18

    I'll have to say again that Julia has just slipped into the groove and has become a natural as a candy maker and has become a Valuable asset to the Hercules process of candy makers! Proud of you!!!

  • @Uniquelyyours1
    @Uniquelyyours1 Год назад +18

    I really like Julia. She's fun to listen to and very thorough when she works. Thanks for another fun vidya, Craig.

  • @nikkihayes9236
    @nikkihayes9236 Год назад +96

    PLEEEEASE tell Julia that I very much so appreciate her thoroughness in scraping-out the copper pot?!😃👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @trevour
    @trevour Год назад +20

    I would listen to Julia narrate audiobooks or bedtime stories forever! 😴😊

  • @leebarton2433
    @leebarton2433 Год назад +9

    Craig can you tell Julia ,I’m so proud of how well she is doing , she is an A1 candy maker ❤🍬🍭

  • @MM-bd3vr
    @MM-bd3vr Год назад +8

    Needed this video today, had surgery and need a pain distraction! Thanks for all the hard work you all do. 😊

  • @8stringmonkey
    @8stringmonkey Год назад +6

    Have you thought of combos to the cranberry like the juice? I think cranberry orange would be yummy.

  • @rebeccahefner3559
    @rebeccahefner3559 Год назад +9

    It's amazing to learn the process of candy making, it really is an art. I'm beginning to learn through your videos just how much time and care this takes.

  • @austinaltemeyer7302
    @austinaltemeyer7302 Год назад +1

    The ASMR possibilities are really up there. I really love with listening to the sound of the bubbles popping as you pour the candy mixture onto the table. 3:12

  • @mullisjoshua
    @mullisjoshua Год назад +5

    Malic acid occurs naturally in fruits including apples and cherries. Because of this, malic acid is commonly referred to as "apple acid." Malic acid is produced in the metabolic cycles of humans, plants, and animals

  • @CrazyJodice
    @CrazyJodice Год назад

    I love your videos. My family never sold their candy for profit, mostly it was used for church fundraisers and holiday gifts. A lot of my favorite family memories focus around my grandmother teaching us about hardtack candy and how fun it was.

  • @krissyscott4327
    @krissyscott4327 Год назад +4

    I really like that old time candy press! So neat!

  • @GermanFistable
    @GermanFistable Год назад +1

    Longer handle for leverage, and less spins per run. A small handle you'd have to spin 3-4 times as many rotations, where as a longer one is just a few.

  • @marfdasko
    @marfdasko Год назад +7

    I'm assuming you need a long crank in order to get sufficient leverage to turn the gears. The shorter the crank, the more arm strength it will take to turn, while a long crank does most of the work for you.

    • @kag563
      @kag563 Год назад

      Need a Candy Only Dust Pan that would scoop off the counter better than the bulky scoop.

  • @retrotechnic
    @retrotechnic Год назад +1

    Great to see the roller making such a large volume without getting too warm and the candy sticking to it

  • @frenchfry4310
    @frenchfry4310 Год назад

    Doing this for as many years as you have shows just how much love you have for it.

  • @gamblorthemonster
    @gamblorthemonster Год назад +34

    What happens with the sugar powder and sharp edges after sifting? Have you thought of selling it as an ice cream topping or something like that?

    • @CalliKira
      @CalliKira Год назад +17

      Or make chocolate bars with them mixed in!

    • @pattimessenger6214
      @pattimessenger6214 Год назад +14

      Oh! Or save up the flash and make bark with white chocolate! Colorful and tasty like all of the hard candies they make.

    • @PixieLovesItAll
      @PixieLovesItAll Год назад +2

      They do a similar thing with their nut brittle leftover bits so I'm sure something will come in the future.

    • @panther7748
      @panther7748 Год назад

      I think they use it in some of their chocolate barks.

  • @sophiaisabelle027
    @sophiaisabelle027 Год назад +14

    We will support you all. Keep working hard.

  • @vickismallwood2082
    @vickismallwood2082 Год назад +2

    I have a daughter who lives in Fulton so on my next visit I must come visit your shop. I love watching you all make candy.

  • @AaronnaPhiliou
    @AaronnaPhiliou Год назад +1

    All the dust from cleaning up the sharp edges could be used in bark. Like the orange cream bark, the raspberry bark, and peppermint bark

  • @Starry_Night_Sky7455
    @Starry_Night_Sky7455 Год назад +10

    That glob dropped into the copper pot is always satisfying ❤❤❤

  • @Cerino669
    @Cerino669 Год назад +2

    It might be worth it to see if you guys can hook a motor up to the crank shaft. That way it would allow the person feeding the candy in and taking it out not to pause every time, switch hands and worry about consistent turning. Low power motors are pretty cheap and would save a lot of time and energy on the candy maker.

  • @LuisMarquez-rn6vq
    @LuisMarquez-rn6vq Год назад +2

    Always a beautiful sight when candy is being made

  • @cheshillyard2870
    @cheshillyard2870 Год назад

    Craig did you finish renovationd the old house,like to see it now,. You add so much to the videos and explaining it so well. Hugs to all keep stirring the pots ,Lol

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  Год назад

      Haven't started it yet 🙃 my real estate partner and I bought a real money pit, so hopefully next summer

  • @kukivave
    @kukivave Год назад +1

    The handle is connected to a shaft that spins. To spin the shaft requires X amount of energy. If the length of the handle is 0, then to spin the shaft you need to provide X amount of energy all at once. The longer you make the handle, the easier it is to rotate the shaft because even though you still need X amount of energy to spin the shaft, You are now providing X amount of energy over a period of time (the radius of the circle created by the ends of the handle). Basically how gears work, a large gear, linked to a small gear, if you spin them they both complete a single rotation at the same time, however if you a providing the energy to the large gear, then the small gear is producing a large amount of torque, and vice versa.

  • @jenihansen7201
    @jenihansen7201 Год назад +3

    the color of cranberry is so beautiful.

  • @nelks1284
    @nelks1284 Год назад +1

    Watching this is making my mouth water!

  • @avamooltrey
    @avamooltrey Год назад +3

    Oh snap! Cranberry!
    I love Cranberries! ❤️ 😍

  • @beckybecker4220
    @beckybecker4220 Год назад +3

    Oooh put the shake (small pieces) in white chocolate for cranberry cream bark

  • @lin90210
    @lin90210 Год назад +7

    I've seen people make pear drops with ye olde metal moulds in a local history museum here in the UK...pear drops are some yummyyyyy P.S. the colour of this one is so pretty!!

  • @thatgirlinokc3975
    @thatgirlinokc3975 Год назад +6

    ...reason the doors need to be shut, the strong flavors permeate the wrapped chocolate on the sales floor
    CRAIG working hard! 😂

  • @ThatcraniumguyNet
    @ThatcraniumguyNet Год назад +1

    I would thing the longer handle serves two purposes: Added leverage to move the candy through the rollers, and better control of the speed of the candy through the rollers.

  • @purpleraine4656
    @purpleraine4656 Год назад +2

    The longer handle helps with leverage. Also if it was shorter they'd have to turn it more on top of it being harder to turn.

  • @dawnwatson4158
    @dawnwatson4158 Год назад

    Beautiful old machine! That was soothing to listen too also. Very neat!

  • @57RGilbert
    @57RGilbert Год назад +2

    A longer handle allows for more leverage and allows the user to use less energy to turn the crank.

  • @hb7282
    @hb7282 Год назад +14

    Love you guys! Tip for when you eat something too spicy, eat salt after. Learned this from a lovely gentleman in Mexico who took pity on me after I ate insane spice🤣

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  Год назад +4

      I would have never guessed that!

    • @catalina9844
      @catalina9844 Год назад +4

      Yup my friend from New Orleans said the same it works

  • @annakastrup9628
    @annakastrup9628 Год назад +4

    Not sure what you do with the cranberry candy broken bits but if they happened to find their way to some white chocolate I would totally buy it. All. Of it.

  • @Wendi937
    @Wendi937 Год назад +1

    Thanks again for another great vlog

  • @liannehoenderboom1018
    @liannehoenderboom1018 Год назад +4

    I would think "the longer the crank handle, the more power you can put into the roller through it", meaning you have a better chance at rolling candy that has gone cold and is about to set

  • @christinescott5193
    @christinescott5193 10 месяцев назад

    I ordered the butterscotch hard candy, and I’m hooked! Love watching your channel.

  • @randomsanwhich2
    @randomsanwhich2 Год назад +7

    Save the sharp edges and bag them as candy topper for cakes, ice cream, etc. 😊

  • @trinivegan7649
    @trinivegan7649 Год назад +3

    That flavor sounds so good. 🍭

  • @POTSy-EDS-Zebra
    @POTSy-EDS-Zebra Год назад

    Is the longer crank to make your hand go in a big enough circle that it rotates the gears at the correct time to line up correctly? Sorry if that doesn’t make sense but I’m assuming it has something to do with the diameter of the circle made when you crank it is related to the timing of the gears that are spinning because if it was too small the timing would be off and the gears/candy plates wouldn’t rotate together and mess up the candy shape?

  • @shawnmcpeak6184
    @shawnmcpeak6184 Год назад +1

    The big handle acts like a Large Cog. It makes the smaller cogs rotate more times than the handle goes round. Like gears on a bicycle.

  • @alexander2379
    @alexander2379 Год назад

    Been watching for years now.. Julia is a pleasure to watch 🙊

  • @ReneB1210
    @ReneB1210 Год назад +1

    These are so pretty 😍 you guys should make some coconut cashew clusters, amazing combo! Lots of love from New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤

  • @NotRosquilla
    @NotRosquilla Год назад +2

    They should do a pie mix of hard candy
    Pumpkin
    Banana cream
    Chocolate moose
    Apple
    Could be like a Thanksgiving bundle

  • @Mark-br8mm
    @Mark-br8mm Год назад +2

    Can we appreciate Steve’s watch. Looks like a digital seiko watch from the 80’s

  • @Thinking.Of.Some.Handle
    @Thinking.Of.Some.Handle Год назад +1

    Leah's apron is so COOL!!!

  • @molliejonte2732
    @molliejonte2732 Год назад +2

    Where the candy comes out off the press , then the chute , maybe extend the chute down to the table so you don’t have to worry about it doubling over where it meets the table.

  • @melyssawindsor1178
    @melyssawindsor1178 Год назад

    It has a longer handle because it provides more leverage to roll the candy threw if it had a smaller handle it would be harder to turn

  • @squeakymoma
    @squeakymoma Год назад

    Ooo, I love cranberry! A mix of cranberry and orange would be fantastic.

  • @johnrtrucker
    @johnrtrucker Год назад

    I presume the door thing is because the candy is actively cooling down and being folded so the temperature variant may affect how fast the candy cools plus controlling humidity plus every time a door opens its an opportunity for a fly or something to get in

  • @puppyloveee-jn6ck
    @puppyloveee-jn6ck Год назад

    It's basically to give you leverage, if the candy cools before putting it through the roller it would be to difficult to turn if the handle was short 👍

  • @pattiwhaley1067
    @pattiwhaley1067 Год назад +1

    Did you notice when you showed the stivers candy store over the spinning table they had a picture just like Terry's of Lucy & Vivian working the candy line

  • @lori5032
    @lori5032 Год назад +2

    Love you Hercules Candy! Question, why don't you put longer pieces through the candy drop roller? ❣

    • @Ginger51
      @Ginger51 Год назад

      That’s what I was thinking. I would just keep doing one long rope through it. 😂
      But that’s why I’m watching and not making! 🤪

    • @lin90210
      @lin90210 Год назад +1

      They need to hold the finished piece and guide it out so it doesn't fold on itself. Maybe it's difficult to crank and be on the end of a longer finished piece? Defo worth a try though ❤

  • @HostileMike
    @HostileMike Год назад

    You guys should take all the sharp scraps from each batch and grind them up fine and make kinda like pixie sticks.. Each batch could be the flavor of them.. It would save on waste and its another item you can sell!!!

  • @augustcompion2450
    @augustcompion2450 Месяц назад

    Longer crank gives you more power so it's easy and smooth turning

  • @TheRollieRollShow800
    @TheRollieRollShow800 Год назад

    Steve loves making candy for sure. Its in his blood, but its time to relax and let the kids take over. Go enjoy a nice cold beer 🍻🍺 and remince on some good times.

  • @jathansmom1
    @jathansmom1 Год назад

    the long handle creates leverage making it easier to roll the candy out. Or as my son says it every time he helps Dad change a tire "LEVERAGE BABY".

  • @tschak909
    @tschak909 Год назад +1

    You guys have a drop roller now, that's great! :)

  • @sneaks6635
    @sneaks6635 Год назад +1

    Cranberry pearls. They remind me of 'pop beads' that I played with many years ago.

  • @buffysheffield1328
    @buffysheffield1328 Год назад

    Do you bottle up the sprinkles that fall through the grate and sell them as flavored candied dust/sprinkles for confection decorating, like cakes or cupcakes? I would love to purchase some is so. Probably not the only one…

  • @carolumyi4768
    @carolumyi4768 Год назад +1

    I love cranberries. they are a very yummy fruit. As for malic acid it is found in fruits like blueberries, apricots and many other non-citrus fruits. Malic acid is much milder in taste than citric acid.

  • @jkies11
    @jkies11 Год назад

    It's fall and I'm watching you to gear up for my candy making season!

  • @lizgessnermcallister4884
    @lizgessnermcallister4884 Год назад +5

    Couldn't you add a honey spout that can securely close to the bottom of a 5 or 7 gallon bucket and then allow the corn syrup to drain into the kettle on the scale? ou might have to raise the bucket up higher to drip into the kettle

    • @pattimessenger6214
      @pattimessenger6214 Год назад +1

      I’m guessing the corn syrup has to be warmed so it will pour.

  • @kelliepineda9822
    @kelliepineda9822 Год назад

    those candies rainbowed would be so cool

  • @AshBash1824
    @AshBash1824 Год назад +1

    A shorter crank would mean you would have to crank twice as much to get the same distance. The longer crank mean less rotations for the same result

  • @jillcrapo7159
    @jillcrapo7159 Год назад +1

    Don’t you want the two toned candy to be half and half? So put it through the roller with one color on top and one color on the bottom?

  • @danamorey351
    @danamorey351 Год назад +1

    I know other candy makers use a fry basket to separate the candy from the shards.

  • @highdesertbiker
    @highdesertbiker Год назад +1

    He could just put a spigot at the bottom of the 5 gallon. Or get a 10-20 gallon and put one on that

  • @husher5142
    @husher5142 Год назад +1

    @15:17 its painful to watch him run each time, do three then drag them as a pair to the other side, or when youre waiting on a pull, way more efficient.

  • @UnhingedFridge
    @UnhingedFridge Год назад

    13:18 - This one doesn't matter because it's not two flavors"
    But it's two different textures, and it's going through the roller mostly sideways in this video.
    Wouldn't you want to make sure it stays at least somewhat straight so that you can have both textures on every piece?
    You're gonna have some people winding up with more hard pieces, and some with more aerated bits that are ready to crumble.

  • @KorinAnderson
    @KorinAnderson Год назад

    Since you are shaking off the edges of the round candies. You could crush quite finely and sell Cranberry flavoured sugar for people to sprinkle with or put in their coffee?

  • @R3troZone
    @R3troZone Год назад +1

    It's paraffin wax Craig. Thats the type of wax that's food grade. Also the crank is so long because of physics. A shorter crank would be much harder to turn because it has less leverage.

  • @1Nymphfx
    @1Nymphfx Год назад

    what are you doing with the "dust"/"sprinkles" that get left under the sieve?

  • @CuriousCrimes
    @CuriousCrimes Год назад

    have you tried making a teeny ramp where the strip comes out this might avoid the need to change hands to catch it coming out the other side?

  • @QueenTrash
    @QueenTrash Год назад +1

    Blue raspberry, strawberry banana and tart cranberry all sold out🥺

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  Год назад

      That just means we'll make them all again soon. Make sure to click the email when available button!

  • @russb8241
    @russb8241 Год назад +5

    So I will say that u guys make great hard candy it helped me stop smoking and not after 1 year it helped me stop drinking all my family in minneosta order me your candy so I stay sober and clean tie die hard candy my #1 so far

  • @thatgirlinokc3975
    @thatgirlinokc3975 Год назад +4

    Woohoo, using the new (old) candy making tool! 😊

  • @leifvejby8023
    @leifvejby8023 Год назад

    Gamecock passing at 11:30.
    I could be wrong, but Quick Steve's airplane looks a lot like a British Gloster Gamecock.

  • @SolidDamedron
    @SolidDamedron Год назад +1

    I am curious why the candy isn’t rolled through in one continuous strand. I thought when I saw them do this before it was one continuous piece similar to the ribbon candy process.

    • @MazzyMadness
      @MazzyMadness Год назад +1

      The ribbon candy isn’t one long continuous strand either though. It’s cut to length and then shaped

  • @Seeker17
    @Seeker17 Год назад

    Would it be possible to replace the handle with a small electric motor? That may make the candy easier to handle since the one working it will have a free hand to feed and catch. Just watch your fingers!

  • @Kris-qc3tp
    @Kris-qc3tp Год назад +1

    Have you ever played with the brittle recipes? Like maybe add flavours that compliment peanuts or cashews, like grape with peanut or maple syrup with cashew?

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  Год назад +2

      We've done maple walnut brittle and smoked almond brittle, but we discontinued them because they were too sticky

    • @liannehoenderboom1018
      @liannehoenderboom1018 Год назад +1

      my guess is that the moisture content in those flavorings or additions would be too high, causing the brittle to become sticky and for the nuts to go stale quicker

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  Год назад

      ​@@liannehoenderboom1018yeah, both of them needed a lot of liquid flavoring

    • @liannehoenderboom1018
      @liannehoenderboom1018 Год назад

      there may be powdered flavoring out there, that might help keep down the moisture content, but those might not mix in without lumps so easily, so quality control on candy made with those might be tough to do...@@HerculesCandy

  • @mrjohnthedestroyer
    @mrjohnthedestroyer Год назад

    Really sensual on how she gets the candy ready for the crank

  • @kristineisbrenner3223
    @kristineisbrenner3223 Год назад

    Love your candy!!!

  • @MelissaThompson432
    @MelissaThompson432 Год назад +1

    This has nothing to do with anything, but I was watching a movie with Mark Ruffalo in it and I kept thinking, "who does he remind me of?" It was starting to annoy me that I couldn't figure it out.
    Then I realized: it was Steve.

  • @JoyceVirgillo
    @JoyceVirgillo Год назад +5

    Who else wants a bag of the cranberry candy dust?

  • @chris-ph4ko
    @chris-ph4ko Год назад

    should just use a large tray to crank them onto so you can move like 20 of them over to the end at a time instead of after each round of cranking.

  • @d.rabbitwhite
    @d.rabbitwhite Год назад

    For me rounded drops, and discs are scary. As a cub, I had a peppermint round drop lodge in my throat. Same happened with discs. Pure, absolute terror.

    • @robjenstreet
      @robjenstreet 11 месяцев назад

      That happened to me at about 7 yrs old. My uncle poured fresh hot coffee down my throat and it melted it enough to slide down. Burnt me and scared me so bad. But he saved me.

  • @kennyb2789
    @kennyb2789 Год назад

    Has anyone ever ordered for shipping to UK and are able to tell me how much roughly custom fees were for their order? Thanks

  • @Thinking.Of.Some.Handle
    @Thinking.Of.Some.Handle Год назад

    Isnt it because of the rotation would be off , which would cause the teeth of the round pieces wouldn't be smooth..i can't explain it properly because I don't know the names of the components

  • @Bijorak
    @Bijorak 11 месяцев назад

    i have those same silicone bowls. they are awesome

  • @cattail6322
    @cattail6322 Год назад

    Did you stop doing the ribbon deco on packing? I don't see it anymore.

  • @kathyk479
    @kathyk479 Год назад

    As the candy goes thru the machine it cools down. If the handle was shorter it would be harder for the person turning the handle to crank the candy thru esp. At the end of the candy. Before they had the heaters!

  • @andrewsargent3183
    @andrewsargent3183 Год назад

    Happy max and your moms brother moved on to bigger things but wish they would come back to say hi in a vid or maybe do a puzzle as you all as charectures

  • @none38995
    @none38995 Год назад +1

    Thought you guys might get a kick out of this. A comment about the wax.if that's paraffin, I grew up calling it doorwax. Because it's what we use on our sliding glass doors. You should have seen my face when I found out my grandmother puts it in her buckeye candy at Christmas time 😂