Making image candy is harder than we thought...

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024

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  • @pattimessenger6214
    @pattimessenger6214 10 месяцев назад +170

    I have only seen the first few minutes, but I want to say that I admire you for stepping outside your comfort zone, on RUclips! I bet it turns out great!

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  10 месяцев назад +9

      Thanks for the support Patti!

    • @o0oqtkato0o
      @o0oqtkato0o 8 месяцев назад +2

      This is my 3rd video in and I’m in love with this channel- the family dynamic- the wholesomeness of it all is so beautiful -❤

  • @gabriellemccoy4536
    @gabriellemccoy4536 10 месяцев назад +40

    14:34
    Take a shot every time Steve says, “You gotta warm that up.”
    😂😂😂😂😂😂 We love that monotone man so doggone much!!!!!!

    • @byronmurphy1977
      @byronmurphy1977 10 месяцев назад +1

      There is low key, then there is Steve lol

  • @ArsinoeIvy
    @ArsinoeIvy 10 месяцев назад +126

    I’m not a candy maker, but I am a crafter, 😂, so I’ve tried to replicate OPVs before and had similar experiences…
    I would suggest picking up some playdoh or polymer clay in a few colors and working out the design first so that everyone on the team is already comfortable making their assigned shape(s) and you can practice without the heat making it more difficult, you can all start out slow before you need to go fast… It definitely won’t solve all the problems, but it might let you work out the kinks in the process and design before there is hot sugar on the table….

    • @gillianmuspic2337
      @gillianmuspic2337 10 месяцев назад +2

      exactly what I was going to suggest

    • @barongerhardt
      @barongerhardt 10 месяцев назад

      Dough or clay to workout the shaping, and I would draw out all the preforms and steps.

    • @lisascenic
      @lisascenic 10 месяцев назад +1

      🎃What a brilliant way of prototyping🎃

    • @catalina9844
      @catalina9844 7 месяцев назад

      Great suggestion !

    • @mygirldarby
      @mygirldarby 4 месяца назад

      I make polymer clay canes. It's a lot of fun and not as hard as it looks. It's of course easier with clay I'm sure.

  • @YayWei320
    @YayWei320 10 месяцев назад +30

    “Is that the eye? It is now!” 😂 Terry is hilarious hahaha. Love seeing all hands on deck for this feat! 🧡

  • @pattiwhaley1067
    @pattiwhaley1067 10 месяцев назад +49

    Steve never looks to excited when you show them image candy but terry does ha!ha!

  • @EmilyGOODEN0UGH
    @EmilyGOODEN0UGH 10 месяцев назад +17

    So cool! I would suggest you get a bunch of rulers and scissors at dollar tree, and draw the design to size in the diameter of a foot long log of candy, mark it into squares and triangles, and keep it right there on the table in a ziplock bag. Maybe even NUMBER the segments? "I've got 6 7 8 have you got nine and ten?" Everyone makes their pieces to fit the paper pattern and foot long ruler. Just an idea.

  • @theturtlemoves9310
    @theturtlemoves9310 10 месяцев назад +34

    I also watch @Stickylollies and it was nice to see you guys doing the same thing, but as beginners. They make it look so easy because they do it all day long. I like seeing the start, so I can see the progress.

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  10 месяцев назад +4

      I agree, I love watching videos of people trying stuff when they're still new and seeing the progression!

  • @sparkequinox
    @sparkequinox 10 месяцев назад +8

    I am guessing when they use the "hold it and let it droop" is actually very important for making the image start, and probably has a big difference on the image quality. If you think about it, letting it drop pulls the material away from the start, and probably makes for clean edges in the image. It would certainly explain why they always do swans and "waste" quite a bit at the start, perhaps a necessary evil.

    • @mygirldarby
      @mygirldarby 4 месяца назад

      Holding it allows it to droop evenly. With clay canes you have to roll them thin.

  • @luzraji76
    @luzraji76 10 месяцев назад +5

    ❤❤❤ very sweet and charming when Terry said 24:04 " Steve won't you bring your muscles over here " 😊
    Very challenging for everyone, good job all of you!❤❤❤

  • @reneeoler5314
    @reneeoler5314 10 месяцев назад +17

    Cool! I have a hint that might help in future, make it a short far cane because it’s easier to build the image that way then it can be reduced in size after image is created. At least that’s my experience with polymer clay 😂I’m not sure about molten candy!

  • @junesondrab3833
    @junesondrab3833 10 месяцев назад +4

    The Japanese candy makers sure have perfected the art of image candy. Its amazing to watch.

    • @jkl1202
      @jkl1202 6 месяцев назад

      I’m pretty sure the video they were watching was a shop in Australia that makes image candy. Not Japanese.

    • @user-pooped
      @user-pooped 6 месяцев назад

      @junesondrab3833 I agree the Japanese do a 100% perfect job at it. Yes!!! Love watching them make image candy!! It is sheer bliss!

  • @tinekekalkwiek6517
    @tinekekalkwiek6517 10 месяцев назад +6

    For the first time every body did a great job. When you are making it more it will look better. Great JOB guys

  • @laurelsemcek4693
    @laurelsemcek4693 10 месяцев назад +4

    If you watch Sticky from when they started filming in around 2020 they explain from the beginning of the batch what is being done because they are filming live and answering questions. It took Dave's daughter awhile to get where she is in making them.

  • @thatgirlinokc3975
    @thatgirlinokc3975 10 месяцев назад +20

    Woohoo part 2!!
    However it turns out, it was cool of you to try

  • @rainysunflower384
    @rainysunflower384 10 месяцев назад +5

    This was so fun to watch! Plus the best thing about image candy is that no matter how it looks, it will still taste great!

  • @CaitS34
    @CaitS34 10 месяцев назад +5

    The Aussie candy channel, can’t remember their name, but they make a ton of image candy. They slowly stretch the entire finished image, before they start pulling into strands.

  • @tiffanyl4071
    @tiffanyl4071 10 месяцев назад +14

    Been watching for a very very long time and I am surprised it took so long for image candy. :) Great job! I am very impressed with your first try! You can totally mix those and make a pumpkin and jack o lantern mix and sell it as special edition Halloween image candy. I would totally grab some of those!

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  10 месяцев назад +4

      Actually we have 2 other image candy videos if you want to check them out!

  • @michelemarie4128
    @michelemarie4128 10 месяцев назад +5

    Charlie Brown had his Christmas tree, Hercules Candy has their pumpkin image candy. 🎃

  • @gottagift
    @gottagift 10 месяцев назад +3

    For those of you who do not have the candy to craft with, this art is more directly related to polymer clay. I have done this with polymer clay when making beads. Interestingly enough, the forming of a roll to cut into small pieces is called forming a cane.

  • @danshooey4277
    @danshooey4277 10 месяцев назад +3

    The internal image components are kept at a colder temperature to maintain thier integrity. These are reheated when the larger warmer outer wrapper is added and can then be pulled. It is very similar to Millefiori, or Murrine, a very old technique used in glassmaking that produces elaborate work consisting of a multitude of small glass rods, bevels and canes that have been fused together and shaped into different designs. The name came from the Italian for “thousand flowers”.

  • @CapnChkn1
    @CapnChkn1 10 месяцев назад +1

    One thing I notice, is that glass blowing glass, and hot sugar have similar properties, though not the same materials. The candies are setting and going flat, when somebody comes along to keep the "source" round, they just wibble it back and forth a little, rather than roll it back and forth.
    Glass blowers constantly roll their materials. They describe the material as like honey while it's molten and being formed. The rolling keeps it in form.
    In the case of the fluid sugar, this handling isn't keeping the shape, all the colors are then crushed, rolled around, and rolled in again. So the areas of color in the cross section are malformed.

  • @luzraji76
    @luzraji76 10 месяцев назад +3

    " you need to have an imagination to see it" 😂😂😂

  • @markrobbins8711
    @markrobbins8711 10 месяцев назад +3

    It’s crazy I’ve been watching y’all from the basement to a shop. Love y’all keep it up

  • @hikariyouk
    @hikariyouk 10 месяцев назад +2

    Watching people making sticks of rock in the UK has always been magic too. How the hell you work out how these huge lumps of colour will form readable words when you squish it down is beyond me.

    • @youtuechar
      @youtuechar 10 месяцев назад +1

      you bild your letters/image big, by pulling it out it stays the same, just everything smaller with the same ratios

  • @catalina9844
    @catalina9844 7 месяцев назад

    This whole process is fascinating! I didn’t even consider that people making beads would go through the same steps! I think the idea of making a model sounds like a good idea- but making the model would be hard in itself lmao! Great work trying this and putting it on the tubes ❤❤❤❤

  • @OlafsLeftArm
    @OlafsLeftArm 10 месяцев назад +2

    I think the difference is mainly the titanium white. The color difference of more and less orange was just not enough.

  • @LindaLawton
    @LindaLawton 10 месяцев назад +3

    Mutant pumpkin Halloween candy just became a thing love it 😂

  • @kianaone2610
    @kianaone2610 7 месяцев назад

    For NEVER having done this before you guys did pretty good at making a pumpkin.

  • @jeanhorne5893
    @jeanhorne5893 10 месяцев назад +3

    I loved watching ya make the pumpkins candy .Ya did a fantastic job.God bless you all.

  • @SW-ni9uq
    @SW-ni9uq 10 месяцев назад +3

    Love it! Such a great reminder that trial and error is the best way to learn and that no matter how skilled we are, we never stop learning. ❤😊🎃

  • @rgoodwinau
    @rgoodwinau 10 месяцев назад +2

    Aussie with NO candy making knowledge here! Enjoyed watching the skills with the two batches - particularly the learnings from the first batch. Gotta think this is a Halloween season big seller when you get it down pat!

  • @shebeesstitchyworld
    @shebeesstitchyworld 10 месяцев назад +2

    So, will you try to keep making more of this type candy or does it take too much time?? Loving how you’re trying to make new candies. I’m tired from watching you go through the work - LOL!!!

    • @byronmurphy1977
      @byronmurphy1977 10 месяцев назад

      Too time-consuming, I would imagine.

  • @Dierwolf2000
    @Dierwolf2000 6 месяцев назад

    so the difference between hard candy and window glass chemistry wise is sugar is the glass former in candy and silica is the glass former in the windows. Image mosaics in glass are quite honestly the most challenging thing ive ever done period. to make edible ones is a truly kind and generous thing.

  • @ahenderson9497
    @ahenderson9497 10 месяцев назад +1

    You should do an exchange program with Sticky so you can get some hands on experience. They make it look so easy.

    • @CelticRuneSinger
      @CelticRuneSinger 10 месяцев назад

      They already have done stuff like this before with Greg from lofty pursuits teaching tgenome image candy or a.k.a. Vintage rock candy

  • @thormalakowsky
    @thormalakowsky 10 месяцев назад +2

    To me Julia's "duck" looked like Nessie (Loch Ness Monster) so it makes sense that it disappeared.

  • @aukebij3193
    @aukebij3193 4 месяца назад

    Small tip: if you stick the pieces together, first dampen them a little with a sponge than they stick better

  • @AndrooH
    @AndrooH 10 месяцев назад +1

    @Stickylollies are undisputed masters of this stuff, it's so hard to do!

    • @CelticRuneSinger
      @CelticRuneSinger 10 месяцев назад

      Yeah but they were shown image candy by Greg from lofty Pursuits

    • @AndrooH
      @AndrooH 10 месяцев назад

      Maybe, but they were also shown @Stickylollies making image candy and posted a video of it! 🤷 I'd still argue Sticky are the best in the business.

  • @chuckgenglerjr.2177
    @chuckgenglerjr.2177 10 месяцев назад +1

    from Buffalo, NY ......" Practice makes perfect " I see lots of image art projects in your future , these videos are amazing Luv them all , Steve & Terry you have great employees working for you. Looking forward to more videos & great creations

  • @jacobsims5848
    @jacobsims5848 10 месяцев назад

    I love how the guy that didn't take notes also didn't forget any steps

  • @wyckedwolf7605
    @wyckedwolf7605 10 месяцев назад +4

    I've never wanted more then ever to reach through the screen & help ya'll as I do right now. Lol.🎃🎃
    👊👊 Awesome job.

  • @parkerman2259
    @parkerman2259 10 месяцев назад +1

    The main reason I watch your videos is to see the teamwork. Ghost pepper?! Yowza!

  • @jvebarnes
    @jvebarnes 10 месяцев назад +2

    For a first attempt this went very well as with most things it's practice that makes it perfect. So I'm looking forward to some kangaroo from Peru image candy😁

  • @RobinBoth-vp8yk
    @RobinBoth-vp8yk 10 месяцев назад +1

    You did an awesome job on this candy, especially since you've never made it before. This is a great video!! So much fun seeing you make new things!! You all worked very well together as a team to bring it together. Well done!!👏😍🎃

  • @erikevenson4303
    @erikevenson4303 10 месяцев назад +1

    honestly if you just make the pumpkin without the carved face it would be nice for the holiday.

  • @MelissaWB-ip1lw
    @MelissaWB-ip1lw 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great practice run. You guys did great.

  • @MrSongib
    @MrSongib 10 месяцев назад

    Learn and try to make it, capture the whole thing.
    This series is a joy to watch. ty guys

  • @KelleySings
    @KelleySings 10 месяцев назад +1

    This is awesome! Good job everyone

  • @pah23
    @pah23 10 месяцев назад +4

    Julia is just incredible!! Perfect as always Julia ❤

  • @fiftyfive70
    @fiftyfive70 9 месяцев назад +1

    How fun to try something new! Kudos to you! 🎃

  • @sterlling1
    @sterlling1 10 месяцев назад +1

    They turned out so cute

  • @TheFonzieCommunity
    @TheFonzieCommunity 9 месяцев назад

    its nice to get inspiration from sticky, maybe you'll be able to master your versions; but those explains why its hard to do!!! you'll get better soon!!!

  • @anothorestes
    @anothorestes 10 месяцев назад +2

    Wow! Greg really makes it look easy!

    • @CelticRuneSinger
      @CelticRuneSinger 10 месяцев назад +1

      Cause practice can makes things look easier than things are

  • @SolidDamedron
    @SolidDamedron 10 месяцев назад +1

    An idea might be to rehearse the design with play-doh since it setup on you and you can check if the design pans out.

  • @danielcarter305
    @danielcarter305 10 месяцев назад

    I think it helped having an artist because I recall Cooper doing most of the design part of it last time. It was a good try though better than I could ever do.

  • @donnabeard7315
    @donnabeard7315 10 месяцев назад +2

    I noticed that Sticky continues to roll the rods as they cool to keep them round.

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  10 месяцев назад

      Yes, we tried, but we were having a hard enough time pulling them out round enough haha

  • @beckscald3855
    @beckscald3855 5 месяцев назад

    Okay so I've seen A LOT of image candy and watching this was really interesting.

  • @HeadCannonPrime
    @HeadCannonPrime 10 месяцев назад +1

    Good first try! You really jumped into the deep end. Maybe try a simple design until you get a feel for the separation and amount of each color.

  • @pattiwhaley1067
    @pattiwhaley1067 10 месяцев назад +2

    I check my phone all the time making sure it don't miss a live one coming on I love watching your family making candy

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks for supporting us so much!

  • @gammacarla8426
    @gammacarla8426 10 месяцев назад

    I loved that you tried this! Very good to press your boundaries and experience something different. Should be called “crazy cauldrons”

  • @janetduelley3001
    @janetduelley3001 10 месяцев назад +1

    You all should watch the video a few more times. You did well for the first time. 🎃

  • @heavychevyjj2323
    @heavychevyjj2323 10 месяцев назад +3

    So fun! Great job 🎃

  • @wendylou8963
    @wendylou8963 10 месяцев назад +1

    I was so looking forward to see how you do!! I did like the idea of cranberry flavour in the candy lolol

  • @bigfrizzycurls
    @bigfrizzycurls 10 месяцев назад +1

    Idk if anyone has suggested this because I haven’t read the comments, but maybe consider getting the insides down by using clay. The concept would work the same and then you could apply what you know getting the inside right to the candy.

    • @CelticRuneSinger
      @CelticRuneSinger 10 месяцев назад

      You're like the fourth that has mentioned this

  • @drachior
    @drachior 10 месяцев назад +1

    if i had to hazard a guess - you skipped on reheating the core bits before quickly adding the outer layer, and in general had to work fast enough for it to work. if the core is colder than the outside, you'll just be pulling off the outer layer instead of a good spread. guess this is why your second attempt worked better. Thinned out piece, less temperature difference between core and outer temperature...
    So either go faster or go thinner?

  • @WaterfallFW
    @WaterfallFW 10 месяцев назад

    I think they look very cute and I’d love to see more characters! How exciting to do more things at work, I bet the time flew. Maybe you could do Steve’s face with a hat and grey hair or one of the ladies with a great smile. Keep up the good work. I always enjoy seeing what your sweet family is doing. ❤

  • @MayorMcheese12
    @MayorMcheese12 10 месяцев назад +1

    Lofty pursuits makes it look easy

  • @bethsmith3421
    @bethsmith3421 10 месяцев назад

    Great job, guys. Your pumpkins are cute and unique. I think they are perfect in the sense that you tried something different and it did work.

  • @kisawulf3768
    @kisawulf3768 10 месяцев назад +1

    You all did really good for your first time ❤

  • @claire4167
    @claire4167 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nice work!! It’s something that will improve as you do them but considering it’s something new and out of your comfort zones it worked well. Consider it a training day x

  • @RyanReich-CivicSi
    @RyanReich-CivicSi 7 месяцев назад

    The Hercules Candy Team preparing for WAR!!!

  • @terriralphs2011
    @terriralphs2011 10 месяцев назад

    4 colors needed orange, for the outer shell; green, for the stem: black, for the eyes and teeth; and white, for the contrast

  • @torontokat54
    @torontokat54 10 месяцев назад +1

    Terry is right, it looks like a November pumpkin. hee, hee, hee! I think your idea of black for eyes and teeth would work better.

  • @GoBravesATL
    @GoBravesATL 10 месяцев назад

    I so applaud y’all for doing this & encourage you to keep going. I have watched what happened to Sticky & you are primed to do the same thing but in the USA. Yes, I know sticky has some Californians but you will be your own thing. I am pulling for you!

  • @biggestthreattoyourexistence
    @biggestthreattoyourexistence 10 месяцев назад +7

    I dont know how they stretch it perfectly. That's gotta be hard.

    • @HerculesCandy
      @HerculesCandy  10 месяцев назад +1

      I know! What the heck? Why can't we do that? 😂

    • @Waterflame
      @Waterflame 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@HerculesCandy Because most places that do image candy have a rolling machine that helps them get the batch into a perfect circle! Yours came out amazing considering you were rolling it by hand!

  • @DawnShipley1977
    @DawnShipley1977 10 месяцев назад +1

    Lofty Pursuits let's their batches twist and they are fine.

  • @Rusty_Nickle
    @Rusty_Nickle 9 месяцев назад

    He actually raised something interesting you could try. You could have orange candy but make it grape flavored or yellow candy and make it cherry flavored. Make the red lemon flavored. Etc

  • @mygirldarby
    @mygirldarby 4 месяца назад

    A way to learn this is with clay. Use modeling clay and watch videos on making clay canes. I learned and i make clay canes of flowers, hearts, etc. It's fun! I make beads out of them for charms.

  • @lindaball403
    @lindaball403 10 месяцев назад +1

    I also watch Sticky and when they pull it, they pull enough down the line and the next person chops it off. It might be cooler like that.

  • @twentyfoursevensmoke
    @twentyfoursevensmoke 10 месяцев назад

    47:30 - that candy looks like its about to ask me for tree fiddy

  • @connieharding4887
    @connieharding4887 10 месяцев назад

    You guys are the best when I get my coffee I turn on the tube and look for new shows from you I love watching if I was closer I would want to work there

  • @poeticposturing3850
    @poeticposturing3850 10 месяцев назад +2

    Water. Heat. Scissors. It's cooling down. We need more heat. It feels like an operating room.

  • @daiseymae6263
    @daiseymae6263 10 месяцев назад

    Love you all!! Mom is so beautiful!! And dad ain’t so bad himself!!

  • @deloradeabel8487
    @deloradeabel8487 10 месяцев назад +1

    Maybe a ghost head would be easier than a pumpkin head?love the channel

  • @dellawilliams3489
    @dellawilliams3489 9 месяцев назад

    The more you do this the better you will get. I would like to see you do more and see how good you do get

  • @lin90210
    @lin90210 10 месяцев назад +2

    In the end it's still yummy orange flavoured rock. Who would deny sugar. Don't worry about big pieces Scott. In the UK we have the whole long stick and break it ourselves.

  • @rbzsfg
    @rbzsfg 10 месяцев назад

    After watching this video, I really appreciate the image candies i get in Japan even more.

  • @danieljckson
    @danieljckson 10 месяцев назад +1

    Good job trying something out of the wheelhouse!

  • @johncurry3641
    @johncurry3641 10 месяцев назад

    It’s always easy being an armchair quarterback but from watching others makes these they make perfectly shaped triangle logs that are only about a foot long. Very entertaining video.

  • @bossman13666
    @bossman13666 9 месяцев назад

    Tarry and the mental notes are real

  • @JhonnyMah
    @JhonnyMah 10 месяцев назад +4

    You guys should invite the Japanese people from Moga Moga to do a collab video together after this, you could even plan and set it up for Halloween next year.

  • @lisascenic
    @lisascenic 10 месяцев назад

    I love your positive energy and how you all work together so well!
    🎃
    The improvement between the first and second batch is remarkable! Good for you!
    🎃
    I agree with the commenters who suggest working out the proportions in clay before attempting to “draw” with molten candy.

  • @lindaball403
    @lindaball403 10 месяцев назад

    They are adorable! You guys did good!

  • @lobke666
    @lobke666 10 месяцев назад +1

    I think it is courageous to step outside your comfort zone. I think the candy turned out really cute. even experienced candy makers have difficulty with this. still did a great job. how I would have liked to taste it.

  • @saylorpartyof5
    @saylorpartyof5 10 месяцев назад

    I wanna see Steve pick the blop of molten sugar up and make a bubble like Dave does! 💕💕 love y’all trying this out!

  • @joegammacide3204
    @joegammacide3204 9 месяцев назад

    I was going to say before putting the stem and last outer layer on. Round out the candy then put on the stem and last layer!

  • @lauramacdonald158
    @lauramacdonald158 10 месяцев назад

    Great first try! Love them!

  • @casandrameza9264
    @casandrameza9264 9 месяцев назад

    You guys should try something easy like a heart in the middle. Or a star or something like that.

  • @mauricebrownjr.3628
    @mauricebrownjr.3628 10 месяцев назад +1

    This was a great try but the only reason I think the designs were a little off was because you guys weren’t constantly rolling the candy log

  • @buffysheffield1328
    @buffysheffield1328 10 месяцев назад

    Wait, orange and not pumpkin spice? Rock on! Thank you! I’m so very overwhelmed with with pumpkin, several years in a row that I can’t even enjoy my favorite pie anymore. That’s just not okay! Can we just stop with the over-saturation, please? I used to love that Led Zeppelin was on the radio. Then over saturation happened..
    That being said I would love an apple cider flavored hard candy would be pretty cool, even cooler with a fizzy feel. Just shy of making it taste like apple cider vinegar. Gotta keep the apple sweet…

  • @Capt.Bains71
    @Capt.Bains71 9 месяцев назад

    Really amazing. 🎉well done, I cannot wait to see more.😊