Sour Apple Lollipops Hard Candy recipe

Lollipops are actually pretty easy to make. I always like a little sour flavor so these have food grade citric acid in them. Lollipop molds, oils and sticks are pretty inexpensive and you can pick them up at craft stores.
When adding powdered citric acid make sure the temperature of the candy is below 265° or it will burn and ruin the batch. The liquid citric acid is more user friendly but it isn't as sour.

[@christenewaldon961]

Definitely a homeac project to do with the kiddos this virtual school year😊

[@hopewins1629]

Oh yes. The kids will love seeing them being made.

[@yolandagarcia5031]

Yummy 😛 can't wait to try my first batch! Thank you for sharing your recipe😊

[@mikenorris781]

Makes sense that citric acid would amp up the original sour flavoring.

[@hopewins1629]

Makes them so much better in my opinion.

[@cheeg28]

I have been looking for something like this everywhere. Thank you for posting

[@hopewins1629]

Sure! I don't remember what I said in the video but if using powdered citric acid make sure the candy is below 245° or it'll burn and ruin your batch. The liquid citric acid is more user friendly but not as sour. I added a little of the powdered citric acid after adding the liquid citric acid and it cooled it down a bit so the powder didn't burn.

[@cheeg28]

@@hopewins1629 yea that exactly it. I love sour candy and I’ve been doing some research. This has been the ONLY helpful
Video abs clear demonstration over the past week of searching .

[@yassifierslay]

You could use this to make your own warheads!

[@meganturner1168]

Love this!!! Looking for molds now. I have to make suckers! Praying for your channel to get the recognition that you deserve

[@hopewins1629]

Wow! Thank you for your encouragement. I appreciate it. God bless you.

[@bhawanasarkar4329]

My eyes:easy peasy
The kitchen:wwwwrrrrrrryyyyyy

[@PaulWoodward]

Your presentations are very professionally done. Very informative. I will share them when I can.

[@mahisvlog7878]

I think you are the best lolipop maker in the world I tried it's sooooooooooooooooooooo tasty thanks for your recipe I will sure subscribe your channel

[@hopewins1629]

Awesome! Thank you! 😃

[@wongyinpeng6391]

Why does my sour candy taste bitter?

[@hopewins1629]

I'm guessing it was too hot when you added the citric acid and the citric acid burned. It's tricky adding the citric acid, the syrup has to cool down a lot before the acid is added.

[@frankyoualot]

Please help, if I add citric acid above 250 degrees at taste horrible, having a hard time making hard candy with citric acid. We tried the liquid that you tried and it hardly made it sour at all

[@hopewins1629]

Watch a Lofty Pursuits video. He makes hard candy with citric acid all the time but he never says what temperature his candy is at when he adds it but he has it spread out on a cooling table. I agree the liquid is not sour enough but it cools it down. I added a small amount of citric acid powder after adding the liquid and that is probably what kept it from burning. I looked it up and the recommendation was to add the powder below 265 but you said it burned at 250°. Bring it down further to 140° maybe. When I made this video I should have checked the temperature when I added the citric acid but it had been sitting for about 5 minutes after I added the liquid so it must have been below the burn point. I've had success and failures with citric acid before that is probably why it's hard to find videos about it because it might also depend on the brand being used. I don't know for sure. When I make it again I will definitely post the temperature.

[@sushikeeper4125]

Do you think using malic acid would give the same result

[@hopewins1629]

I have heard people use food grade malic acid in candy but it's more sour than citric acid so maybe use less of it.

[@roxaneluna4164]

I read that powder citric acid will burn if added to the hot syrup( 300 degrees) is there a way around that

[@hopewins1629]

Yes, it will burn and tastes awful when it does. You have to let the syrup cool down a lot. Maybe 240 degrees or less. If I remember correctly, I added the liquid citric acid first and it cooled it down even more so, then added a little of the powder and it didn't have a problem burning. The only reason I added the powder was because the liquid citric acid didn't really have a punch to it but I think that's what helped cool it down.

[@origamigek]

When I add powdered citric acid it turns brown or even black depending on the temperature.
The acid catalyses the decomposition and it also starts to smell really bad and taste horrible.

[@kevinfromalberta]

It burns when the temperature is over 250 F. Works best to cook the sugar to 310 and let it cool to 250 before adding acid.