![]() Measure your acid into a small metal cup. Measure 50 grams of dextrose into a container, paper cups have worked best for me. I use metal and/or paper - these flavors can soak into plastic pretty effectively. The more accurately you can measure grams the better off you'll be. This adds a really unique physical experience to the candy, and is especially effective with flavors associated with sodas (root beer, cola, etc.) scale Want your pixie sticks to foam? Stir in a pinch of this (up to 1/2 gram) to the standard 50 grams of dextrose AFTER THE RECIPE HAS DRIED. Every flavor oil will require a different amount, but 10 drops is a good starting point for this recipe. Flavor oils are used in candy making, come in dozens of flavors and work really well. Replace the water in the recipe with fruit juice if you're using this option, and consider bumping up the flavor with some drops of the same or a complimentary flavor of extract. Fruit juices and extracts work well but tend to give a lighter flavor. Kool-Aid and other powdered drink mixes will give you a really authentic flavor. ![]() This is all relatively safe as long as you're not dumb about it.** flavorings If you want to make super pucker candy work your way up slowly. If you get these powders in your eyes or nose it will hurt a lot and you may need medical attention. Handle these powders carefully, and measure with extreme caution. phosphoric - used in colas, I haven't experimented with it yet read westfw's comment before trying it yourself! malic - it gives apples their 'fresh' flavor and is a good 'flavorless' acid choice ascorbic - vitamin c, tastes like oranges Depending on what you're making, you may want to try some others: I always use at least a little acid, dextrose tastes kind of flat without it. ![]() Make sure to only use "food grade" products, again usually available from brewing suppliers. Anhydrous (dry/powdered/water free) is easier to measure in the quantities this project uses. Standard pixie sticks contain citric acid. "He said the boy responded after he ate some of it that it was very bitter and didn't taste right," Nassif said.There is no substitute for real pixie stick flavor and texture, it's usually available from brewing suppliers. His 8-year-old son, Timothy, asked for one first. Ronald O'Bryan gave pixie sticks to five children, including two of his own. Unbeknownst to his friends who he was with, he had the pixie sticks shoved up the sleeves of his raincoat." "It was kind of a cold, and kind of a misty, damp night," remembers Harold Nassif, a former Pasadena Detective Sergeant who investigated the case. More than 40 years have passed since that Halloween night in 1974, but families have never forgotten. But to many parents and children, the story of a father who poisoned his own son's Halloween candy with cyanide is a reminder of an evil far scarier than ghosts or goblins. PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) - Houston's "Candyman" has become something of an urban legend. Residents and police recall the horrifying crime
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