PEPPERMINT LOLLIPOPS

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These lollipops can be made with any shape cookie cutter. Gingerbread men, snowmen, Christmas trees and reindeer-there are endless color and design options, so let your creative juices flow! -Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 35m

Yield 10 lollipops.

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup water
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon peppermint oil
10 lollipop sticks
Crushed peppermint candies, optional

Steps:

Butter 10 assorted metal cookie cutters and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, water, corn syrup and cream of tartar. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage). , Remove from the heat. Stir in oil, keeping face away from mixture as odor is very strong. For each color of candy swirls, pour 1/4 cup sugar mixture into a ramekin or custard cup; tint red or green., Immediately pour remaining sugar mixture into prepared cookie cutters. Drizzle with colored mixtures as desired; cut through with a toothpick to swirl. Remove cutters just before lollipops are set; firmly press a lollipop stick into each. Sprinkle peppermint candies over tops if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 179 calories, Fat 0 fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 27mg sodium, Carbohydrate 47g carbohydrate (40g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 0 protein.