Best The Perfect Low Sugar Kool Aid Salt Water Taffy Recipes

THE PERFECT LOW-SUGAR KOOL-AID SALT WATER TAFFY

Steps:

• Butter the sides of a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan or spray down with Pam.
• Add to the pan the first four ingredients.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Cook to 245 degrees (firm ball stage) while constantly stirring.
• Remove from heat and continue to stir until mixture stops boiling.
• Add margarine and koolaid mixture.
• Return to heat and continue to stir until mixture reaches 245 degrees again.
• Remove from heat but continue to stir until mixture stops boiling.
• Pour mixture into a greased 15 x 10 pan.
• Let cool.
• When completely cooled, cut into 1 inch strips.
• Butter fingers.
• Grab a strip and start pulling. Keep pulling. Strip will SLOWLY turn whiter. Use your own judgement as to what consistency you want your taffy.
• Wrap in waxed paper or foils.

SALT WATER TAFFY

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, mix together sugar and cornstarch.
• Stir in corn syrup, water, salt, and margarine.
• Place over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves.
• Cover pan and bring to a boil for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Uncover, place thermometer in pan and cook to 266°F
• Remove from heat and add food coloring and flavoring oil.
• Stir gently, pour onto a greased marble slab or a shallow greased pan to cool.
• When cool enough to handle, grease hands and pull until light and has a satiny gloss.
• Pull into a long rope, cut with scissors and wrap in waxed paper squares, twisting ends.
• Makes 50 pieces.

KID-FRIENDLY SALTWATER TAFFY

Steps:

• Butter the sides of a 2 qt saucepan.
• Add to the pan the sugar, corn syrup, water and salt.
• Cook over med heat, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved.
• Continue cooking to 265 degrees (hard-ball stage) without stirring (mixture should boil gently over entire surface).
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in butter or margarine, flavoring and color.
• Pour into a buttered 15x10x1 inch pan.
• Cool about 20 minutes or until easily handled.
• Butter hands and pull candy until difficult to pull.
• Cut into fourths.
• Pull each piece into a long strand about 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut taffy into bite size pieces using buttered scissors.
• Wrap each piece in clear plastic or plastic wrap with a Christmas design.
• Store overnight.

ANY FLAVOR KOOL-AID TAFFY

Steps:

• Butter two large cookie sheets, then set them aside.
• In a 2 qt.
• saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch.
• Add corn syrup, water, butter, and salt.
• Mix well before heating.
• Bring mixture to boil on medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until it reaches 250 degrees Fahrenheit on candy thermometer (hard ball stage).
• Remove from heat, and immediately stir in the Kool-Aid powder.
• Quickly pour onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Let stand a few minutes, until cool enough to handle with your hands.
• Grab a few helpers to pull the taffy with buttered hands until the taffy lightens its color and becomes firmer.
• Roll taffy into bite-sized pieces.
• Wrap individually in squares of wax paper.

SALT WATER TAFFY

Steps:

• Mix sugar and cornstarch in 1-1/2 quart saucepan.
• Stir in next four ingredients.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils and sugar is completely dissolved.
• Continue cooking, without stirring, until temperature reaches 260°F, or until a hard but plastic ball is formed in cold water.
• AFTER BOILING HAS CEASED, stir in flavoring and coloring.
• Pour onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Let stand until cool enough to handle.
• Grease hands and pull until it has a satin-like finish and light color.
• Cut into 1 inch pieces.
• Wrap in waxed paper.

SALTWATER TAFFY

Steps:

• Combine sugar, corn syrup, salt and water in a 2 quart pan.
• Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly till sugar dissolves.
• Heat mixture without stirring, until it reaches a hard boil stage.260* --
• Remove from heat mix in remaining ingredients.
• Pour into a lightly buttered jelly roll pan.
• Cool until just able to handle.
• Butter hands -- gather taffy into a ball and pull.
• Continue to pull until light in color and hard to pull.
• Divide into fourths.
• Pull each fourth into a 1/2" thick rope --
• Cut into 1" pieces using buttered scissors --
• Wrap individually in waxed paper -- .

OLD FASHIONED VINEGAR TAFFY

Steps:

• Mix sugar, vinegar, and water in a medium saucepan; stir well before putting on the stove. Cook over low heat about 8 to 10 minutes until it reaches (228F) the softball stage.
• Add butter or margarine and vanilla.
• Pour the mixture into a buttered platter and let it cool enough so you can handle it. Butter your hands well (important! keep enough butter on your hands otherwise you'll stick), pick up the blob and begin to pull it. The more you pull the whiter it gets.
• When it has reached the right consistency, cut into small pieces with a pair of scissors (easier to use for this than a knife.)