Caramel sugar “straws”

Preparation info
  • Yield: Enough for

    12

    straws
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Dessert Architect

By Robert Wemischner

Published 2009

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Ingredients

Oz Grams Name of ingredient
8 240

Method

  • Bring sugar, water, and corn syrup to a boil.
  • Cook to a light amber color, without stirring approximately 300°F.
  • Pour the mixture onto a Silpat into twelve 10-12 inch-long straw shapes.
  • When cool enough to handle, using two hands, one at each end of the straw, twist the straws to make each into a corkscrew shape. (Reheat as needed to make them