What You Need to Know
Sugar candy or sweets is any candy whose primary ingredient is sugar. The main types of sugar candies are hard candies, fondants, caramels, jellies, and nougats. In British English, the name candy or sugar-candy is used only for hard candies that are nearly solid sugar.
Steps
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Rock candy (Middle Eastern): Slow crystallization creates decorative sugar crystals
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Dragon's beard candy (Chinese): Pulled sugar technique creates fine silky strands
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Berlingot (French): Boiled sugar formed into pyramid shapes
The Science
Primary Reaction
Caramelization