Do your kids demand some new desserts or snacks? Let’s make the unique rainbow-colored tasty Candied Jolly Rancher Grapes for their classroom party!
Looking for something interesting and sweet to serve to your guests this Easter? Well, the exciting Candied Jolly Rancher Grapes recipe is equally healthier as well as tastier. Whatever the occasion is, dipping colorful grapes in the candied syrup gives the joy of another level.
I tried this recipe at the request of my kids when they tasted it from their friends’ lunch. After their requests, I started to think about how grape candy can be made.
Fortunately, I tried my recipe, and surprisingly it turned out amazing. Serving these candied Jolly Rancher grapes with sweet cotton candy to kids is the ultimate joy.
If you are interested in knowing my secret recipe for rancher grapes, read this blog post till the end.
What are Rancher Grapes?
Before diving into the recipe, let’s have a glance at what these rancher grapes are. Jolly Rancher Grapes are those unique grapes that are coated in any sweet syrup. When the candy syrup dries, the grapes turn into colorful grape candies.
These crack-candied grapes can be purple, yellow, orange, red, or green depending on the color of the syrup. Try these inspiring sweet sour grapes and enjoy!
How to Make Candied Jolly Rancher Grapes?
Making these candied Jolly Rancher grapes is simple, easy, as well as quick. No need to worry if you don’t have time to prepare amazing sweets for your kids. You can prepare these snacks in less than 20 minutes. You need to let the grapes dry for half an hour for better presentation and taste. Collect the ingredients to make this yummy recipe at home.
Ingredients
Following are the ingredients to make crunchy toothsome candied Jolly Rancher grapes:
- Grapes = 2-3 lbs
- Sugar = 2 c
- Water = ⅔ c
- Light corn syrup = ½ c
- Vanilla extract = 1 teaspoon
- 100 Toothpicks
- Food coloring gel
Step-By-Step Guide To Make Candied Jolly Rancher Grapes
Here is a stepwise guide to making candied Jolly Rancher grapes like a pro at home:
Step 1:
Rinse grapes thoroughly. Place the grapes on a paper towel to let them dry. Insert toothpicks or skewers in the grapes from the stem end.
Step 2:
Take a heavy-bottom saucepan and add water, sugar, and corn syrup to it.
Step 3:
Turn ON the flame from medium to high to boil the syrup. Continue stirring the syrup while boiling. Keep it boiling for about 5 minutes to attain the optimum consistency of syrup.
Step 4:
Check the temperature of boiling syrup with the help of a candy thermometer. If the temperature of the syrup is 300 to 305 degrees, this is the perfect hard crack stage for the syrup to be set on the grapes.
Step 5:
Take parchment paper lined with a baking sheet to align and coat cracked grapes.
Step 6:
Pour and mix vanilla extract into the syrup.
Step 7:
Dip each grape into the hot syrup. Make sure that grapes are properly rinsed and dried before dipping into the syrup.
Step 8:
After covering all the grapes with syrup coating, sprinkle Jolly Rancher flavor over the coated/ cracked grapes.
Step 9:
Align the coated grapes over the parchment paper. Let the grapes dry for about half an hour. Remove toothpicks from the grapes and serve the crunchy yummy cracked grapes.
Experts’ Tips For Making Candied Jolly Rancher Grapes
Here are some of the experts’ tips you need to follow for making perfect Candied Jolly Rancher Grapes:
- Use a digital thermometer if you don’t have a candy thermometer.
- Check whether the hard crack stage of the syrup has reached or not with the help of a spatula or spoon.
- Another tip for checking the crack stage of syrup is to drop molten syrup in a cup of cold water. If the syrup turns into a hard unbreakable thread, it’s perfect to coat grapes.
Storage Suggestions
If you want to store these candy grapes, follow up on my suggestions:
- Store candy grapes in an airtight container to be used for a long time.
- Make sure to store grapes if and only if the cracked grapes are at room temperature.
- Refrigerated candy grapes are even good and less sticky to serve.
- Don’t use these stored candy coatings for more than two weeks.
Concluding Remarks!
Hope that you will like this exclusive crunchy sweet cracked grapes. If you’re a conscious mom and don’t want to serve your kids with candies, it’s a perfect alternative for you. Follow this candied Jolly Rancher grapes recipe and make toothsome grape candies. Your kids will surely love and enjoy these yummy candies.
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Candied Jolly Rancher Grapes Recipe
Ingredients
- 2-3 lbs Grapes
- 2 c Sugar
- ⅔ c Water
- ½ c Light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 100 Toothpicks
- Food coloring gel
Instructions
- Rinse grapes thoroughly. Place the grapes on a paper towel to let them dry. Insert toothpicks or skewers in the grapes from the stem end.
- Take a heavy-bottom saucepan and add water, sugar, and corn syrup to it.
- Turn ON the flame from medium to high to boil the syrup. Continue stirring the syrup while boiling. Keep it boiling for about 5 minutes to attain the optimum consistency of syrup.
- Check the temperature of boiling syrup with the help of a candy thermometer. If the temperature of the syrup is 300 to 305 degrees, this is the perfect hard crack stage for the syrup to be set on the grapes.
- Take parchment paper lined with a baking sheet to align and coat cracked grapes.
- Pour and mix vanilla extract into the syrup.
- Dip each grape into the hot syrup. Make sure that grapes are properly rinsed and dried before dipping into the syrup.
- After covering all the grapes with syrup coating, sprinkle Jolly Rancher flavor over the coated/ cracked grapes.
- Align the coated grapes over the parchment paper. Let the grapes dry for about half an hour. Remove toothpicks from the grapes and serve the crunchy yummy cracked grapes.