I made a couple extracts with Everclear and Buddha's hand and with habanero peppers (not combined). If I want to make some hard candy with them, how can I rough in how much to use so I don't end up with something either tasteless or inedible?
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Mix your extract with sugar in half of the proportion as in your candy recipe and start from there. For instance, if your recipe calls for 1 tsp of vanilla extract and 2 cups of sugar, try 1/16 of a tsp of your extract mixed with 1/4 cup of sugar. Add extract by 1/16 tsp until you get the flavor you want. If you like the flavor after you've added 1/16 of a tsp 3 times, that means you want to use 1.5 tsp in your candy.
answered Jan 26, 2014 at 14:08
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Would you just mix it dry and/or not cook it to melt all the sugar? Making very small batches of hard candy seems difficult. I suppose I could just mix extract with syrup and slurp that...– Nick TCommented Jan 27, 2014 at 17:43
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@NickT Nah, you can just mix it with sugar to taste it. You're only trying to get an idea of it, you don't have to be perfect.– Jolenealaska ♦Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 21:39