jin loves to eat: Made in Candy

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Made in Candy

There is a new attraction in Rockwell.

I've never seen so many people since Michael Jackson's concert!

This fashionable candy shop draws in not only little children but big kiddos at heart

Made in Candy, a Singapore franchise, is brought in by a friend of a friend, Arthur, and his partner Darlene.

Because he is a friend of a friend, I was expecting Arthur to be really nice and offer me some major candies to eat.

So I excitedly grabbed this warm, soft and heavy chunk of freshly made candy...

But NO, he put me to work right away. Pfffftttt.

This is today's candy project

First, you mold the letters, one at a time

Until you complete the whole word. Serranilla.

Then you work on the heart (please be gentle with it)

And then the final assembly

You roll-knead-pull and roll-knead-pull. Repeat and repeat again.

Then you lift the 6-kilo baby and...

Form a bottleneck

Ask your candyman buddy to start pulling from the other end

Stretching the sugary thing into a thin sexy rope before letting it cool and
cutting it into shorter sticks

Now it's my turn to do the easy part.
Arthur the Slave Driver teaches me how to make a lollipop!

First, you roll

Then you make a sharp curve on one end

Wind the candy gently into a coil

Poke it with a chopstick, make sure it's secure

Smoothen out the edges or create dents to form whatever shape you fancy

Ta-Da! The shape of my heart, and the shape of my face. :)

Arthur the Slave Driver also puts my knife skills to use by making me cut candies.
It's actually quite therapeutic. I can do this all day (while occasionally sneaking
a few pieces into my mouth)

Finished product. Isn't it amazing?

There are 38 different flavors and designs to choose from. Each uses all natural ingredients, too!

You can also have them make the candies in your own design. Your own name, logo, telephone number, crush's initials, favorite flower... made in candy!