Saw this … HAD to try it. Not quite as easy as Pinterest would have me believe, but definitely a lot of fun!
Candies are ready!
Wanted to have a lip around the edges or at least control the melting of the candy, so used this pie pan.
Umm … parchment paper says it doesn’t want to stay in the pan.
Seriously … had to squish, fold, bend, smoosh, pat, press, to get the parchment paper to even START cooperating.
Starting to place the candies, but since the parchment paper is not laying flat, it and the candies keep moving.
Cut the parchment paper edges/corners, so that there was less excess and it did help a little. Once I finished the outer ring of candy, it was much easier. Note to self: starting with the outer ring might NOT be the wisest idea …
Another challenge is the wrapper. The wrapper that is FULL of static cling. The wrapper that likes my fingers. The wrapper that just won’t go away …
Finally finished! A little worried about the gaps and holes between the candies. What will happen?
Putting it in the oven (preheated at 350). Let’s see how this goes!
Umm … candies at 8 minutes are a little shinier, but don’t seem to be doing much more …
Holy cazooses! They melted like nobody’s business around 10-11 minutes!
After 11 minutes, took them out of the oven. Look at that! All of the gaps & holes are gone, it is one big, flat, cohesion of yumminess!
Carefully took it out of the pan and placed it on the counter to cool – it worked, by George, it really worked!!!
After a few more tests, I decided to try making ornaments too. Just place a few candies into a cookie cutter, put in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes and they are ready. It’s a little tricky making the hole in the top (using a toothpick), though. If you do it too soon, the candy is gooey and will stick to the toothpick. About a few minutes after taking it out of the oven, though, it loses its gooeyness, but isn’t too hard yet – poke a hole with the toothpick and let it cool completely.
Have fun playing with peppermint and spearmint candies … as well as butterscotch, cinnamon, Jolly Ranchers and any hard candy that you can find 😀
SKB writes 
October 31, 2014 at 8:11 pm
You are awesome Silvija! Really cute idea to make the ornaments!!