Pulled Candy

Definition: "Pulled candy" is a general term referring to candies that are formed by boiling a sugar syrup and then manipulating the resulting candy by hand. The "pulling" process consists of stretching the still-hot mixture between two hands, bringing the ends together and twisting them around each other, then repeating the process until the candy becomes too stiff to pull. In general, pulling takes 5-15 minutes and the resulting candy should become pearlescent and more opaque. Commonly pulled candies include taffy and ribbon candy. If you are going to be pulling candy, don't miss the illustrated instructions for pulling candy.