{"id":3171,"date":"2013-03-21T12:14:28","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T02:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T02:00:33","slug":"rock-candy-geodes-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/rock-candy-geodes-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock Candy Geodes Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\" align=\"center\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3172 align center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"how to make rock candy\" width=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-1200x900-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Geodes are beautiful so let&#8217;s make them delicious too. Follow the step by step instructions to make fondant or chocolate rock candy geodes. You can give them as a gift on their own or use them in cake decorating.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T7S3axBiCKQ\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Fondant shell<\/strong><br \/>\n350g (12.35 ounces) fondant<br \/>\nblack and brown coloring<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Using aluminum foil make a bowl into a rock shape and line with another sheet of aluminium foil.<br \/>\nMarble some grey, black and brown shades of fondant as shown in the video and roll it out.<br \/>\nRoll out some white fondant and place over the top of the coloured fondant.<br \/>\nPlace the fondant (rock colour down) over the aluminium foil bowl. You can leave this to dry out or use immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Supersaturated sugar solution recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3 cups or 640g (22.58 ounces) sugar<br \/>\n1 cup or 230ml water<br \/>\nfew drops of food coloring<br \/>\nfew drops flavoring<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Heat the sugar and water in the saucepan and stir until completely dissolved.\u00a0Remove from the heat.<br \/>\nAllow supersaturated sugar solution to cool slightly and then pour into the fondant shell. Leave overnight for crystals to form.<br \/>\nRemove any excess crystals that have formed in the middle, turn upside down and leave to dry out.<br \/>\nUsing a sharp knife, trim off excess fondant around the level of the sugar crystals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Chocolate Shell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2169-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"how to make rock candy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2169-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2169-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2169-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2169-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">300g (10.58 ounces) white chocolate melts or candy melts<br \/>\n2 Tbsp or 14g (0.49 ounces)\u00a0cocoa powder<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Make an alfoil bowl as shown in the video and pour in the hot sugar solution, completely wrap in alfoil and leave for 48 hours for crystals to form. Tip off excess sugar solution, peel off alfoil and leave upside down to drain.<br \/>\nMelt some candy melts or white chocoalte melts and pour over the back of the candy shell. Once set add some cocoa powder to the remaining melts and pour over the top of the white chocolate. Trim to the edges of the crystals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"align center size-medium wp-image-3173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2171-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"rock candy recipe\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2171-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2171-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2171-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2171-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Ann Reardon <a href=\"http:\/\/howtocookthat.net\" target=\"_blank\">How To Cook That<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/rock-candy-geodes-recipe\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"how to make rock candy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_2196-1200x1200-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"3172\" \/><\/a><p>Geodes are beautiful so let&#8217;s make them delicious too. Follow the step by step instructions to make fondant or chocolate rock candy geodes. You can give them as a gift on their own or use them in cake decorating. Fondant shell 350g (12.35 ounces) fondant black and brown coloring Using aluminum foil make a bowl into a rock shape and line with another sheet of aluminium foil. Marble some grey, black and brown shades of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,912,1883],"tags":[31,1045,1310,952,1308,15,1309,1307,1311],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3171"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57834,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions\/57834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}