I’m feeling a little defeated tonight. I’ve had my heart set on making these red wine lollipops as soon as I stumbled across the recipe. I thought they’d be a perfect treat to surprise all my grown-up friends with for Valentine’s Day (treats for the little people are coming soon!). Well, my mom told me that her grandmother used to curse candy making, and now I know why …
Gathering all the ingredients was simple enough. Making the red wine reduction was a piece of cake. But when it gets to getting the candy mixture up to 300 degrees without burning it, that’s hard. I tried over and over, making 4 batches total, and I could only salvage 8 lollipops.
The good news is, the 8 I did successfully make look really cute. I kept the packaging simple and went with plastic lollipop bags, red + white baker’s twine, and a little gold tag. I’m pretty happy with how they look, I just wish I had more!
I am determined to master it … I’ve got one last pot of red wine on the stove top, and I’m hoping for the best!
Ok- I need a serious tutorial on how you do these amazing things!!! Where do you get everything?????
Those are adorable! I hope that last batch you had going at the end of your post came out nice. I feel your frustration…one year at Christmas I tried peanut brittle 3 times. I never got a good batch. Ugh!