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Jingle Bell Rock Candy Display

Create a holiday centerpiece that sparkles as much as your Christmas spirit. This candy display is part dessert, part décor, and all festive fun.
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Ingredients
  

4 cups granulated sugar

1 cup water

Gel food coloring in red, green, and clear

1 teaspoon flavor extract of choice

6 wooden skewers or cotton strings

6 small glass jars

1 cup jingle bell candies

Optional edible glitter or sanding sugar

Instructions
 

  • Heat water and dissolve sugar completely to form a clear syrup.
    Cool slightly, then stir in flavor extract.
    Divide syrup into jars and add food coloring.
    Dip skewers in syrup, roll in sugar, and suspend in jars.
    Let crystals grow undisturbed for 3 to 5 days.
    Remove candy, dry briefly, and arrange into a festive display.