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"Sugar Bottles"
The website for "Make Your Own Molds" is wonderful because they have all the step by step instructions for making the molds like I use. For the bottles that I make you won't have to prep the bottle in any way. You will only need the BLUE Silicone Plastique to make the bottle mold. I use about 6 oz. of the two parts (measured together...3oz of each) to make one partial bottle mold. You will need more to cover the full bottle. It is best to have at least three of the molds made to hold the sugar syrup recipe unless you plan to pour some as "ice" and use the rest for one bottle. Here is their link: http://www.culinart.net/silicone.html
The recipe for the sugar syrup is:
1/2 cup light Karo
1 cup granulated sugar
(Of course you could use any hard candy recipe that you like...I just don't know much about candy making.... I'm a cake decorator!)
Boil these in a (CLEAN) heavy glass 2 cup measuring cup in the microwave until the syrup reaches hard crack stage. 4-6 minutes or longer depending on your microwave. The syrup will make a cracking sound when a spoonful is poured into a cool glass of water if it is done. Don't undercook or it won't hold the shape...don't over cook or it will be yellow (fine for the bottles because you will add color but not too appealing for the "ice") This hard candy is sharp when broken. Take care that you do not place it on a cake in sharp pieces. To remove the sharp edges you can rub it with a wet towel. To remove the sharp edges from the "ice" break it into small peices and place it into a Kitchen Aid mixer bowl...use the flat paddle on "stir" speed for about 20 seconds to take the edges off of the hard candy and to make it look like crushed ice. Please cover the mixer with a towel (not in a way that it will get wrapped in the beater) to
keep the pieces from flying out and hitting you. You can also break it up in a heavy zip bag using a heavy rolling pin (this can dammage your rolling pin, it will break the bag too) You can also put it in a sealed container and shake the container...but it won't look like crushed ice...it will only take the sharp edges off of the chunks (takes a lot of shaking too!...good kids in the kitchen job) Be sure to empty out any sugar syrup that is left in the cup while it is still hot enough to pour out to make your clean up faster. To clean your measure cup...just fill it with hot water and leave it until the water disolves the sugar...or place it in the dishwasher.
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