Twisting candy canes

"First we made root beer candy canes and pina colada and then cherry candy canes.  We pulled and twisted the candy canes.  I liked the ones that looked like lollipops just without a stick."  Kelton

"How we made candy canes was first we had to boil the water and sugar to 295 degrees.  When it finally got to 295 degrees we stirred it around a tiny bit to cool it off.  Then we picked it up and put it on a chilled marble slab.  There is where we put the flavoring.  We stirred it on the slab until we were able to touch it without burning ourselves.  

She brought it over to a hook on the door where we had to pull it down and around the hook until it turned white.  We had to move very fast.  

We hurried and brought it over from the hook and put in the color.  We didn't want it to stiffen up before they were shaped so we had to hurry while making the cane shape.  

Our first batch, the root beer, did not turn out well and were not very pretty.  But they tasted great!  The pina colada and cherry were a lot better.  The grown ups had to do the hook because it was so tall.  So because of the that the kids were able to make the shape of the candy canes.  Some looked like candy canes, some looked like squiggly blobs, and some were just a mess.  

They were delicious.  I want to do it again."  McKenzie