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Zotz.......ON A STICK!

Zotz.......ON A STICK!
I love those zotz. If you have never had one, it is a hard candy with a powder inside that reacts to saliva and produces carbon dioxide bubbles, thus forming lots of sour foam. I found out that the three ingredients are an acid, a base and a sweetner. The acid is citric acid and the base is baking soda. (And the sweetner is sugar)

So I found out how to make the powder, but then I thought, why don't I make imitation zotz.....ON A STICK! My mother makes hard candy suckers so I thought, why don't I just put some of that powder in the suckers?


PlEASE VOTE!



Please submit your pictures of the zotz on a stick because I need a good first picture.  I don't have a high quality camera so PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR PICTURES!
 
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Step 1Step one.... ingredients

Step one.... ingredients

You can use this recipie or use your own hard candy recipe.  I did two batches (one to be the first layer of the sucker and another to be the top) so you might have to do two of these measurements.

-1 cup sugar
-1/3 cup white corn syrup (I used light corn syrup)
-1/2 cup water
-1 tsp. flavoring (you could use 1/2 tsp. but it wouldn't taste good)
-food coloring
-1/4 citric acid (optional for sucker mix)

Things you do need: (For the fizz powder)

-1 tsp. citric acid (not optional for fizz)
-1 tsp. baking soda
-2 tsp. powdered sugar

Other non-food stuff:

-Sucker sticks
-Sucker molds
-awesomeness (optional)

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38 comments
Dec 4, 2010. 5:11 AMDreistein says:
jalapeno........on a stick
Aug 8, 2010. 9:02 AMpuppiesrock says:
is there a way to do this without using molds?
Sep 13, 2010. 3:29 AMQueenQuill says:
Just buy some molds...they're super cheap...maybe $1 each? At most. Usually you can buy them in sets for a few bucks. Go to your local craft store or baking/restaurant/cooking supply store and pick some up!
Aug 12, 2010. 6:30 AMmakalove says:
@puppiesrock, check out scoochmaroo's cough drops instructable. she made her own molds using a pan of powdered sugar. perhaps you could modify that idea. @building king, thanks!! i miss zots!
Aug 16, 2010. 1:50 PMpuppiesrock says:
oh that looks interesting. ill try it! thanks :)
Aug 9, 2010. 12:46 PMpuppiesrock says:
oh ok thanks alot!! :p
Aug 8, 2010. 12:01 PMScurvymcdiggle says:
i think puppiesrock didn't want to buy a mold which makes perfect sense because buying things is for suckers....yeah...that just happened..you love it. but you could use just about anything for a mold don't buy one purpose crap. might be interesting to see if you could make it out of air dry clay and line it with foil or something then break the clay...because you can just add water and reuse it....i have never made candy myself so i don't know for sure if it would work.
Aug 10, 2010. 9:42 AMpuppiesrock says:
yea i hadn't made suckers ever so i was gonna try it with home made molds then if i dicide to make them more often i'd buy the molds. i think i will make them more often now though. i liked them. do you know where i could buy some molds? and the clay molds that Scurvymcdiggle mentiond i dont know how well they would work. i think theyd be ok but the foil would make them not as clear and clean. but if its just for family and not for impressing people or anything it would work.
Sep 13, 2010. 3:04 AMQueenQuill says:
Orson Gygi? Do you live in Utah?
Sep 14, 2010. 9:11 AMQueenQuill says:
lol that's awesome! I knew you must, because as far as I know, Orson Gygi is only in Utah. So if I come trick-or-treating at your house on Halloween, will you be giving out zot suckers? lol
Aug 13, 2010. 12:26 PMpuppiesrock says:
ok thank you :)
Aug 12, 2010. 12:34 PMdanm95 says:
Where do u get citric acid?
Sep 13, 2010. 3:09 AMQueenQuill says:
You can get it at grocery stores...either in the baking needs section, or if they have stuff for canning (a lot of stores have big canning supplies displays this time of year). If you can't find it at a local grocery store (I've even seen it at Wal-Mart), then try a baking/cooking/restaurant supply store. Also, craft stores that sell things like cake baking supplies also carry citric acid. Good luck in your search!
Aug 15, 2010. 7:05 PMktana says:
You can buy it fairly inexpensively at winemaking supply places, even some beer making supply places have it. Or, if you're willing to wait for delivery, you can usually find the lowest prices on ebay. It is used in the manufacture of cheese, specifically mozzarella, so some rural dairy suppliers carry it. It is also used to make fizzy bath bombs so you can often find it in craft stores too, just make sure it is food grade.
Aug 12, 2010. 1:42 PMindiegoober says:
you can maybe use ascorbic acid instead and get it at walmart... it is sold to keep fruit from browning right near the pectin
Aug 12, 2010. 1:08 PMOrn310 says:
At your Friendly Local neighborhood drug store!
Aug 13, 2010. 10:09 AMdanm95 says:
Oh, ok, thanks. I was thinking chemestry kit when i saw citric acid, and i didn't think of canning supplys! thanks.
Aug 7, 2010. 6:48 PMtireswing says:
I found Zots again at World Market in Richmond VA in the vintage candy section. OK, I'm now officially old. Where were the lavender pastilles? They did have clove and teaberry gum though. I only wish I had thought of this! I have all the ingredients in my cabinet..... Hmm....perhaps an unexpected "pop" in some gelatin.....Another mad scientist dad fail in the making! Thanks!
Sep 13, 2010. 3:07 AMQueenQuill says:
Lavender Pastilles? I've never heard of them...what are they? Sounds interesting!
Aug 7, 2010. 5:28 PMscoochmaroo says:
How is it I've never heard of zots? I love fizzy sour things and I love candy. This one wins a vote from me!
Sep 13, 2010. 3:07 AMQueenQuill says:
You're probably too young to remember Zots!
Aug 7, 2010. 6:58 PMtireswing says:
Uh, I was going to vote for your entry to "on a stick" contest but I didn't see the entry. You may want to check that..........
Aug 24, 2010. 3:42 AMyeolddingdong says:
ill buy one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 7, 2010. 3:03 PMspenfisher12 says:
for the mold plastic wrap for the breaking thing bubble wrap
Aug 23, 2010. 9:20 AMriku-riku-chan says:
I can't wait to try this! You have my vote.
Aug 12, 2010. 10:37 AMDrBlind says:
Fantastic thanks for sharing, I know suckers can be easy to make but I haven't yet made them. I look forward to making them fizzy! You're Awesome, thanks for taking the time to put this together.
Aug 12, 2010. 7:10 AMmarvay says:
I also recently found Zotz and Razzles at a local store. Razzles were fun, is it candy or is it gum??? Who knows. But Zotz were the best. I never could wait to get to the middle, so I always crunched it to get that fizz. And for some reason I loved how they came in the strip of 5. I wondered how I could make these at home. This is great! Thanks.
Aug 8, 2010. 12:19 PMskelly7447 says:
STUFF ON A STICK!!!!!!!!!!

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