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Spicy Orange Lollipops

Spicy Orange Lollipops
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Like an orangey fireball candy covered pepper filled with more orangey fireball candy on a stick!

Ingredients:

Hydrating the peppers:
3 shots of ginger ale
2 shots of water
pinch of salt
4 dried peppers (of your choice, I used 'Dried Red Chiles' the package said chile de arbol = arbol chile = red chile)
1 table spoon sugar

Making the candy:
8 table spoons of sugar
1 table spoon lemon juice
1/2 cup of water
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest

Inside the peppers:
2 shots of orange juice
6 table spoons of sugar



Tools Needed:
Large Pan
Large metal table spoon
measuring cup
skewers
metal bowl
plastic baggy
heavy can

 
 
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Step 1Hydrating the peppers

Hydrating the peppers
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Taking these ingredients 

Hydrating the peppers:
3 shots of ginger ale
2 shots of water
pinch of salt
4 dried peppers
1 table spoon sugar 

add them to the measuring cup and try to be gentle with the peppers they are brittle and need to become soft slowly.

This takes about 2 hours

After about 45 minutes use a can to gently hold the peppers under the liquid. This will allow any air trapped inside to be squished out and filled with the liquid. Leave the can in for 15 minutes and finish hydrating the peppers.
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14 comments
Feb 21, 2011. 1:58 PMcanida says:
Wow, those sound incredible! Probably deadly, too.
Feb 22, 2011. 7:31 AMjessyratfink says:
This might be the most wonderful candy ever created.
Apr 21, 2012. 9:01 AMashbegash says:
Do these really taste good? :)
Mar 20, 2011. 10:08 PMpapul1993 says:
What is ginger ale? Anyway I can make this without that?
Mar 22, 2011. 9:43 PMpapul1993 says:
I'll try it for sure. We have home dried red chillies :D. BTW 1 shot = how much by tablespoon or cup?
Mar 11, 2011. 2:48 PManoopkhatra says:
How spicy is this
Feb 21, 2011. 8:33 PMl8nite says:
You didn't mention the type of pepper, are they cayennes? These do look delightfully deadly !
Feb 22, 2011. 1:59 AMPatchIsCooking says:
These are either cayenne peppers, or chile de árbol. I would guess cayenne because they are lower on the scoville scale, and they aren't very red, as chile de árbols tend to be when dried.
Feb 21, 2011. 2:30 PMabduraxman7 says:
Coll !

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