We make all of our hard candies using copper kettles and a marble table because they distribute the heat evenly, avoiding those pesky hot spots.

Step 1: Boil ingredients ( Sugar, Corn Syrup, Water, Cream of Tartar) and pour onto marble table. It's consistency is that of a thin (Hot!) syrup. Add Flavoring.

Step 2: Mix the flavor using dough cutters. When it has cooled and become more solid, use dough cutters to divide the batch into 2 or 3 pieces depending on how many colors of stripes we want to put in this particular batch. This photo shows 2 stripes. The larger main piece is now carried to the candy hook to be pulled (similar to a taffy pull). This "aerates" the candy - adds air to the batch, causing it to increase in volume and turn white in color - also causes the batch to cool further.

Step 3: After pulling the main piece on the hook, it is moved in front of a candy heater, along with the 2 colored pieces. The colored pieces are now cut into the desired number of stripes and pressed onto the main piece.

Step 4: Ribbon candy is now pulled out into a long, thin ribbon and handed off to the "twister" who shapes the distinctive curls that you see in Ribbon Candy.

Step 5: Repeat the above steps 7 times in 1 day so that we have 7 different flavors. We then package the candy immediately to prevent it from becoming sticky. Notice that we do not use preservatives. Because we don't use preservatives, the weather plays an important role in the process of making hard candies. It must be cold and dry for us to make these candies so that the candies do not become sticky as we make them. Humidity in the air will cause the candy to become so sticky that it will stick do itself, making it impossible to package.

We make 3 types of Ribbon Candy: Spice Flavors (Anise, Clove, Peppermint, Cinnamon, Molasses, Wintergreen and Orange - we know orange isn't a spice, but we had to have a 7th flavor), Fruit & Liqueur Flavors: Raspberry, Lemon, Orange, Irish Cream, Amaretto, Molasses, Kahlua and Lime. Special Edition Molasses Flavored Peanut Butter Filled Ribbon Candy: We don't make a lot of this (it's very difficult to make) so order it to be sure that you get some! We DO NOT ship Ribbon Candy. It is very thin and guaranteed to break in transit, it cannot even survive a 2 inch fall, much less the beating it might take during shipping. Upon arrival, it would just be pretty colored shards of candy. Did I sugar coat that?

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