Description
🍬 Experience the melt-in-your-mouth flavor of Kentucky’s Classic Cream Pull Candy, offering a creamy and buttery texture.
🍯 Perfect for candy lovers, this traditional treat is an easy way to indulge in a slice of Southern sweetness.
Ingredients
4 cups granulated sugar
A pinch of salt
1 cup boiling water
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
Butter for greasing
Instructions
1. Grease a marble slab or baking sheet with butter and prepare space for pulling the candy.
2. In a heavy-bottomed, deep pot, combine the sugar, salt, and boiling water over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
3. Stir in the heavy whipping cream and attach a candy thermometer to the pot.
4. Cook the mixture without stirring until it reaches the hard-ball stage (250°F / 121°C).
5. Immediately pour the hot mixture onto the buttered slab and drizzle with vanilla.
6. Let the mixture cool slightly until it’s safe to handle.
7. Once cool, butter your hands and begin pulling the candy by stretching and folding it repeatedly until it loses its shine and becomes satiny and light in color.
8. Pull the candy into long ropes and cut into bite-sized pieces.
9. Lay the pieces on wax paper and let them set overnight.
Notes
🕰️ Use a calibrated candy thermometer to ensure you reach the hard-ball stage accurately.
❄️ A cold marble slab helps cool the candy effectively.
💪 Pull the candy until it’s no longer shiny for the perfect texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Setting Time: Overnight
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Candy
- Method: Pulling
- Cuisine: Southern American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 35
- Sugar: 9 grams
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 1 gram
- Saturated Fat: 0.5 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 grams
- Trans Fat: 0 grams
- Carbohydrates: 9 grams
- Fiber: 0 grams
- Protein: 0 grams
- Cholesterol: 0 mg