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[@BFiscus94]

I stopped in on Friday and sampled the lemon fizzy candy. It was brilliant, and I can't wait to order the other flavors 🤌

[@HerculesCandy]

I'm glad you liked it so much!

[@rspdragon137]

I’m in the uk but I’ve tried them and they’re good

[@st8pl8guy]

So I just stopped by and got a bag of this candy. I tried the first piece, and immediately the flavor and fizz reminded me of an English candy called a Sherbet Fountain. It's a tube of powdered lemon sherbet, and there is a long piece of black licorice that you can use to dip into the sherbet powder. In order to properly enjoy this treat, you remove the licorice, throw it in the trash, and pour the powder into your mouth. 😁😁😁

[@mandyhopkins9027]

Here in the uk we have hard candies with sherbet inside, they're called sherbet lemons and strawberry sherbets. Also you could use your candy roller( the little balls) we'd call them sherbet pips, you could call them fizzy flavoured pips

[@HerculesCandy]

That's so interesting!

[@brolohalflemming7042]

yes, I remember those! I guess the sherbet pips would be about the size of M&Ms or Skittles? Also cola cubes, and pineapple cubes had some fizz, plus fizzy cola bottles that were kind of gummy-bear texture and coated with sugar and the fizz powder.

[@marymccowan6629]

Is your sherbert the same as american sherbert. Our american sherbert is frozen. Like icecream. How would you put that in a candy

[@thoomish3556]

​@@marymccowan6629nope. Ours is the same as the powder inside your pixie stix

[@charlessmith2872]

@mandyhopkins9027 OMG THAT'S SO FUNNY, MISS MCGONAGALL IN HARRY POTTER USES SHERBET LEMON AS A PASSWORD!

[@shisuikami8204]

after watching you guys for awhile now, I finally made my own small batch of candy at home, it was going great until ... it wasn't haha, it cooled too fast and it looked like a big opaque red colored blob, outside of a few pieces i poured before that are still glassy looking. whole new appreciation for how difficult these tiny things can be. very fun though, plan on trying again tmrw but with a better flavor :)

[@HerculesCandy]

Smaller batches do tend to cool much faster! But very cool that you tried!

[@shisuikami8204]

@@HerculesCandy nailed it the 2nd try, just needa flavor better :) as another additive i use is overpowering most flavor even after using 4tsp worth of flavoring!

[@bonek350]

That's pretty cool that you made some.

[@michellewatters4004]

The part, “it was going good until it wasn’t” made me chuckle because I’ve done the same thing with isomalt

[@VangoghsDoggo]

The candy that does what you are looking for is called Zotz. Inside had a pocket where the citric/baking soda was. It fizzes slightly until you hit the center, then you whole mouth fizzes. I used to be addicted to them. I only find them in specialty candy stores now that carry vintage candies. To think these were new in the 1970's and are now vintage! Pop Rocks came out and that was the end of Zotz at the candy counter.

[@charlessmith2872]

@VangoghsDoggo OMG YES! ZOTZ, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THOSE LAST NIGHT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO RECREATE! I LOVE NOSTALGIA

[@jeriandersen4205]

Zotz was one of my favorites I can get them at the Nut House in Wichita , KS when I visit family. They were made in Italy.

[@ScarlettDawnRaine]

We have zotz at the gas stations in my town.

[@thedurban1100]

its a good thing you can still find Zotz. lol i like them more then pop rocks lol

[@GavinPlayzShit]

vintage? wow im 17 and it feels like it was yesterday i was going into a Walgreen's or convenience store near me with my dad just to grab a strip lol

[@TheFloatingSheep]

The optimal ratio is 1 gram of citric acid to 1.3 g of baking soda, for the two compounds to theoretically react completely.

[@mrdonetx]

You would dull the sour taste of the citric with a complete reaction. Depending on the flavor or if you want a sour candy you would need to adjust the ratio.

[@lauriemartin6685]

I absolutely love the old way of making the candy. I grew up with that candy back in the 70's and the grid markings on the candy reminds me of my childhood.

[@YayWei320]

Wow kinda rare to see Terry doing the color splorping and candy mixing! Love to see her out of the office, her commentary always delights 🧡. Good thing y’all watched a KZbin tutorial beforehand 🤪, this looks like a success to me!! Growing up I loved a particular Japanese soda candy, hard candies with fizzy centers! Their cola and grape are my favorites! I hope I get to try yours soon!! Gigantic fan of your super sour candy, so I’m sure this one won’t disappoint!

[@judydenham2110]

I recently watched an old video from Sticky in Australia where they made fizzy candy and they called it sherbet candy - they split the batch into 3 primary colours - added lemon to one, raspberry to the red and something else to the blue. Then they combined to make the six primary colours (all from one batch). They rolled in through the machine separately then mixed the six colours back together again, spritzed with a bit of water and doused with more citric acid. Looked delicious and I was thinking about you as I watching thinking you could duplicate this easily. Glad to see you're making this - just waiting til colder weather to order here in Western Canada.

[@bradmarcum3160]

working in a candy shop that makes the candy would be anyone's dream that loves candy

[@kh40yr]

Very yummy. I was expecting a candy similar to Zots. Hard candy with a powdery fizzy center. Make like a 2" ribbon shape with candy,,and lay the fizzy powder right down the center,,keeping to the center,, then just roll them up sealing the fizzy powder in the center. I simple rolling action. Pinch each end tight on each candy to seal the powder inside. You might be able to use the restored candy hand rollers to pinch and cut each piece, trapping the fizzy powder inside.

[@Muckydoo]

I love the ladies’ personality. She seems intelligent and witty!

[@byronmurphy1977]

Terri

[@jcortese3300]

I wonder if that weird foaming feel wasn't why pop rocks were so small. They weren't hard-candy sized but lots of tiny pieces -- maybe that increases the surface area of the candy so that the fizz is more noticeable.

[@NLJeffEU]

Yeah, i was wondering the same. Mabye you should bite them

[@HerculesCandy]

I didn't even think about biting into it!

[@kcassidys]

Exactly! Surface area is key!

[@charlessmith2872]

​@@HerculesCandyPLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO LIME, & BLUEBERRY???

[@lorscarbonferrite6964]

Pop rocks are in a ton of small shards in part due to how they're manufactured. Pressurized CO2 is bubbled through the molten sugar, and the entire thing is done in a pressurized vessel to prevent the CO2 from forcing its way out of the candy while it cools. When the pressure is released after the candy has solidified, some of the trapped CO2 bubbles can exert more force than the candy that contains them can physically withstand, causing the candy to shatter into tiny pieces. It basically explodes, although the explosions are fairly weak.

[@monicabrimm1822]

I am excited to see and hear the old candy cutter.....I have missed it..🏵️

[@TeeKing]

I *adore* fizzy sweets! I grew up in England; these were a staple in the sweet shop.

[@HerculesCandy]

How cool! Hopefully they will be a staple here, too!

[@charlenejo2490]

Me too!

[@danielcarter305]

Yup, ZOT'S one of my favorites from childhod! I loved sucking on them untill a hole formed into the center then I would bit it in half and let it fizz on my toung! As I seem to recall they had really good flavors too.

[@belleekgirl]

I recently found some at a local store. My kids face when they tried them were epic! I still enjoy them.

[@PixieLovesItAll]

19:47 I know it was a thicker batch, but Julia's candy instincts are truly getting so good! Brava! 🎉🎉

[@Ajtech369]

@HerculesCandy the candy, that you were talking about at about 2:45 area, is a name brand called Zotz and it’s a hard candy with a powdery center that fizzes in your mouth. They sell them here in Idaho at certain gas stations and they come wrapped in plastic wrappers in strips of 5. Also, Steve, when you get to the end of your candy blob and it’s hard pop it in the microwave for 15 seconds and check on it and repeat until it’s soft enough for you to squeeze it out to the size you need. Just a thought. 😊

[@TomLeg]

My aunt made an apple pie with salt instead of sugar ... leading to the "spitting trail" as everyone ran out of the cabin to the woods to spit it out.

[@meowmeow8591]

😆

[@danielcarter305]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sarahross2441]

😂😂😂

[@marisawoods]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Stargazer69]

The fizzy candy sounds amazing. But I personally, think the candy is much prettier when it's left translucent. The vibrant color is really dulled when it's pulled on the hook. 🍬

[@alienholly7336]

thank you for being my additional antidepressant, going thru a difficult time and your helping me so much. I’ve followed you guys since the basement days with the tiny starch room and that time when you, terry and Steve was watching the KZbin follower count went to 100,000 and Craig joked about how we gave you 100k, and then took it away and then gave it back lol

[@ItzaJerm]

Just ordered a couple bags from your site. Been watching your videos for a while excited to try them out.

[@lin90210]

Exciting fizziness ❤ we have cola cubes in the UK and they are delish

[@danielcarter305]

Man! I would love to try some of those!

[@StevenShaw]

I like the Cola cubes that contain the chewy centre.

[@lin90210]

​@@danielcarter305 visit the UK 😊 come see our architecture and find the cola cubes in our sweet shops. It's an old fashioned sweet but some still sell them

[@lin90210]

​@@StevenShawoh yes those are yummy

[@muttshouse]

Zotz candies have the fizz powder on the inside and was always a childhood favorite! I always enjoy learning about candy making and the business side of things. Also really happy about all these videos! One suggestion is to mix up the music some. Maybe something classical like in Great British Bake off? Or a cheery rag piano? Lo-fi beats is very 2 years ago when it was everywhere (and overused).

[@kcassidys]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Terry cracks me up!

[@grimthanatos7350]

Just curious if you guys would ever consider making taffy since you guys had that candy pulling machine that didn't work so well a bunch of videos ago. Might work better for taffy.

[@rachelstouwer244]

In Canada we have a hard candy with fizz inside called Lotsa Fizz Retro Candy This fizz candy is genuinely unique! This sour candy tingle will leave you quaking and your tastebuds shaking! The Lotsa Fizz Candy is an old-fashioned Canadian candy. This fizz candy has a sweet hard candy shell until you get to the middle. This is when you'll experience the top-secret fizzy sour powder! The candy fizzes when you get to the center! Enjoy the five fabulous fruity flavours of Orange, Blue Rasberry, Grape, Cherry and Green Apple! Get ready for the tingles with Lotsa Fizz Candy!

[@yerwol]

12:20 "It's not the size, but the taste that counts" 🤣🤣

[@Uniquelyyours1]

When Julia was popping the bubbles on that yellow batch I thought the whole thing looked like scrambled eggs and when she flipped it, it looked like a big omelet. Lol. I really enjoyed your vidya, Craig. Thanks for sharing.

[@idiedlastyear]

The humor these people have is rare now a days, keep posting i just subbed🫡🤝

[@HerculesCandy]

Welcome to the channel!

[@GrimmsDeath]

Lemon/Lime flavor and you got Sprite or "insert generic equivalent here" candy. Also you could test a pickle candy. I hate the flavor but my family all love it.

[@macddesignreview-make-and-4207]

Baking powder is a combination of sodium bicarbonate and powdered acid (like cream of tartar). Because it already contains an acid, all it needs is moisture and heat added to activate it. It's typically used in recipes that don't call for an acidic ingredient added.

[@Satans_baby_daddy]

I love that you folks are finally getting sponsored 😊😊

[@Deathsaber435]

Terri nailed that ad read for ship station

[@DandelyonDawn]

Spending your days making candy with your love and your children.. LIFE GOALS 💖

[@Matspyropowerhouse]

Watched a from like 5 years ago td them got to come home to a frash vid I love it

[@RealMelodyHope]

Ooh, that looks so yummy!

[@HerculesCandy]

Thanks!

[@kcassidys]

“Assault by candy” 😂😂😂😂

[@bearlyhear5822]

Come so far from the basement! Congrats hercules candy and family.

[@DJ_Taylor24]

When y’all made the comment about the fizzing center candys my first though was Zotz I freaking love them

[@JuiiceBoxxx93]

5:49 I actually love salty candy! My favorite is salt and lemon flavored Japanese hard candy!

[@elabeto6891]

Please a Halloween candy store tour 🙏🏼🎃

[@judyhowell7912]

Tart fizzy hard candy!! Brilliant idea! Did Steve dream it up? 😄 But seriously, I love the concept, and the bright colors.

[@kodikennedy8912]

I wish you guys were in Michigan. I'd be there every couple of weeks lol and try to help promote you guys. Everything looks so good 🤤

[@kathleenardrey5094]

Love the colors in this candy! "Candy meets Science"! An educational show for people of all ages! Cheers!

[@josephbennett3482]

Next month whoever works with the kettle should dress up as a witch and recite a bunch of witch spells while stirring the melting sugar such as the bubble bubble toil and trouble saying used in a bunch of movies and cartoons , it would be too funny to see 😁😂

[@rupertmiller9690]

There is an E-Bay listing for several candy rollers available right now. Only around $1500 for three sets of crusty rollers requiring intense restoration.

[@tinajones3990]

When I was growing up in the 70's there was a hard candy with the powdered center that fizzed called zotz. I always bought those and razzles.".the candy that's a gum"

[@mz9722]

You wont get as much fizzing in your mouth if the citric acid/baking soda mixture is incorporated during puling. You want to envelope the powder inside the sugar, so each piece has a small stripe of the powder. When you bit into it, it'll fizz considerably. Generally confectioners sugar is added to the powder mixture as well, but that will also affect shelf life since it will induce crystalization sooner.

[@cadavher]

As kids we used to fight over the "fizz" hard candies at halloween. Super cool to see you guys make some!

[@cadavher]

Theyre called "lotsa fizz" for anyone curious! I've gotta try these Hercules ones tho, way better flavors!

[@Facetiously.Esoteric]

You eat wood cellulose all the time in foods. Cellulose gum is found in Parmesan cheese, breakfast syrups, salad dressings, pie fillings, ketchup, barbecue sauce, tomato sauce and many other everyday foods. As a water-soluble polymer, it binds with water and doesn't let go. That enables it to thicken products, keep them moist, improve their taste and prolong their shelf life.

[@cpuman]

if you're trying to add co2 to something ,the most "efficient" way to do it is with dry ice, as that is condensed co2 gas.

[@misswings4]

The colors are so pretty in this batch! ❤

[@daphne1065]

My soul is homesick for place like this!

[@alan11121959]

You could put it on a stick and call them fizzy pops!

[@KalijahAnderson]

Poprocks are made with the CO2 incorperated and then put in a pressure pot while it cools. This compresses the CO2 in the candy and that pressure is held by the candy until it melts in your mouth.

[@LocoNeedAChickenWing]

I used to be a commercial sandblaster years ago and those blue gloves are the same exact that the company provided to blast in

[@flopilop4596]

Yall have to probably keep in mind while hard candy is very succeptible to moisture, these fizzy ones will be even more so. And not only does normal candy get sticky these ones would crack if stored or shipped wrong, due to the release of CO2.

[@RobinBoth-vp8yk]

I'm intrigued by the fizzy hard candy (I definitely want to try it), but please don't ever stop making your chocolates!! They are too delicious. I love how you always come up with new ideas & continue to keep things interesting. Love Hercules Candies!!!!😍❤❤🍫

[@harveyy4492]

So cool to see your Mom and Dad making candy together. I will have to try the new candies you guy are putting out.

[@daemonember]

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and requires and acid and a liquid to activate in baked goods. Baking Powder includes Sodium bicarbonate, but also includes the acid to activate it. I heard it was mixed with citric acid so to complete the chemical reaction all you need is baking soda.

[@laurapaintner7705]

Finally another video! I have watched all, and I mean ALL of the videos here and loved them all.

[@patrickvelazquez3419]

“Gunpowder, sawdust, idk one of those things” is hilarious

[@moniquehebert178]

We used to be able to get the fizzy candy and it’s called Fizz. The fizz was a white centre of a hard candy.

[@angelfire42682]

Wait... y'all are in East Syracuse NY... y'all just giving me more reasons to come back to my old home

[@HerculesCandy]

We'll be here!

[@angelfire42682]

@@HerculesCandy I lived in various parts of Syracuse until I was about 30 and then started a journey that's led through 3 states and now it's time to come back, between Heids, Wegmans, Beak and Skiiff, and now you guys, I feel like it's definitely calling me home

[@geneard639]

Zots, found them in the early 70s at the local corner store as a kid. My quarter got me a comic book, a Slurpy and a string of 5 Zots.

[@reginagibson3847]

Beautiful color

[@HerculesCandy]

Thanks!

[@ellelorraine3540]

It's fun to watch you bringing new products to your customers.❤

[@gamestuff1959]

sherbet lemons. hard candy with a powder center. they've been making them for decades or more here in the uk.

[@Th3lostviking]

This is the first video ive seen with the mom and she is awesome!

[@Tusuratopia]

9:00 Never too early 🍺

[@jonathanmyers2867]

That is the best fizzy fuzzy canry ever!

[@erlrancholdies5206]

My very favorite candy is zots. Because of the fizz it’s so fun

[@jefftoombs68]

I remember giving my grandmother "Zots". When she got down to the center she was like OOOOOOHHHHHHHH! (She was in her 80's when she tried this!)

[@infantryrecon101st]

Zaps is a hard candy with fizzy in the center. It’s a really awesome candy!

[@luzraji76]

I remember a candy selzer a orange grap. And the powder was placed in the middle, not mixed in. And i liked very much. The candy was clear no color, and when eating it it was fizzy

[@aleexx5261]

Theres a old candy thats called zots i think. They have a fizzy center. Usually see them at dollar stires now or five below

[@lizgessnermcallister4884]

Can you treat the powders like the other filled candies you make? Zotz candies have the powder inside somehow. But I wonder if they would store very well. Zotz are individually wrapped

[@belleekgirl]

These remind me of ZOTS. They had the fizz in the middle and it was fun to give one to a friend and surprise them LOL

[@tjs114]

Common baking powder is baking soda with cream of tartar and cornstarch or potato starch.

[@Tisme65]

Your mom looks so pretty in the blue sweatshirt....candy looks amazing ❤

[@bigredsbait]

Perle di Sole Amalfi Lemon Drops Hard Candies is what got me wanting to try to make hard candy, And what made me find your channel ,, i want to make some now

[@blazingasn]

great editing on the gray out for the "medical disclaimer" messages from Terry! 😂

[@unleashnow226]

This look similar to Zot’s Candy only the fizzy powder is encased in the middle and the outside hard candy is any flavor, Cherry is my favorite😁❤️

[@carmella562]

Aw man, you don’t even know how happy I was to see a new video!!!!!! It has already made my day and I haven’t even watched it yet!! 😂😂😂 🙏🏼❤️

[@ryanplatt2339]

Looks good! love the videos.

[@anthonycatania5613]

if you wrap the powder you made inside the hard candy... like a shell... then when you break the shell you get a big mouth fizz

[@abstrusemedia2312]

Wish you guys shipped to Australia i would love to try your hard candy

[@SifuSkip]

It's 8:38am, do you know where your bucket is! That just sent me

[@Wyrnikh]

Mixed batch suggestions:: Fruit Fizzies - Peach, strawberry, cherry, lime Cola Combo - Cola, root beer, ?

[@bunnybazaar3070]

that looks just delicious 🎉

[@chappy675]

Zotz!!! That’s what this is. Only Zotz have the fizzy powder in the middle. Zotz are awesome!

[@sdrmeathead6298]

YOU GOTTA TRY ROOTBEER FLAVOR FIZZY LIFTING ROOTBEER FLOAT

[@kristibrown5899]

I was coming to say that very same thing! lol Great minds think alike. 😅😂 Rootbeer sounds sooooo good!

[@danielcarter305]

Willie Wonka??? Right?!

[@pinkystarfishh7623]

would order from you guys but the shipping cost just to send it over the boarder to canada is INSANE. absolutely insane.

[@chromemaskqurae1222]

' Those sweets could be called Fizzy Bath Bon Bons ' - Chrome

[@Motownmadmann2011]

i watch your videos every night and i want to order some hard candy. it is so relaxing watching you all interact and make the candy.

[@amyrouse1019]

Oh and add glitter. To pop rocks and flavor but clear 😋 👌 with fizz.

[@viridian8258]

Maybe if your work it like your filled ribboncandy where you put the citric acid/baking soda mix (maybe adding a little bit of cofectional sugar) in-between two blobs of sugar an than make the hardcandy (maybe using the roller) so the fizz is only in the middle

[@jeremyclemons3852]

Nice so in stead of mixing the fizzy powder in to the batch try put it in the middle like you do with filled ribbon candy it be like a version of the candy zots

[@jeremiahdumont3675]

So funny I have been watching you guys for some time and for some reason never realized you guys were in Syracuse!! I live in Malone and am absolutely making the trek down to check you guys out!!!