#34 How we come up with the designs in Victorian Cherry Image Candy

[@mikechurvis9995]

Hands down your best video yet, Greg! I sincerely enjoyed the part where you explained and visualized the design principles of candymaking, and why things are done that way. If I'm ever in Florida, I'd love to meet you in person. Outstanding, my friend!

[@mineola_]

I was wondering, Greg, since you've done glass blowing, have you ever tried sugar blowing?

[@LoftyPursuits]

I've tried a little. Most people who blow sugar actually use isomalt.

[@javasparkles7330]

My family really enjoyed our visit to your shop. Thanks for being there. (I can't wait to get my hands on more nectar drops)

[@thanku4thevenom982]

Let's give this video some love from 2019. ❤️

[@MattVileta]

:)

[@bread6144]

Weak stuff, love from 2020 wya 😳😳

[@jupitersinthebeans]

2021 wya?

[@fallencyano9015]

2023 here!

[@lippa2105]

I enjoy watching the lofty pursuits videos. They're interesting, informative and just as addictive to watch as there candy is to eat. 😋

[@oisin7644]

+Lofty Pursuits you guys should make cookie candys. Every little piece would look like a cookie! (P.s it would be awesome if they tasted like cookie dough !)

[@MidnightLillyFae]

love this! I enjoyed seeing it in person too. My husband and I went to Lofty Pursuits for our late anniversary from Marietta, Georgia. I absolutely had a blast! After trying most of the candy I bought (12 bags or so) my favorite is root beer with a second favorite of the police box candy. ❤

[@foreshadowing_panda3928]

Can we have more videos of drops, they're so addictive

[@napalmnacey]

7:32 - that discarded “unicorn dropping” looks more like a “unicorn lung” LOLOL!

[@PhattyMo]

5:14 - I haven't heard that song in a while! I used to have it on an old 45rpm record.

[@Dragoneisha777]

Watching this makes me feel happy and content. Thank you for showing me how this candy is made.

[@n3wb1shness]

I love it, it really looks amazing in spite of what some people say, and that is because it looks like it came right out of the 1800's because its so simple looking. Trying this candy is on my bucket list for sure.

[@tinanuttall8320]

Loving this vlog, great to see you showing the planning of a design. From idea to sweet juicy cherry treats. Definitely makes the mouth water. Yum!

[@Jeefwee]

Really informative! I just made root beer flavored and also coconut flavored candy today. I'm working my way up to image candy eventually.

[@fitz4684]

Thank you for sharing how you got into candy! I'm going to school for illustration because that's what ive wanted to do for as long as i can remember, but I've also wanted to own a candy shop for just as long. it's good to know there's a way to combine the two and not have to give one of them up for the sake of the other

[@billedos]

The one time I'm in florida, and we can't stop in talahasee! XP

[@kalliste01]

I've had a few questions about the process but never thought to ask! 1. What makes scissors the best thing to cut up the liquid sugar with? 2. I would have thought particles from the gloves would end up in the candy, why doesn't it? Also, Australian terminology is usually rock candy for this type of candy but it's under the umbrella of lollies. Lollies include hard and jelly candy but doesn't generally extend to chocolate.

[@LoftyPursuits]

Why doesn't your wooden spoon end up in your food? It's porous and breaks down over time. We seal the gloves with wax, by the time we get them to the candy they are waterproof. They need to be.

[@chantellet5610]

This was my favorite one along with the peach! I came to visit in June of 2019 from southeast Louisiana. I hope to visit again!

[@binary_terror2]

It's been a while since a new Lofty Pursuits video has been posted, so I was really glad to see this go up today. :)

[@anitalee7162]

Great video and music as always! I really like that you drew a diagram to show how everything comes together. It's really great having a visual explanation along with watching you all make the candy. Keep up the awesome work! :)

[@amandalouwho1208]

I'm new to the channel and when found your channel I binged watched all your videos I'm so glad there is a new up

[@mpuppybreath]

Love that Dan Hicks song....your house band did it so well! Candy and millefiori and Vogon Poetry....I've found my peeps. Great vid. thanks.

[@GPSjammer]

Your flavors are great. I just tried this cherry image candy, and it tastes a lot like Luxardo marasca cocktail cherries! Delicious.

[@klandonodt9712]

I love your vids and work. keep going 👍🏻💪 greetings from Germany

[@TheTarrMan]

I just bought some. This will be the first time I've had this style of candy. Can't wait to try it. EDIT : I had to order more. These are really good, I had them gone within the first hour. Thank you.

[@ezmereldaopteraSL2010]

Just put in an order for a variety bag can't wait to try the candies! Love the videos.

[@jordiekay175]

I've always really loved this channel and when I saw this in my subscriptions it made me so happy! After not seeing a lot of activity from you guys in a while this was the perfect video and I thought it was very interesting. Thanks guys!

[@NickSarafa]

Ordered a bag and i'm pretty sure its the greatest candy i've ever tried

[@MrAirsofter333]

Can you guys make a video describing how to make the candy like how much of each ingredient or how to boil the candy so we could try candy making at home.

[@LoftyPursuits]

There have to be some secrets left in life. The real issue is event if I told you you could not do this without a cooling table. There are tutorials for making candy at home, but our techniques do not lend themselves well to home cooking.

[@CathyGonggrijp1234]

It's just so fascinating! I liked the little facts about yourself and how you explained how you figure out the image. Although somehow my mind still finds it hard to understand😂

[@KimberlyDinah]

Its like the draw my life challenge about candy...Love it!!!

[@estherspider1361]

You should make Butterfly Image candy!

[@emilyc8958]

In Aus, 'lolly' is the closest term we have to 'candy' though for us it doesn't include things like chocolate or fudge and beyond the term 'confectionery' we don't have a term that encompasses all sweet goods. This type of candy would most likely be called 'rock candy' here in Aus as well, however it isn't very common so even if you used the term it may not be always recognized. My guess would be people would refer to them as 'the cylinder lollies with a picture in them'. ;)

[@BIGREDMACHINE070678]

I used to live above a rock shop in Blackpool, it was great for a while and then the smell made me feel sick

[@noticemegenki6049]

All your candies are beautiful but I'm enamored with your "unicorn droppings". I so wish you sold them online haha!

[@elbrewer1]

Love these videos and narrations. Thanks for the hard work!

[@pandauk2538]

I got a few sticks of Blackpool rock from Fleetwood's transport festival (Tram Sunday) a couple of weeks ago, every shop on the sea front at Blackpool sells rock but a few miles away were i live you can't find any i think one shop in the whole town sells it.

[@RaisaRiver]

Love the explanation on how you design the Images. I got to say, though I dont know if it is Austrailia wide, down in Victoria a 'lolly' is any type of candy whether it is hard or soft. The Image Candy is called Rock Candy.

[@youmeuswe9723]

Fascinating! You people are truly artists~

[@tiffanyspencer1082]

I got these in the mail today and they are delicious!

[@Calmaressurgebat]

This looks really good!

[@moloney0218]

I'm going to be in Tallahassee from June 6 to 20something and was wondering what side of the road you are on

[@LoftyPursuits]

The east side.

[@rebent]

what do you do with the big end that you chunk off before creating the individual candy pieces?

[@LoftyPursuits]

We bag them up and sell them in the store as bulk candy under the name "Unicorn Droppings"

[@TeeKayKay]

When do you add the flavor to the candy? And why do you only add citric acid to the white part of the candy? Does that mean different colors in that 1 tiny piece of candy taste different?

[@LoftyPursuits]

IT's all in your mouth at once, so with the resolution of your taste buds, the flavors mix. We add the flavor before we pour the candy, it's generates a lot of steam. We lost one camera due to the steam trying to film it, I don't want to lose another.

[@pje2453]

Hey Greg, I am inspired to try at home to make some candy after watching your video. Two questions pls...1. Once the candy is made how do you store it for sale so the pieces don't stick together? 2. Those are cool looking gloves, are they special for candy/baking, what brand of gloves are they?

[@LoftyPursuits]

+PJ E After a number of my viewers have gotten badly burned trying to do this at home, I no longer give advice. Please find someone to teach you so you don't get hurt.

[@pje2453]

now worries. And how do you keep your candy from NOT sticking together once completed?

[@LoftyPursuits]

+PJ E work fast, seal up quick. Pick a dry day.

[@nataliemay415]

Had to have a chuckle at the "Aussies are confusing" part 😉

[@TeddyBarefoot]

The music in the video? Is that live music in store?

[@LoftyPursuits]

Well yes and no. It was our house band, it was not recorded at our store. It was recorded live elsewhere.

[@aurorasann]

those candy makers are so talented omg how long does it take to make one batch of candy?

[@sootlet8894]

why do you only add the citric acid to the non-colored portion? I've seen this in many of your videos.

[@LoftyPursuits]

once it gets in your mouth it all mixes, so where the acid is is less important that it being there. It leaves little white spots in the clear colors, and we just don't think it looks as nice. It's strictly aesthetics.

[@glenbo2464]

Man of many talents , awesome !

[@pmxa67r]

I can't wait to visit in a few weeks!

[@evclaydon2191]

Why is this so satisfying to watch

[@TheWoodwardian]

One question. is this just a Sugar in the mixture or something else with?

[@LoftyPursuits]

Oh, that would be telling :)

[@napalmnacey]

Australians call this “rock candy”, “lollies” is a more general term for sugar-based confections. Chocolate isn’t called a lolly, but it is used in some lollies (chocolate licorice bullets, mainly).

[@LoftyPursuits]

We talk about this in our cherry video.

[@ddawn23]

What do you call the confection that's just sugar crystallized onto a string or wooden stick that's often made by schoolchildren as a science experiment? That's what "rock candy" is to Americans.

[@Maazzzo]

@@LoftyPursuits I've never once seen 'cut rock' here in the UK. We've got Blackpool rock which is uncut, and then just 'rock,' usually with the flavour such as 'fruit rock,' 'aniseed rock,' etc. If someone asked for cut rock I think we'd be confused. You'll also occasionally see 'Edwardian rock.'

[@punktattooguy7439]

Maybe you've said it before, but I can't recall, what do you do with the leftover pieces that are on the ends, which don't show the image?

[@xXcoolwhip12Xx]

Punk Tattoo Guy they make them into like other cool figures im pretty sure

[@craniumbear]

it's great! could you do a batch where the cherries themselves are larger? or would it mess up the candy?

[@Marialla.]

I thought at first the cherry design was a wishbone. Then I wondered if you could make a wishbone candy so folks could break it and make wishes! Might not be possible, but it's a fun thought.

[@irenedesjardins9]

I thought I was going to have keep rewatching all the older videos

[@culinarygurly987]

Greg idk about every1 else but i would love to see a basic tools and names video on the tools you use to make hard candies

[@BORRRK]

Great work, and I love the new microphone and camera. Muuuch better.

[@LoftyPursuits]

Bit by bit. I don't get rich doing this, and I have to save for the equipment. I've been thinking of doing a pateron account, just not sure if anyone would go for it.

[@Hairpie69720]

Greg have you done a shamrock in hard candy I know you have done it in drops I would love to see it done in the rods and you can choose the flavor

[@robmckennie4203]

Maybe it's different in Australia, but in New Zealand lollies are just any kind of candy

[@Nordryd]

I’ll have to order some of these. Cherry is my favorite candy flavor. And the acid drops look hella good as well. I love sour candy, and especially when it’s not covered in sticky sour sugar... or is it citric acid? Hmm... I just had that thought

[@starlight9889]

How hot do you keep your table, and how do you keep it from sticking?

[@elsalisa146]

I love that this is similar to glass making. What's next candy beads and necklaces ? :)

[@StudioONY]

So glad to see another vid! I love these!

[@Lameashellcosplay]

is there anything you guys can't make on an image candy?

[@LoftyPursuits]

crossing linked circles and shapes like that.

[@loricarpenter50]

do you make a sweet and sour candy.

[@LoftyPursuits]

Yes, our acid drops.

[@KyrinaSpellweaver]

Food history nerd here. What's interesting about the term of Blackpool rock or stick of rock is that what it's called seems to vary depending on where it's sold. I've probably seen it sold somewhere as Blackpool rock (I'm in Glasgow) but the general term I can jus recall seeing is 'rock' with the term 'seaside rock' being really common if I search. In the same way that salt water taffy was first made in Atlantic City and so has connections to the idea of beach holidays, rock is connected to seaside and beach locations.

[@LoftyPursuits]

It is called blackpool rock when it is made in Blackpool. If it's made somewhere else I am told it is called rock. Like Champagne and sparkling wine.

[@KyrinaSpellweaver]

Unlike with Champagne, which has a legally defined rule as to what can and can't use the label, Blackpool rock labelling seems to be more about tradition than requirement. As of now, Blackpool rock doesn't seem to be a protected name although there was a push to have it on the list I can't seem to find evidence it's on the current protected list or on the potential list.

[@LoftyPursuits]

Most of those candy makers did not want people to think of Blackpool. but to think of them. I don't think it's a protected name, but instead a marketing plan.

[@KyrinaSpellweaver]

I feel bad I never started off my reply with mentioning I love your videos. I also hope I'm not feeing just contrary. I just love the history of food and how things came about and enjoying the talk about it. I mostly feel bad I don't have any good primary sources but 19th and 20th century candy isn't my area of expertise. And you'll have to excuse me if I cover something you know as I know you are an expert, especially on Victorian candy and the equipment. But back to the reply. I suppose it's why so many of the instances I find when talking about it have the name of the location imprinted in the candy itself. As far as I can find, seaside rock was started by an ex-miner, then candy maker, named Ben Bullock who was inspired by his trip to Blackpool to make brightly coloured stick candy (it was less bright before) and introduced the lettering in it as part of the theme. That's where the marketing comes in. It was so popular with tourists visiting the seaside and wanting to take some home that he eventually opened locations himself and somewhere around the same time the Blackpool rock, Brighton rock, seaside rock, or lettered rock became synonymous with the seaside British experience. As for the name, even apparently the oldest remaining family run company in Blackpool that still makes rock (since 1944) refers to it as Blackpool rock, lettered rock, or just rock all over different parts of their site so it doesn't seem like the name Blackpool rock is particularly seen as vital. There are still 20 makers of it, although it was as high as fifty back in the 1950s or 60s.

[@__jess___]

Overall, How long does it take you to make the candy?

[@itastain]

If you need a yellow part, would you use no coloring at all since it would be yellow without coloring

[@LoftyPursuits]

+itastain when it cools, it's more brown than that.

[@boglenight1551]

How hard would it be to make this type of candy at home? I'd like to try it, I don't think I'll ever be able to do something as good as you guys and will probably keep buying but I'd just like to be able to try it, got any tips?

[@thegroupcallsystem7067]

Have you ever tried to make the background an image too? Or is that too tricky?

[@Kaysler]

Add your list of "lost love" video links to the descriptions of the videos ON that list.

[@LeonardGr]

I wish if there's this kind a candy store on my town.

[@McLeanPartyof4]

Is there a specific reason you put the citric acid in the white part of the candy only and not just the whole batch?

[@millieparker4698]

Meagan Fox he has said in another video that thy put it in the white because sometimes the citric acid doesn't break up or creates clumps so it's easier to hide that in the white because its opaque

[@SuperAWaC]

What is the most complex and/or difficult image you have made? Have you ever done one that you thought was going to be awful but came out awesome, and vice versa?

[@LoftyPursuits]

A corporate logo of a girl with a ponytail running. I was convinced I could not do it. It came out great.

[@icequeen9]

I was wondering how you ended up working with sweets, considering where you started off. It's still artistic, but it seems very different. Did your work with glass use similar techniques to get images in the final piece? Or did you just decide to try out candy-making and find out you were good at it?

[@LoftyPursuits]

Glass working is like candy working done with four foot long chopsticks.

[@DancingInDreamWorld]

Why is the citric acid only ever added to the white part? Is it because the citric acid would affect the colored bits? As always, I love all y'all's videos.

[@LydiaKelso123]

DancingInDreamWorld I was wondering the same thing

[@CreatrixTiara]

Actually in Australia they call ANY candy lollies, not just image candy!

[@LoftyPursuits]

Specificity is the soul of all good communication. :)

[@Hairpie69720]

Did you put any cherry flavoring in the candy if not why not I think that would have been a good idea

[@LoftyPursuits]

Any candy we make that looks like a fruit is flavored like the fruit.

[@fairyflossed7925]

do you have a Facebook i tryed to find it when you mentioned it in another video but couldn't

[@LithiumCaryn]

Greg you have such a nice voice. You should write a book and then read it for an audio book.

[@ThePS1Addict]

As i watch this, I am eating some of your Babel Fish pina colada candy!

[@LoftyPursuits]

I hope you are enjoying them.

[@ThePS1Addict]

Oh absolutely! One of my favorites next to the fruit sours! The nectar candy is amazing as well! Thank you for posting these videos! I love watching them!

[@unicornsareamazing7835]

What so you do with the big lumps of candy you cutoff at the beginning

[@LoftyPursuits]

You probably won't believe me, but we bag them up and sell the in the store under the name "Unicorn Droppings"

[@unicornsareamazing7835]

+Lofty Pursuits 😂😂😂😂

[@angiebae777]

I love watching these videos! I'm gonna beg my mom to buy some of ur candy! : )

[@francismarcelino7857]

Do you guys ship to Australia. I've been watching so many of your candies I want to try one :), I hope you guys do

[@CB3474]

I’m weird, but I call those hard candies “sugar stiffs”. I’m in America, but I always called those candies sugar stiffs because it make it more sense.

[@katemiller6023]

How do you protect your hands from the heat?

[@LW123LW]

They use those thick gloves. The thin plastic ones are for when the candy is down to where you can touch it for short periods without it burning you.

[@savvybruh1189]

I've never heard it being called cut rock, we call it rock candy in the UK but you were close 😂😂

[@weasy121]

is that a plastic spoon you are using?? if so how come it doesn't melt..😀

[@LoftyPursuits]

They are small wooden spoons.

[@weasy121]

Oh OK..amazing candy making..

[@OgreProgrammer]

Hey, I bet you could make a nifty little hot pepper design. Maybe you could even do a sweet and spicy flavour. Actually the pulled rod reminded me of a bird chili. You could roll out some thicker rod, red outside, white interior, taper into a cone, put some bend on it, then put little green caps on each end.

[@LoftyPursuits]

i you go to my shop, you will see, while we are not shipping it right now, that we do a vanilla chillipepper.

[@OgreProgrammer]

Lofty Pursuits Great minds think alike then! :)

[@dylanmckeithen4541]

What's the most complicated design you guys have ever made?

[@LoftyPursuits]

We did a custom design of a running girl with a pony tail flowing behind her. Came out great, but I really did not think it'd work.

[@Debbie321lopez]

Smking cigarettes and hard candy. This video is a +1 for health xD

[@SuqMadiq]

To be fair, it was a very popular anti-smoking song.

[@llavediez739]

Eating and watching these right now 😌

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

1:05 i just about had a heart attack lmao

[@steakuccino]

So, I'm kind of a fan and I've watched all of your candy making videos (These videos are one of my favorite things to watch, especially when I'm stressed. They are very relaxing!) and I think this is the first time I've heard you say a couple of things. First, that wrapping the candy in the single clear color gives a better cut when you cut down the candy. What exactly do you mean? Do you mean it looks better or it actually cuts into cleaner edges? If so, is that because all of the air bubbles in the white cause it to shatter differently? Second, that the reason why you don't use the white food coloring is that it's titanium oxide. I always just assumed that it had to do with stretching it being a more classic technique and I had a lot of respect for that, but now that I hear about the TiO2, I have even more respect for that as a choice!

[@-pyrosef-]

my theory is that adding the extra outer most layer will help protect the image from distorting while they are pulling the rods/ and or chopping them.

[@fuzzygoldfish]

I think you're right in your theory about the white bubbles changing the way it shatters. Think of a candy cane; the semi-clear red is much more glass-like in texture than the brittle white. If you want to get a clean break instead of a crumbly mess, it probably helps to have that harder outer shell to make it stronger.

[@laurynrussell3614]

I bought some candy and it was really good 😋 i love it

[@susanblue3694]

awesome episode, really well done :)

[@Froggolfing]

What kind of mats are those?