Here is What Happens When You Freeze-Dry Lemonheads | How To Freeze-Dry Candy -Freeze Dried Business

[@rockymountain3245]

I like when you talk and give information- you give very informative advice

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Thank you so much 😊

[@evolvepremium7495]

I think the cool the chamber process period is to cold trap moisture into ice to keep water from going in the vacuum pump

[@freezedriedbusiness]

That would seem logical but candy doesn't really have moisture so that issue wouldn't really be a problem on candy mode, don't you think? It's something that's intrigued me once they updated the software.

[@evolvepremium7495]

@@freezedriedbusiness I think its for the humidity variance in different areas I get about 1 cup of water out of a skittle batch just from the air in the room I think not really the skittles but the water smells like skittles lol, I think it's to help protect the pump with the cold trap tho

[@evolvepremium7495]

@@freezedriedbusiness I think its for the humidity variance in different areas I get about 1 cup of water out of a skittle batch just from the air in the room I think not really the skittles but the water smells like skittles lol, I think it's to help protect the pump with the cold trap tho

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Good point, you have a much more logical reason than I can find online. Appreciate the comment and thoughts!

[@davidorcutt9246]

I’m glad u mentioned the “cooling the chamber” for 15 minutes while in candy mode. I’ve been thinking I missed something and been trying to find it. Now I feel better, but doesn’t make sense. Thank you

[@jeremy7461]

Regarding your question of why the chamber needs to cool. I thought that i was super smart and figured that it's just heat and vacuum that was needed, right? So i just manually turned on the heater, loaded the trays and manually turned the pump on. Worked great for a few days until i almost ruined the pump. All of the moisture was getting sucked into the pump and not "sticking" to the chamber that was frozen. It took 2 gallons of oil, disassembly of the pump to clean and 2 days of flushing it to get all of the gunk out. Moral of the story, I'm not as smart as I think I am.

[@getreal9799]

We just tried lemon heads and red hots. The lemon heads look like yours and the red hots did not puff up at all but the texture is different. We are going to sell these at the farmers market this weekend so will see how they sell. Our skittles does not puff up like yours did and we have the same software in our machines. Interesting. I can put jolly ranchers on the bottom or top shelf in ours and they puff up really big. Same with taffy and Charleston chews. Ours is the mid freeze drier with just four shelves. Like your videos.

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Thank you for watching! Candy is a trial and error product but once you find your method that works most of the time, you stick with it. Glad you are stepping into the business and thank you for the support.

[@freezedriedbusiness]

It’s a trial and error process so once you find something that works stick with it. Thank you for watching the video and subscribing!

[@lorenjudkins8197]

I do my skittles for 150 at 2.5 hours they come out perfect

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Nice!

[@intothefoxhole7985]

I want to freeze dry gummy worms and sour patch kids. I dont want a lot of puff. Mostly i want to lighten them for backpacking. Will they loose much weight? How do i manage the puff to keep it minimal?

[@sasha6912]

Thank you! Trying lemonheads tonight

[@lorobogers4198]

Banana lady taffy my favorite. I cut them in half before putting them in

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Banana taffy is great!

[@CRryanMAGICIAN]

Question, once the candy gets to the proper puffiness that you want. Can you cancel the remaining "dry time" and stop the freeze dryer? Or does it need to run the whole 2ish hours? My candy keeps getting bigger and bigger the longer the drying time keeps going. LOVE the videos btw!

[@letsthinktogether8118]

Thank you for your video, you did what I wanted to do for awhile 😄 , just to run a test batch. Now.... I wonder if adding more time at the end of Tray warming cycle would be helpful to warm them up. Even though logically in 20 min ( max for tray warming) candies should be at that temperature but..... what would happen if at the end we add like additional 10- 20 min? Hmmm..... going to try👍👍 As always , thank you for sharing your experience!

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Thank you for watching and supporting the channel.

[@FatemaYousef-h7q]

Do you have a video about freeze drying vegetables?like parsley?

[@illadeligut]

If you want to warm the trays for longer than 20 minutes just wait until the time gets down to a minute or so and crank it back up to 20 again

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Good point but then I’d have to wait around for 20 minutes haha.

[@illadeligut]

@@freezedriedbusiness I haven't had to do this often but I just set a 19 minute timer on my phone while I was doing other stuff

[@BucktownLady66]

I do not care for sour either lol but I am going to try to put them in the over for a moment 🙂 Wondering you said you rent your commercial space, do other people use that space as well? I am thinking about renting a space but I am worried about leaving my freeze dryer in a space others may be using

[@HeavenElevenDesigns]

skittles I do at 145 for 2 hrs no extra freeze time and no warming and they are perfect. Also I have learned not to crowd the trays so they have room to puff out.

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Same here! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@lorobogers4198]

Ditto

[@vernonmatthews3445]

Something that bothered me was the bottom tray never performing well in Candy Mode. I always felt it was due, at least in part, to thermal layers, because hot travels up, and could goes down. That means without a circulating fan, the bottom tray is the loser in a Candy Batch because all it gets is the cold shoulder. So I used Parchment Paper to create a ceiling of sorts, over the bottom tray. I did this by draping an oversized piece across the bottom of the next tray up. And while the results weren't miraculous, they were noteworthy. Now it's a standard practice for all my Candy runs. If anybody wants to see a picture of this, please leave me a comment with a way to send it to you. Otherwise, I suspect the process is simple enough to get you started.

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Thank you for sharing!

[@TheBreaded]

How would a circulation fan work in a vacuum?

[@kathrynburgess8987]

Id love a pic.

[@MispelledOnPurpose]

Good info in this video, thanks!

[@freezedriedbusiness]

You bet!

[@Bee-Kind-Baker]

On your skittles, the 150 degrees is fine. It’s the 5 hour run time that hurt the. You only need 2- 21/2 hours . 🌺

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Correct, I only run skittles for 2 hours but this was a fun experiment for sure.

[@Bee-Kind-Baker]

@@freezedriedbusiness , appreciate your videos. Seriously, you’re a natural. You present very well. Thanks!

[@denisecoffey6269]

Thanks so much!

[@freezedriedbusiness]

You're welcome!

[@JaneDoe42011]

Ok, here's a brilliant idea (at least in my head..lol), how about freeze drying some fruit rollup covered ice cream? That tik tok thing? Fruit Roll Up Ice Cream Sandwiches! I don't think I've seen a video of that yet.

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Great idea! I like it!

[@DrueGaugert]

Just had a question about the lemonhead, so i usually freeze them before i put in freeze dryer and i have also just put them in at room temperature. The LemonHeads never pop open and i also warm the trays so i dont know what im doing wrong, but i have done what you showed and a couple other ideas but they still dont work. Do you have any other tips? would help tremendously if you could give some more tips!!

[@freezedriedbusiness]

It’s a tricky candy, it’s only worked for me with warming trays for 20 minutes and then running at 150 degrees for 3-4 hours

[@silverkidd237]

Have you had any problems with your large freeze dryer? I'm not sure whats wrong with mine but the heating pad on top and bottom trays dont really work they are much cooler then the middle shelfs

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Yes that's always been the issue is the top and bottom trays are not as consistent as the middle trays. No problem with skittles or fruit and ice cream but any candy that is suppose to get larger they usually don't change texture throughout the entire tray.

[@silverkidd237]

@@freezedriedbusiness dang that’s too bad? What candies would you recommend for top and bottom shelf? How are you liking your stay fresh I’m deciding whether or not to buy it because this large harvest right is not cutting it

[@freezedriedbusiness]

My Stay Fresh should arrive by the end of June. I still like the Harvest Right but I'm looking for newer technology so Stay Fresh seems to have that: stayfreshfreezedry.com/?sca_ref=3292008.4uBi4MIG3W

[@wildwestcryptoconsultants1326]

I think the freeze cycle is more for the pump. If you have the pump that you don’t change oil in. Has to cycle to prolong the life of the pump.

[@janbrase4227]

I have a question about your freeze dryer and the commercial kitchen. Do you cart your freeze dryer to the kitchen every time you freeze a batch or do you just leave it there full time? If you're carting it around, how are you doing that?

[@freezedriedbusiness]

My rental agreement includes storing my freeze dryer there, I wouldn't suggest carting it around. If security is a concern, I would expense a camera to be in the commercial kitchen so you have peace of mind.

[@tom_greenery]

I just tried 5lbs of lemonheads and they just turned into hard as hell balls. Any advice.

[@freezedriedbusiness]

It's a tricky candy but the key is getting them soft before the vaccum kicks on so either 15-20 minutes of tray warming at 150 degrees or tray pre-warming in your oven so experiment.

[@lindachandler2293]

One thing I've heard no one talking about is people who have trouble with their teeth or no teeth can enjoy a lot of the hard or chewy candies they had to give up because the freeze drying process gives then a texture they can handle like mashing them against the roof of their mouth.

[@sharonjennings1282]

I recently bought a bunch of boxes of the chewy lemon heads. What are my odds with them?🤷‍♀️

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Chewy might work better but then again not all chewy candies work. Give it a try and let me know!

[@FatemaYousef-h7q]

Sometimes you leave the initial freeze temp on Off . Why is that ?

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Doesn’t need to freeze when doing candy

[@FatemaYousef-h7q]

So you leave off only for candies right? I really appreciate your help

[@ThomasEricWendt]

thanks for the vid

[@freezedriedbusiness]

You bet

[@greggphillips6402]

I just discovered your channel, so please forgive me if this question has already been answered in another video I haven't (yet) viewed: When you label your candies for sale, do you use the actual name of the candy or do you make up your own? One of the aspects of seriously considering this as a source of income is the concern of the potential legal problems dealing with altering trademarked products with the freeze drying. Have you had any issues with that?

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Trademark Infridgment is a very enforceable lawsuit and should be taken seriously, use a different name. I'd also consult with a trademark attorney on the name and description just to be sure, it's worth the $200-$300 they will charge you if you plan to make this a business.

[@sasha6912]

I tried this but they didn’t pop. Attempting again tonight. Going to preheat in oven at 300 degrees for 8min. Before FD at 150. Fingers crossed lol

[@evaarnim]

So you warn trays first then put candy or put in and warm 20 mine then 5 hours

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Candy in, warm trays for 20 minutes and then run at 150 degrees for 5-6 hours

[@JaneDoe42011]

Have you tried Atomic Fire Bombs or Hot Tamales? I guess I should go search on your channel :)

[@freezedriedbusiness]

I have not, these are the first "hard shell" candy I've done for a video.

[@sheilarogers3448]

Watched video hot tamale candies did not freeze dry. Shame they are my favorites

[@freezedriedbusiness]

I haven't done those before.

[@LauriStevens]

I think they puffed because of the pre-warm? I do mine at 150 for 6 hrs. all the time and they're not that big.

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Good point! Yeah the softening of the candy is what makes it pop more.

[@virginiacantrell1907]

I don’t understand how you heat the trays for 20 minutes

[@freezedriedbusiness]

If you have the latest software, the high-temp mode will ask you if you want to warm the trays. Then you can increase the warming times.

[@carriebeard-R.I.T.S]

Maybe LESS skittles in the tray

[@aesoprockslig]

Holy macaroni. Your run times are super long.

[@freezedriedbusiness]

That was an overnight run. I run them at 4 hours now.

[@letsthinktogether8118]

Thank you for your video, you did what I wanted to do for awhile 😄 , just to run a test batch. Now.... I wonder if adding more time at the end of Tray warming cycle would be helpful to warm them up. Even though logically in 20 min ( max for tray warming) candies should be at that temperature but..... what would happen if at the end we add like additional 10- 20 min? Hmmm..... going to try👍👍 As always , thank you for sharing your experience!

[@freezedriedbusiness]

I actually think running the machine longer at 150 would do the trick more than warming the candy after the cycle but only if you are just using the FD and not an oven. The issue with running it longer with candies like Lemonheads is that it's keeping you from doing more candy so longer cycle candies are not efficient for a freeze-dried business IMO.

[@letsthinktogether8118]

@The Freeze Dried Business oh, yes, I apologize for not expressing myself clearly, I meant exactly the same, running the machine for an additional time using the Warming trays option before the drying cycle. The max is 20 min so I would add 10 to 19 additional min to the last min to try to warm them better. Hope now my explanation is better 😄👍 I agree with you. As much as I would like to add some candies to my menu, playing an oven game doesn't worth my time. There are plenty of other things to freeze dry. Looking forward to your new videos, best of luck!

[@freezedriedbusiness]

Thank you!