How to Make Candy as a Christmas Gift

Candies are tasty and delicious. All adults and children love them. A lot of people used to give away candies as a gift to each other on different festivities like Easter, Christmas or Birthday. But they are most commonly exchanged as gifts on Christmas as it is a special time when people arrange to get together parties.Christmas candies are especially introduced in the market at the time of Christmas by the candy brands. These candies are made in many styles, colors, and forms.

Make Candy as a Christmas Gift:

Many people purchase candy as a Christmas gift. But, if you want to make it at home all by yourself then it is also a good idea. Also, it would make your loved ones feel that they are special to you. Today, we are going to tell you how to make divinity candy with the walnuts. This divinity recipe is quite simple to make.  

Things You Need:

• 1 cup light (not dark) corn syrup
• Food color of your choice
• 4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup walnuts (chopped)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 egg whites (room temperature)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method:

1. First of all, you have to mix the corn syrup, sugar and salt into the saucepan. Make sure that the saucepan is big and heavy. You need to cook these three ingredients well and continuously do stirring on a medium heat.
2. Just do the stirring till the mixture reaches the boiling point. You have to keep cooking it till it becomes like a softball when it is tested into the cold water at the temperature of 236° F on a candy thermomete
3. For the meantime, you have to beachristmast the egg whites. Keep beating the egg whites till they become stiff. You have to pour the half cup of syrup over the whites. Make sure that you beat rapidly at all times.
4. You need to start cooking the syrup that left behind while beating up the egg whites. When the syrup is ready according to you, then you need to test it by dropping cold water onto it. If it becomes a hardball, then it means your syrup is ready. You have to pour the syrup into the egg white mixture and then start beating rapidly all the time. You have to keep on beating till the candy starts making the shape.
5. When the candy mixture gets a shape, then you have to stir in vanilla. After that, you have to add nuts as well as food color of your choice.
6. You have to take a drop of a full teaspoon onto the wax paper.
7. Wrap up this candy by closing both ends of the wax paper.
8. Your candy is now wrapped, but you have to keep it at room temperature. Otherwise, your candy will lose its taste and shape.

You can give away these candies as a Christmas gift to your friends or family. However, if you would wrap these candies in a beautiful box, then it would surely have a good impression on the receiver. You can get candy box of any size, shape or design.They are readily available in the markets, and many online box companies are offering them at reasonable rates. It is a good option to choose custom Christmas candy boxes. Different customizations have been used on them for beautification and adornment, so they are quite engaging.But if you have the short budget then the Christmas candy boxes wholesale are a good choice to make. They are also accessible in appealing designs.