Every other year, we visit family in Cannon Beach, Oregon. There's a little town on the top of the hill with an amazing Candy Shop called Bruce's Candy Kitchen. AND THEY MAKE "Sea Foam," a candy so incredibly delicious I crave the taste of it. So you can imagine how delighted I was to find this recipe for my beloved "Sea Foam" on Pinterest. I adore both the dark and milk chocolate varieties--no discrimination there. Hope you'll like it too!
FYI--In my book "Strands Of Fate," (available Creative Woman Mysteries ), I incorporated the seaside town, many of the kitschy shops and of course, the candy shop I adore, though the names were changed to protect the innocent:)
SEA FOAM!!!)
Buffalo Sponge
Candy
I hope that I didn’t scare you too
much, this candy is amazing! Some people call it Sea Foam, Fairy Food or Hokey
Pokey; I just call it Sponge candy. Mention sponge candy to any Buffalonian and
they’ll know exactly what you’re talking about. Like an aerated toffee, it
melts in your mouth. I always get a box of Watsons sponge candy for Easter
(hint, hint Easter bunny!)
For an updated version, as well as
answers to some common sponge candy questions, see my Sponge Candy FAQs Post!
¼ tsp gelatin
1 tsp water
1 ½ cups sugar
½ cups corn syrup
½ cup water
1 tbsp baking soda (sifted)
Butter a 9x9 pan then dust with
flour. Tap out excess flour.
In a small bowl, sprinkle gelatin
over 1 tsp water and allow to bloom.
In a medium stockpot with high
sides, mix sugar, corn syrup and 1/2 cup water together. Heat over medium heat
and stir until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil. Wash down any sugar
crystals from the sides with a wet pastry brush. Clip on candy thermometer and
heat to 310° F. Do not stir after you have clipped the thermometer on,
the sugar will self stir.
Remove from heat and let sit for
two minutes, bubbling should subside. Add gelatin and whisk, be careful, the
sugar syrup will bubble up. Sprinkle baking soda over syrup and whisk
vigorously. Return mixture to the heat and whisk for 30 seconds. The sugar will
rise up in the pot, a lot!
Quickly pour into prepared pan, it
should come out in a big blob. Do not spread the mixture, just let it settle
into the pan. Allow to cool completely (about 2 hours or overnight) before
removing from the pan.
Either break into odd pieces or cut
into squares (this is a messy process!). To cut into squares - using a serrated
knife, score the candy at 1-inch intervals. Snap the candy apart at the score
lines. Then score and break into squares.
Melt chocolate melts in a double
boiler (or bowl sitting above a pot of boiling water). Dip sponge candies in
chocolate, tap off excess. Chill in the fridge to set the chocolate shell.
Enjoy!
Linda
Kozar is the co-author of Babes With A
Beatitude—Devotions For Smart, Savvy Women of Faith (Hardcover/Ebook,
Howard/Simon & Schuster 2009) and author of Misfortune Cookies
(Print, Barbour Publishing 2008), Misfortune Cookies, A Tisket, A
Casket, and Dead As A Doornail, (“When The Fat Ladies Sing Series,”
eBooks, Spyglass Lane Mysteries, 2012). Strands of Fate released October
2012 (Hardcover/Ebook, Creative Woman Mysteries) and her nonfiction title, Moving
Tales, Adventures in Relocation, released in 2013 (Indie-Published). She
received the ACFW Mentor of the Year Award in 2007, founded and served as
president of Writers On The Storm,
The Woodlands, Texas ACFW chapter for three years. In 2003, she co-founded,
co-directed and later served as Southwest Texas Director of Words For The Journey Christian Writers
Guild.
In addition to writing Linda is
Lead Host of the Gate Beautiful Radio Show, part of the Red River Network on
Blog Talk Radio—interviewing Christian authors from Debut to Bestselling,
airing the 3rd Thursday of every month. She and her husband Michael,
married 24 years, have two lovely daughters, Katie and Lauren and a Rat Terrier
princess named Patches.
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(American Christian Fiction Writers), Writers On The Storm, The Woodlands,
Texas Chapter of ACFW, Toastmasters (Area 56) The Woodlands, Texas, The Woodlands
Church, The Woodlands, TX.
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Oh, Linda. I love sea foam. I mean the candy....I don't drink it from the Gulf! There was one store in the area we lived in that sold it. And I haven't been able to find it since.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see this recipe. Thanks for sharing. :)
Dear Diane, I know you're a whiz in the kitchen. No doubt you'll make the first of many perfect batches for family and friends:)
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