Coconut Candy

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 package flaked coconut (14 oz)
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract, or vanilla

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a large saucepan.
• 2 cook, stirring constantly, just until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 cook without stirring to 236 degrees (soft ball); remove from heat.
• 4 stir in coconut and flavoring; cool.
• 5 variation 1: chocolate coconut almond drops (otherwise known as almond joys)- shape cooled coconut mixture into 1-inch balls, flattening bottoms.
• 6 top each with a toasted almond.
• 7 chill at least 1 hour.
• 8 dip in melted chocolate.
• 9 variation 2: acorns- shape in balls, tapering one end to cone shape.
• 10 chill 1 hour.
• 11 dip large end into melted chocolate.