Homemade Suckers

 

2 cups sugar
2/3 cup white corn syrup
2/3 cup water
Food coloring
oil flavoring, cinnamon, anise, peppermint, orange or your favorite

Mix together until dissolved. Cook at 300 degrees F. Add red food coloring before it reaches 300 degrees F. Remove from heat and add ½ teaspoon cinnamon oil. Stir. Cool slightly. Pour from Tablespoon onto sucker sticks arranged on butter pan or pour into lollipop molds.

Makes about 16 suckers.

For variations use:
Red color with cinnamon oil
black color with Anise oil
orange color with orange oil
green color with peppermint oil
No color with cinnamon oil
Yellow with lemon oil