Salt Water Taffy

I recently found a recipe from Vanilla & Lace for salt water taffy and since I had all the ingredients, I had to try it.



I had to guess with the temperature of the sugar, since I only had a meat thermometer that went up to 190 F and I needed the sugar to be between 256- 266. I just boiled everything until it started to get thick.

I only made half the recipe, and made two different flavours from it. I used pure vanilla extract (with green food colouring) and almond extract (with green colouring).

The first time I boiled the sugar, it didn't get to temperature, so I reheated both flavours separately.

The first one I made was the green almond, and I almost brunt it!.

This made the sugar harder to work with because it was tough and stayed very hot when I pulled it.

When it got too tough to pull, I out it in the microwave for 10 sec and that softened it perfectly, but it still had to be very hot. This flavour ended up being a hard candy.

The second round with the blue vanilla worked out better because I didn’t let it get too hot, so it was wayyyy easier to work with and made a more chewable candy (and I only had to microwave it a few times).

I hope you too try out making some candy, stock up for birthdays or weddings this summer!

Bike to Beach

Found Things

Just cleaning the basment.

Outfit Post and a Fairy Garden

Top: H&M, Skrit: Thrifted, Shoes: Walmart (about 8 years ago), Bag: Thrifted, Bracelet: Handmade by me
Fairy Garden before and after

I Made Soap!

This week I made soap!
Soap is much more terrifying than making soup
I poured the soap into a cheese slice container and closed the lid to insulate it and when it warmed back up it oosed out the sides, so I put the crumbs back in
I put coffee grounds, oatmeal, peppermint, cinnamon, and nutmag in the soap
Now it has to cure in a paper bag under my bed for a month
This was my first time making soap. I watched lots of soap making videos and found this one realy helpful and read lots of soap recipes. I used lots of precaution when making the soap, wearing rubber gloves, a mask, sunglasses (because I didn't have goggles, you gotta do what you gotta do), I had all of my supplies out before I started, I had the window open and a bottle of white vinger (to neutralize any spilt lye) open. I used this webiste to calculate my recipe. I used olive, coconut and canola oil in my soap. I've used some of the soap crumbs already and I'm pleased with the results and can't wait to make more!