Candy Lab 02
In this candy session we tried to make a mold for lolly pops.
We were aware of a system currently used, whereby the lollypops were made by placing a coil of candy into a small cooking tin, placing another tin on top, pressing down and then inserting the stick.
Problems with this system were that the sides of the tin went up at an angle greater that 90 degrees, therefore, when the second tin was placed on top there would be a ring of candy that would be squeezed out around the edges. The second problem was that when the sticks were insterted into the candy, it was difficult to put them in hortizontally straight and they would poke through the top or the bottom of the lollpop.
So we used the cnc modelo to make this mold....
When making this we made a point of bringing the sides up at a 90 degree angle, and creating a ridge to assist in inserting the stick.
.....as you can see, it has a fault in the Waag logo.
this happened during the finishing process.... reasons unknown......???
We used the Modolo chemical wood for the mold, and I'm not sure of the good grade standard of this product.
But we went ahead and used it as a test mold just the same, and this is the result.....
The results were quite succesful.
Before putting the candy into the mold I brushed it over with a bee's wax, in order for the candy to not stick to the mold. This worked very well. Even in the area's where there were fine lines from the milling mistake, the candy still did not get stuck in the grooves.
Further, having the groove which help to guide in the stick worked really well. There was no way for the stick to go in at the wrong angel, therefore poking out the front or back of the lollypop.
