It amazes me the skill and years of training that is required to really understand how make the best and amazing classic candies and especially the hard candies that people have loved for more than one hundred years. They have mastered the mixture of sugar and water which is boiled into a goopy substance which is then slowly folded over and over until it hardens a bit and can be stretched into massive chunks and then rolled out into long lines. They allow these to dry and then break them into individual bitesize pieces for everyone to buy and enjoy. It sounds easy but you should watch some videos online, it is very satisfying to watch it from the beginning and what it becomes in the end.
