{"id":27508,"date":"2016-03-30T05:59:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T10:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=27508"},"modified":"2016-03-30T05:59:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T10:59:55","slug":"edible-flower-lollipops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=27508","title":{"rendered":"Edible Flower Lollipops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/flowerpops-150x136.jpg\" alt=\"Flower Lollipops\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>Just in time for spring (in certain hemispheres), the <a href=\"http:\/\/geyserofawesome.com\/post\/141741240871\/pittsburgh-based-candy-maker-janet-best-of-sugar\">Geyser of Awesome<\/a> recently profiled Etsy shop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/SugarBakersBakery\">Sugar Bakers Bakery<\/a> which offers a selection of candied flowers, including lollipops.<\/p>\n<p>If you have access to edible flowers, similar lollies are easy to make at home.  They have a lovely Victorian feel to them, and would be perfect at a tea party.<\/p>\n<p>This is apparently a fairly popular project, since there are a zillion tutorials available online.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/food\/How-Make-Flower-Lollipops-34800343\">PopSugar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sprinklebakes.com\/2012\/03\/spring-flower-lollipops.html\">Sprinkle Bakes<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fancyflours.com\/product\/how-to-make-hard-candy-lollipops-with-edible-flowers\/how-tos-and-instructions\">Fancy Flours<\/a> have good ones, and if you search &#8220;how to make edible flower lollipops&#8221; there are plenty more.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to use a lollipop mold&#8211;the Sprinkle Bakes tutorial outlines a method using powdered sugar, and you can also pour dollops of the candy on an oiled marble slab&#8211;but using a mold makes the process a lot easier and results in a more uniform candy with clean edges.  You can find inexpensive molds at craft and baking-supply stores, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crystallove-12-Capacity-Silicone-Lollipop-Chocolate\/dp\/B015C62EYG\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=shadmano-20&#038;qid=1459334906&#038;sr=8-1\" rel=\"nofollow\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to making sure that the flowers you use are <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_edible_flowers\">edible<\/a>, also take care that they haven&#8217;t been sprayed with pesticides or similar chemicals.  Gently rinse them, then dry thoroughly on paper towels before using them in a recipe.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of flowers, you can use small sprigs of herbs.  And in addition to lollipops, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=how+to+candy+flowers&#038;ie=utf-8&#038;oe=utf-8\">candy<\/a> the flowers in sugar.  Sugared flowers can be eaten as-is, but they&#8217;re also fantastic decorations for cakes or cookies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for spring (in certain hemispheres), the Geyser of Awesome recently profiled Etsy shop Sugar Bakers Bakery which offers a selection of candied flowers, including lollipops. If you have access to edible flowers, similar lollies are easy to make at home. They have a lovely Victorian feel to them, and would be perfect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doom-it-yourself"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27508"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27517,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27508\/revisions\/27517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}