Easy DIY Valentine Heart Lollipops with Jolly Ranchers (2024)

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How do you make a heart with Jolly Ranchers? ›

While oven is heating, unwrap the JOLLY RANCHER hard candy and place them in plastic snack bags. Close the bags and make sure to push out any extra air before crushing the candy into small pieces. Then, fill the heart molds with candy and place in the oven for approximately 7-9 minutes.

Unwrap 4 jolly rancher candies and place them in a coffee mug. Lightly spray a non stick cooking spray in the sucker part of the mold and wipe out with a paper towel. Microwave for 30 seconds on 60% power and then microwave for another 15-30 seconds on 80% power (your mixture should be bubbling, caution it's very hot).

Microwave the Jolly Ranchers at 80% power.

Initially cook them for approximately 1 minute. Microwaves will vary, so you will need to adjust based on your specific model. This should get all four pieces to melt in one go. If the candies do not melt entirely on the first heat, cook them again in 15-second intervals.

One Jolly Rancher contains 7 grams of sugar and 40 calories, making these candies a close second to Smarties in the healthiest Halloween candy game. But remember, that's just one Rancher, so if you grab a handful, you'll need to multiply these numbers.

Here's the secret to making these easy lollipops: you just pile a bunch of hard candy into the oven-safe mold, and bake it at 350 F just until the candies melt together.

Other hard candies, like caramels, can be melted in the microwave — and so can Jolly Ranchers. All you have to do is pop your Jolly Ranchers into a microwave-safe bowl and heat them. Five melted Jolly Rancher candies will produce about a tablespoon of liquid, so scale the amount depending on how much you need.

Crush candies into coarse powder using rolling pin or other heavy object. Sprinkle ring of one color crushed candy around the center of a mold. Repeat procedure for remaining molds using desired candy colors. Bake molds 3 to 5 minutes or until candy melts.

Stick a skewer or a toothpick into the end of each grape. Place your desired color of jolly ranchers into a microwave safe bowl, and microwave on high for 20-30 seconds, or until candy is melted. Carefully remove the melted candy from the microwave. Dip the grapes one at a time into the candy until it is fully coated.

Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavors, FD&C Red 40, Titanium Dioxide, Glycerine, Canonla Oil, Sunflower Lecithin and Soy.

How do you melt Jolly Ranchers for fruit? ›

A 1-minute stint in the microwave should be all your candies need to become melty, but if you find the Jolly Ranchers need more time, keep going for 15 seconds at a time. Eventually, you'll have a puddle of fruity goo ready to be poured into molds or used as a candy coating.

Sugar, Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Glycerin, Gelatin, Citric Acid, Tragacanth Gum, Artificial Flavors, Red 40 Lake, Red 3, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Blue 2 Lake.