Wacky Halloween Lollipops

What You Need:

1 1/2 C of sugar
3/4 C of water
2/3 C of light corn syrup
1/2 t cream of tartar
1/2 t peppermint oil
Black and orange paste food coloring
10 lollipop sticks

How to Make It:

Butter 10 assorted size round cookie cutters and place them on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Place the sugar, water and corn syrup into a saucepan and place the pan over medium heat.
Stir in the cream of tartar and cook the mixture, stirring constantly until the sugar has dissolved.
Stop stirring and bring the mixture to a boil.
Continue cooking without stirring until a candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the peppermint oil.
Be careful to keep your face away from the pan when stirring in the oil as the aroma is very strong.
Spoon 1/4 C of the mixture into two separate custard cups and tint one cup orange and one cup black.
Pour the remaining mixture into the prepared cookie cutters.
Drizzle the black and orange sugar mixtures over the cookie cutters and use a toothpick to swirl the mixture through each lollipop.
Remove the cutters just before the lollipops completely harden and place a lollipop stick into each lollipop.

These lollipops can be made with size or shape of cookie cutter. Once they have hardened wrap them in plastic wrap and tie them with a Halloween bow. They make great hand out treats for all those scary trick-or-treaters.

Makes 10 lollipops