Fir & Honey Lollipops

Showcase Hood Canal's bounty and beauty by making Fir & Honey Lollipops!

Fir Tip Water

1 cup Fir tips

2 cups water

Instructions

Wash the fir tips and combine with the water in a saucepan. Heat until the water is just about to boil and turn off heat. Cover the saucepan with a lid and let steep until cool.

Once the water is cool, strain out the fir tips. The fir water can be stored covered in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Fir and Honey Lollipops

2 cups sugar

½ cup honey

½ cup light corn syrup

¼ cup fir tip water

Prepare silicone lollipop molds by inserting the lollipop sticks half way into the mold, no cooking spray is necessary. A silicone baking mat can also be used instead. Putting the molds on a baking pan makes them easy to move as they are cooling.

Combine the sugar, honey, light corn syrup, and fir tip water in a heavy bottom saucepan. Be sure not to stir the sugar mixture once it has started cooking, and wipe down any sugar crystals that stick to the side with a wet cooking brush. Insert a candy thermometer and cook until the sugar mixture until it reaches 300°F.

Once the sugar mixture has reached 300°F, remove it from the heat and carefully pour into the silicone molds. The hot sugar mixture should cover above the lollipop stick. After filling half of the molds, rotate the lollipop sticks to ensure they are fully covered. If using a silicone baking mat, pour circles about 1-inch in diameter. Place lollipop sticks into circles once half the sugar mixture has been poured and rotate.

Let the lollipops cool and dry, then wrap individually in packaging.