BEST WAY! HOW TO MAKE CANDIED PICKLES

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And in today's video , I'm gonna share with you how to make this unique treat .

This has been a requested video and I'm gonna share with you how to make the these candied pickles .

So if you're ready to get started , let's get into the video .

First off , let's start with our supplies .

Now , these are the pickles that I'm gonna be using .

They are the dill pickles .

Now you can use kosher or whatever pickles of your choice .

I picked these up from the convenience store and next up , you want to use some fruit roll ups or fruit wraps to wrap around your pickles , which I'm gonna share with you into uh later on in the video so you can get these from your local grocery store .

I'm using some apple sticks , this um artisan accent full coloring in the color pink , some strawberry oil , um candy flavor and I'm gonna use some Chef Masters white to enhance the color and you're gonna need a candy thermometer .

Now , you wanna make sure you have a silicone mat , a silicone spoon and a pan of some sort to lay your pickles in .

So let's get started here .

I'm gonna cut open my package and drainin the juice .

You wanna make sure you drain the juice and take them out and dry them completely .

It's important to dry them .

Um , before you dip them .

Now , after you have dried each one of your pickles , you wanna prep them and put them onto your tray , whatever tray you choose to use , it can be big or small but make sure they're dried completely .

And then we're going to place these in the freezer for at least 3 to 4 hours or until they are completely froze .

Now , once again , dry them before you insert your apple sticks .

Now , either side is fine .

Um , it just depends on which side you choose , but just make sure they are inserted well and not all the way in because you want to leave a little length for dipping .

So once you insert , you wanna make sure you take some paper towel and dry them as you insert and make sure your , um , area you're inserting in is completely dry before you place them in the freezer as well .

Now it's time to place them in the freezer .

Now , in a medium sized pot , I'm using a medium size pot and I'm adding in , um , a full recipe which is the 4114 cups of sugar , one cup of water .

And one cup of light corn serve .

But I recommend you use a larger pot if your pickles are large .

Now , here's my canny thermometer .

You wanna make sure you cook to 300 degrees , make sure the tip does not touch the bottom of your pot or it will give off a false reading .

So , as you heat this up , it's going to take a little longer to cook .

So don't be alarmed .

Just make sure , um , you remove it at 300 degrees .

Now , while that's cooking here are your froze pickles .

Now , you , once you , um , remove them from the freezer , they're gonna be , if it's a little frost on them , just dry them off and then , um , add your wrap , take your wrap and stretch it just a little bit so that it can go around your pickle evenly .

Um , it's going to adhere very well , but what I've learned when doing these is to wrap the whole pickle completely and don't leave an open area , um , of the pickle where any juice can seep through because it does , um , have a longer life shelf when you do apply these , um , particular wraps .

Now you can choose whatever wrap flavor of your choice .

Um , but it appears really well and you're covering the entire pickle .

Now , next , I'm gonna show you how to use just the , um , the fruit roll up on the roll , you're just gonna take the strip and just wrap it around completely um , I start from the bottom because I wanna make sure um , that bottom is um covered and you just wrap it all the way around until you get to the top .

You may , you have to use a second one which you're gonna see me um , do in this video just to make sure it's completely covered .

So I'm just showing you um some alternatives if you don't have the , if you can't find the wraps , you can use the fruit roll up um these little foot fruit roll ups here .

Now , I do recommend that once you remove them from the freezer , let it knock off the chill a little bit , you know , let let it chill , let the chill come down a little bit because if you apply them right away , the fruit roll up will crack .

So , um let them sit for about five minutes before you add your wraps , but don't let them sit too long cause then it start to create a whole bunch of juice .

So just make sure um that you follow those steps and you'll be ready for dipping .

So next up , I'm adding in the strawberry oil flavoring in the mix and I add it at 250 degrees .

And now I'm gonna add in my color , which I should have added my color in the beginning for this particular brand .

And when you do it like this , make sure you , you don't mix it .

You don't need to mix it when you add it in like this because the color is going to cook through .

So you don't have to worry about that .

Just make sure you add in your white , um , add in a few drops so that the color won't be transparent and then you can remove it at 300 degrees .

Now , once you remove the mixture , um , from your stove top , you may have to add um , a few more drops of the white .

Um if you're using this brand though , OK .

And that's something I had to do .

Um So that my color can come through and be nice and vibrant .

All right .

So the mixture is done flavored , colored like I like .

And now we're ready to dip our pickles .

Now , this is what I mentioned at the beginning of the video , I recommend that you use a bigger pot if you're um dipping large pickles , OK .

This is a 3.5 quart pot and these pickles um is large in size .

So um I should have used a larger pot , but I was trying to make it work .

So if you have larger pickles use a larger pot so that the mixture won't pour out when you're tilting your pot to the side .

So I'm dipping , making sure you wanna turn it upside down to make sure that you drain any extra .

And once you um drain majority of that candy mixture , start to rotate it so that the candy mixture can start to um get solid and then place it onto your mat .

Now , if you don't have a silicone matte , you can place it on parchment paper .

Um , but I recommend a silicone matte because it just works best .

All right .

So here I had some mixture spill out and that was because I'm really trying to cover this pickle .

As you see , I'm trying to cover this pickle to make sure the um bottom part is completely covered .

Um because I didn't want no open areas um on my pickle .

So again , drain that mixture and then start to rotate it so that mixture can settle in and once you do that , you just turn it a few times , you know , count to five or count to 10 and then lay it on to your surface .

Yeah .

So here are your candy pickles all fully coated , nice and shiny and ready to be packaged .

Now , for packaging , I will leave in the description box below .

Next , take your stick and just rotate it and pull it out , rotate the stick and pull it out and it's good to go .

So let me give you a little advice about pricing this particular treat .

I don't like to talk about pricing on here because everybody market is different .

But let me show you a little bit about my market and what I would charge for these because of what it all entails supplies and how large they are .

Especially your time .

I would charge between 6 50 to $7 for these pickles .

All right .

So just keep that in mind .

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