hey guys I’m Nate welcome back to the
workshop in the past we’ve done a few
different experiments casting candy into
some different shapes we did grant and
my thumb we did a giant turkey out of
melted Jolly Ranchers and we also made
some silver play buttons cast in candy
well today we’re going to try something
a little different
all of those previous experiments have
been solid candy all the way through
when they were cast today I wanted to
try something a little bit different
it’s called slush casting or rotation
casting the basic idea is we’ll whip up
a batch of our hard candy and then we’ve
got two of these things which you might
recognize as our pokeball molds now I’m
not going to try and make a solid
pokeball of candy that would weigh about
a pound
you’d be almost impossible to eat and
it’d kind of be a waste of candy so what
we are gonna try and do is see if we can
pour the liquid candy down into the mold
and then rotate it around to coat all of
the sides of the mold as the candy cools
off hopefully the result will be a
hollow pokeball made out of candy here
are the supplies that we’re going to
need to try this experiment we’re gonna
need some corn syrup some white sugar a
pot to cook everything in our flavoring
and food coloring
and of course the pokeball molds it’s
also important to make sure you have a
working candy thermometer to get the
temperature right as you’re cooking we
have everything ready let’s get some
candy cooking on the stove this candy
recipe is very basic it’s two cups of
white sugar 2/3 cups corn syrup and 3/4
cups of water there we have it all three
of our ingredients in the pot I’m just
doing a little bit of mixing and then
I’m gonna put it on the stove over
medium heat stir the mixture with a
heat-safe spatula until all of the sugar
is dissolved once your sugar is
completely dissolved it’s time to stop
stirring the candy thermometer should be
attached to the side of the pot in such
a way that the bottom of the thermometer
is in the candy mixture but not touching
the walls or the bottom of the pot it
will take some time for your candy to
heat up to the right temperature but
just be patient make sure you watch the
candy thermometer well so that you don’t
accidentally burn it while our candy is
cooking I just want to prep our molds
really quickly these are two part molds
that come apart completely so I’m just
gonna wrap some rubber bands around them
to hold them nice and closed when we
pour in the candy
once our candy mixture hits 260 degrees
Fahrenheit it’s time to add some food
coloring but still don’t stir it
let the boiling action of the sugar do
that for you the moment your candy hits
300 degrees Fahrenheit you need to
remove it from the heat at this point
our candy is completely cooked and we’re
just gonna let it cool down a little bit
to let some of the bubbles disappear
before we pour it into our pokeball
molds and as we let it cool down just a
bit to get all the bubbles out we’re
gonna add our flavor
[Music]
and so I’m just kind of guessing how
much I’m going to need I haven’t tried
this before so I’m not exactly sure how
well it’ll work got our hot handy down
inside the mold now I’m just gonna try
and rotate it evenly so it coats
everything as it cools down put this
plate under me so if it spills out and
mouth doesn’t get all over the counter
it was starting a spill so at this point
everything that I can see inside the
mold is nice and well coated I just have
to hope that the parts that I can’t see
the very edge near the opening of the
mold are also well coated kind hard as
hell also we’ve got these nice little
slivers of candy I’m gonna take my mold
and while the candy has mostly cooled
off it is still running very very slowly
inside so I’m just gonna take this and
set it upside down so if there is any
extra it will run out the mouth onto the
plate and it won’t pool too much
anywhere inside the mold now I’m just
gonna take the rest of the candy and
pour it into this one you’re doing a
slush casting or rotation casting as is
also called it’s important to keep it
moving
pretty much the whole time so that it
coats it evenly inside candy is going to
be a little bit different than most
types of things I’ve done slush casting
with them before I’ve used several
different types of resin in molds like
this to make little props or pieces of
costumes and stuff like that this is
definitely different but I’m hoping the
principles will work out the same way
that’s looking pretty good I’m gonna do
the same thing with this one we’re just
gonna turn it upside down on a plate if
there is any excess it’ll drain out and
we’ll hope it cools down nicely
to help him cool down I’m just gonna pop
them into the fridge alright we’ve got
the pokéballs cooling down in the
refrigerator and while that happens I
actually have something else that I want
to try slush casting it’s gonna be a
little bit of a surprise when I reveal
it to see what it is I’ve made if you
have any guesses about what this is
before I cast it let us know down in the
comments
no cheating and watching the whole video
and then commenting what it actually is
yeah guess first and then watch I’ll
start mixing up another batch of candy
and get it cooking
[Music]
oh yeah absolutely good
[Music]
it’s a little messy in a couple spots
but most part I’m liking how that looks
[Music]
and tastes very warm in there little
bits of the candy are still like soft
enough for they’re kind of slumping
inside their you know I have a different
idea
so this freezer for whatever reason has
a whole lot of old frozen bananas in it
and while I certainly wouldn’t want to
eat them I think they will work to help
cool down what I’m casting here so I’m
just gonna kind of fill this cavity with
some frozen bananas just as ice packs
one of the strangest things I’ve ever
done
yep full of bananas trash cans just hold
that upright as it cools down and once
it’s cooled down all the way we’ll try
and de mold it and see if it turned out
let’s see if the pokeballs have finished
you definitely had some extra sugar in
this one kind of pour it out and left a
little puddle on the plate feels pretty
nice and cool and rigid inside so I
think we’re good this one oh this one
also had a little bit of a looks like a
weird boozy slug tongue or something I
don’t know see if we can de mold these
without destroying them that might be
the real question
I don’t know how thick the candy will
have built up on the walls so maybe it’s
thick enough that it will hold itself
together and maybe it’ll just shatter
apart as I try and open it to be a real
shame don’t hear any shattering noise
it’s good sign Oh beautiful yes oh it’s
fantastic let’s try the other one I
think there was less candy in this one
so it might even be a little thinner
[Music]
if yes
[Music]
hah look at that
hard candy pokin oh that’s fantastic
I’m gonna get a pair of pliers and see
if I can break off the little tumors
going on the back of these things all
right so I want to get this separate
chunk of candy off but I don’t want to
shatter the rest of pokeball
I don’t know how fragile it is I don’t
think we need to see but I can break off
a little piece of it I should come off
really nicely all right that actually
worked pretty well better than I thought
it would ha there’s one see about this
other one Oh see that’s what I was kind
of worried about it broke into the body
of the pokeball just a little bit it’s
not bad it’s definitely not ruined it’s
not quite as clean as I was hoping so
there we go to hollow candy pokey balls
picked up pretty good detail there were
a couple spots where the candy didn’t
cast beautifully into the mold we’ve got
these little bubbles and of course
there’s also some surface bubbles all
over the outside of it but for the most
part BAM it’s pretty dang good I think
when we cast our Thanksgiving turkey
lollipop it had sort of a flat outside
color but hitting with a blowtorch
really helped smooth it out I’m gonna
see if I can do something similar with
the pokey balls to see if they get a
little bit more transparent
that’s working pretty good I think
alright I definitely think that helped a
little bit you can see that this one is
now more clear you can see down through
it pretty nicely there’s still lots of
bubbles in the way well I think that
worked well enough I’m going to do it on
the other one too
you would be cooler of course if I could
make the candy match the color of the
pokeball in all the different spots but
slush casting doesn’t really let you
choose what color goes where it’s sort
of a 1 in color goes everywhere and then
if you want to color it afterward
you do that I might have to do some
research into how to paint sugar how bad
it’s not painting it but you know it
tastes good
I’ve actually got this little Charizard
keychain thing and I want to open up the
bottom of one of these pokeballs just
enough that I can fit this inside there
just because I think that would look
really cool haha well there we go
think our casting has cooled down enough
that it’s rigid and I can now take it
out of the mold so I’m just gonna take
the bananas out of it like you do here
goes at this point some of you might be
able to figure out what it is unmaking
[Music]
ha ha it’s working it worked
a candy Iron Man helmet sweet that is
beautiful oh man Tony Stark only wishes
alright there we go a 100% candy Iron
Man helmet this is fully to scale so
many years ago I made myself an Iron Man
costume and that involves sculpting
molding and casting a helmet so I still
have the mold which is what I’ve been
using and I’d cleaned it out really well
and then I cast candy into it and now I
have a candy Iron Man helmet and I want
to put it on but unfortunately I don’t
think my head will actually fit in this
design is meant to have a piece of it
removable to put it over your head no
like that’s that’s as far as I get right
there
sadly very sadly I can’t actually wear
this Iron Man helmet maybe if I had a
head much much smaller than I’d be able
to so like a small child might be able
to get this on might be worth looking
into
is weird but it’s made of candy so I got
a lick it I’m sorry Tony sorry that’s
delicious
alright guys this has been an excellent
experiment learning if we can do slush
casting or rotational casting using a
candy recipe and it worked surprisingly
well we’ve got our two pokeballs and we
have our candy Iron Man helmet and they
all work great there are little
difficulties of course tiny bits of
cracking bubbles in the surface but
overall this definitely works as a
casting material and it’s delightful it
looks really cool it’s probably the
best-tasting thing you could probably
use as a slush casting material I was a
little bit afraid that they would just
sort of shatter when they’re cooling
down structurally speaking melted sugar
is fairly similar to melted glass
they are both what’s called an amorphous
solid which means they form a non
crystalline lattice structure as they
cool down and glass if you were to try
and cast like this one thing it wouldn’t
stick to the walls at all and another as
it was cooling down if you don’t put it
in a kiln and very slowly cool it down
it would definitely crack so I was a
little bit worried that the sugar would
do the same thing but this has worked
quite well coming from a prop in costume
making background that’s just a really
fun thing to try I’ve done several slush
castings with different types of resin
but this is a new frontier for me thank
you guys for joining us for this project
today and we look forward to the next
one talk to you then now you can go out
and catch all of the candy pokemon that
are running around your neighborhood
candy Pikachu I choose you but that’s
not catching that’s what hey guys did
you know that we’re on Twitter Instagram
and Facebook as well all at the king of
random and every platform has a
different purpose so go scroll through
the histories check out what we’re doing
I’ll see you there
workshop in the past we’ve done a few
different experiments casting candy into
some different shapes we did grant and
my thumb we did a giant turkey out of
melted Jolly Ranchers and we also made
some silver play buttons cast in candy
well today we’re going to try something
a little different
all of those previous experiments have
been solid candy all the way through
when they were cast today I wanted to
try something a little bit different
it’s called slush casting or rotation
casting the basic idea is we’ll whip up
a batch of our hard candy and then we’ve
got two of these things which you might
recognize as our pokeball molds now I’m
not going to try and make a solid
pokeball of candy that would weigh about
a pound
you’d be almost impossible to eat and
it’d kind of be a waste of candy so what
we are gonna try and do is see if we can
pour the liquid candy down into the mold
and then rotate it around to coat all of
the sides of the mold as the candy cools
off hopefully the result will be a
hollow pokeball made out of candy here
are the supplies that we’re going to
need to try this experiment we’re gonna
need some corn syrup some white sugar a
pot to cook everything in our flavoring
and food coloring
and of course the pokeball molds it’s
also important to make sure you have a
working candy thermometer to get the
temperature right as you’re cooking we
have everything ready let’s get some
candy cooking on the stove this candy
recipe is very basic it’s two cups of
white sugar 2/3 cups corn syrup and 3/4
cups of water there we have it all three
of our ingredients in the pot I’m just
doing a little bit of mixing and then
I’m gonna put it on the stove over
medium heat stir the mixture with a
heat-safe spatula until all of the sugar
is dissolved once your sugar is
completely dissolved it’s time to stop
stirring the candy thermometer should be
attached to the side of the pot in such
a way that the bottom of the thermometer
is in the candy mixture but not touching
the walls or the bottom of the pot it
will take some time for your candy to
heat up to the right temperature but
just be patient make sure you watch the
candy thermometer well so that you don’t
accidentally burn it while our candy is
cooking I just want to prep our molds
really quickly these are two part molds
that come apart completely so I’m just
gonna wrap some rubber bands around them
to hold them nice and closed when we
pour in the candy
once our candy mixture hits 260 degrees
Fahrenheit it’s time to add some food
coloring but still don’t stir it
let the boiling action of the sugar do
that for you the moment your candy hits
300 degrees Fahrenheit you need to
remove it from the heat at this point
our candy is completely cooked and we’re
just gonna let it cool down a little bit
to let some of the bubbles disappear
before we pour it into our pokeball
molds and as we let it cool down just a
bit to get all the bubbles out we’re
gonna add our flavor
[Music]
and so I’m just kind of guessing how
much I’m going to need I haven’t tried
this before so I’m not exactly sure how
well it’ll work got our hot handy down
inside the mold now I’m just gonna try
and rotate it evenly so it coats
everything as it cools down put this
plate under me so if it spills out and
mouth doesn’t get all over the counter
it was starting a spill so at this point
everything that I can see inside the
mold is nice and well coated I just have
to hope that the parts that I can’t see
the very edge near the opening of the
mold are also well coated kind hard as
hell also we’ve got these nice little
slivers of candy I’m gonna take my mold
and while the candy has mostly cooled
off it is still running very very slowly
inside so I’m just gonna take this and
set it upside down so if there is any
extra it will run out the mouth onto the
plate and it won’t pool too much
anywhere inside the mold now I’m just
gonna take the rest of the candy and
pour it into this one you’re doing a
slush casting or rotation casting as is
also called it’s important to keep it
moving
pretty much the whole time so that it
coats it evenly inside candy is going to
be a little bit different than most
types of things I’ve done slush casting
with them before I’ve used several
different types of resin in molds like
this to make little props or pieces of
costumes and stuff like that this is
definitely different but I’m hoping the
principles will work out the same way
that’s looking pretty good I’m gonna do
the same thing with this one we’re just
gonna turn it upside down on a plate if
there is any excess it’ll drain out and
we’ll hope it cools down nicely
to help him cool down I’m just gonna pop
them into the fridge alright we’ve got
the pokéballs cooling down in the
refrigerator and while that happens I
actually have something else that I want
to try slush casting it’s gonna be a
little bit of a surprise when I reveal
it to see what it is I’ve made if you
have any guesses about what this is
before I cast it let us know down in the
comments
no cheating and watching the whole video
and then commenting what it actually is
yeah guess first and then watch I’ll
start mixing up another batch of candy
and get it cooking
[Music]
oh yeah absolutely good
[Music]
it’s a little messy in a couple spots
but most part I’m liking how that looks
[Music]
and tastes very warm in there little
bits of the candy are still like soft
enough for they’re kind of slumping
inside their you know I have a different
idea
so this freezer for whatever reason has
a whole lot of old frozen bananas in it
and while I certainly wouldn’t want to
eat them I think they will work to help
cool down what I’m casting here so I’m
just gonna kind of fill this cavity with
some frozen bananas just as ice packs
one of the strangest things I’ve ever
done
yep full of bananas trash cans just hold
that upright as it cools down and once
it’s cooled down all the way we’ll try
and de mold it and see if it turned out
let’s see if the pokeballs have finished
you definitely had some extra sugar in
this one kind of pour it out and left a
little puddle on the plate feels pretty
nice and cool and rigid inside so I
think we’re good this one oh this one
also had a little bit of a looks like a
weird boozy slug tongue or something I
don’t know see if we can de mold these
without destroying them that might be
the real question
I don’t know how thick the candy will
have built up on the walls so maybe it’s
thick enough that it will hold itself
together and maybe it’ll just shatter
apart as I try and open it to be a real
shame don’t hear any shattering noise
it’s good sign Oh beautiful yes oh it’s
fantastic let’s try the other one I
think there was less candy in this one
so it might even be a little thinner
[Music]
if yes
[Music]
hah look at that
hard candy pokin oh that’s fantastic
I’m gonna get a pair of pliers and see
if I can break off the little tumors
going on the back of these things all
right so I want to get this separate
chunk of candy off but I don’t want to
shatter the rest of pokeball
I don’t know how fragile it is I don’t
think we need to see but I can break off
a little piece of it I should come off
really nicely all right that actually
worked pretty well better than I thought
it would ha there’s one see about this
other one Oh see that’s what I was kind
of worried about it broke into the body
of the pokeball just a little bit it’s
not bad it’s definitely not ruined it’s
not quite as clean as I was hoping so
there we go to hollow candy pokey balls
picked up pretty good detail there were
a couple spots where the candy didn’t
cast beautifully into the mold we’ve got
these little bubbles and of course
there’s also some surface bubbles all
over the outside of it but for the most
part BAM it’s pretty dang good I think
when we cast our Thanksgiving turkey
lollipop it had sort of a flat outside
color but hitting with a blowtorch
really helped smooth it out I’m gonna
see if I can do something similar with
the pokey balls to see if they get a
little bit more transparent
that’s working pretty good I think
alright I definitely think that helped a
little bit you can see that this one is
now more clear you can see down through
it pretty nicely there’s still lots of
bubbles in the way well I think that
worked well enough I’m going to do it on
the other one too
you would be cooler of course if I could
make the candy match the color of the
pokeball in all the different spots but
slush casting doesn’t really let you
choose what color goes where it’s sort
of a 1 in color goes everywhere and then
if you want to color it afterward
you do that I might have to do some
research into how to paint sugar how bad
it’s not painting it but you know it
tastes good
I’ve actually got this little Charizard
keychain thing and I want to open up the
bottom of one of these pokeballs just
enough that I can fit this inside there
just because I think that would look
really cool haha well there we go
think our casting has cooled down enough
that it’s rigid and I can now take it
out of the mold so I’m just gonna take
the bananas out of it like you do here
goes at this point some of you might be
able to figure out what it is unmaking
[Music]
ha ha it’s working it worked
a candy Iron Man helmet sweet that is
beautiful oh man Tony Stark only wishes
alright there we go a 100% candy Iron
Man helmet this is fully to scale so
many years ago I made myself an Iron Man
costume and that involves sculpting
molding and casting a helmet so I still
have the mold which is what I’ve been
using and I’d cleaned it out really well
and then I cast candy into it and now I
have a candy Iron Man helmet and I want
to put it on but unfortunately I don’t
think my head will actually fit in this
design is meant to have a piece of it
removable to put it over your head no
like that’s that’s as far as I get right
there
sadly very sadly I can’t actually wear
this Iron Man helmet maybe if I had a
head much much smaller than I’d be able
to so like a small child might be able
to get this on might be worth looking
into
is weird but it’s made of candy so I got
a lick it I’m sorry Tony sorry that’s
delicious
alright guys this has been an excellent
experiment learning if we can do slush
casting or rotational casting using a
candy recipe and it worked surprisingly
well we’ve got our two pokeballs and we
have our candy Iron Man helmet and they
all work great there are little
difficulties of course tiny bits of
cracking bubbles in the surface but
overall this definitely works as a
casting material and it’s delightful it
looks really cool it’s probably the
best-tasting thing you could probably
use as a slush casting material I was a
little bit afraid that they would just
sort of shatter when they’re cooling
down structurally speaking melted sugar
is fairly similar to melted glass
they are both what’s called an amorphous
solid which means they form a non
crystalline lattice structure as they
cool down and glass if you were to try
and cast like this one thing it wouldn’t
stick to the walls at all and another as
it was cooling down if you don’t put it
in a kiln and very slowly cool it down
it would definitely crack so I was a
little bit worried that the sugar would
do the same thing but this has worked
quite well coming from a prop in costume
making background that’s just a really
fun thing to try I’ve done several slush
castings with different types of resin
but this is a new frontier for me thank
you guys for joining us for this project
today and we look forward to the next
one talk to you then now you can go out
and catch all of the candy pokemon that
are running around your neighborhood
candy Pikachu I choose you but that’s
not catching that’s what hey guys did
you know that we’re on Twitter Instagram
and Facebook as well all at the king of
random and every platform has a
different purpose so go scroll through
the histories check out what we’re doing
I’ll see you there
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