Kool-aid Rock Candy

Total Time: 72 hrs 8 mins Preparation Time: 72 hrs Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1 empty mayonnaise jar
• 1/4 cup boiling water
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package kool-aid
• 1 barbecue skewer (we always used a clean nail, but rz doesn't recognize "nail")
• 1 length string
• 1 pencil

Recipe

• 1 fill a clean, empty mayonnaise jar with 1/4 cup boiling hot water. slowly add 2 cups sugar and 1 package of kool-aid. stir well.
• 2 attach a nail to one end of a string and pencil to the other end of the string.
• 3 place the pencil on the mouth of the jar so the nail hangs down into the thick sugar without touching the bottom of the jar.
• 4 place the jar in a warm place and let it stand for a few days. the water evaporates and colorful rocky sugar crystals form on the string.