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And that’s a wrap! You’ve reached the end of the core content of our candy science course. Hopefully, you’ve: For as long as this course exists, you will continue to have access to the course to go back and review…

Of course, we won’t forget about the lab exercises. It is time again to actually make some candy to see how this theory plays out in practice. You can decide how many exercises you do. Try one, or do several,…

We’ve covered a lot of ground in the past 4 weeks. However, just about everything we discussed revolved around sugar: And yes, sugar plays a crucial role in sugar confections. But, if you’d just use sugar, your candy would become…

And that’s a wrap for this week’s theory. Quite a lot isn’t it? This is the last big bunch of theory though. Next week we’ll focus on bringing it all together and wrapping up. As always, the theory becomes a…

You’re probably starting this last core theoretical lesson without having completely finished your lab exercise. Hopefully, you did manage to prepare it. Now all you have to do is wait and go through the theory. Make sure to revisit it…

That brings us to the last and most important part of this week: the part where we actually make some candy! Each week, you’ll have the option to make at least 2 different types of candies that bring that week’s…

With that, we’ve reached the end of the first week! It’s the most theoretical week of the course in which we’ve laid down the foundations for the weeks to come. We’ve looked at carbohydrates, and what they are. Next, we…

Hopefully, you had a chance to experiment with caramelizing sugar and learned something new, regardless of the outcome. If you did manage to caramelize sugar, you’ll have seen it transform from a bland white sugar, into a brown liquid with…

Let’s do a quick recap of what we’ve learned so far. To understand what’s going on here, we’re going to have a closer look at our checklist, zooming in on the different steps and explaining what goes on at each…