Hop Flavored Beer Lollipops Recipe – LolliHOPS!

3 Hop flavoured beer lollipops - lollihops - in front of fresh hop leaves.

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Hop Flavored Beer Lollipops Recipe – LolliHOPS!

These lollipops are made with beer and infused with hops, perfect for the beer lover in your life!

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: + Lollipops, Depending on Size

Calories: 65kcal

Author: Marie Porter

Equipment

Lollipop Sticks

Ingredients

Small Amount of Butter
½ Cup Beer of Choice We used an IPA
6 Dried Hop Cones* We Used Centennial
1 Cup Granulated Sugar
½ Cup Light Corn Syrup

Instructions

Use butter to generously grease the back of 1 or 2 baking sheets, set aside.
Heat beer to a light simmer. Break up hop cones into leaves, add to warm beer. Remove from heat, allow to simmer for about 10 minutes.
Strain beer into a measuring glass, measuring only ⅓ cup. (The ½ cup measurement is to allow for some evaporation / hop leaf absorption). In a heavy saucepan (2 quart), mix together sugar, corn syrup, and strained ⅓ cup of beer.
Bring to boil over medium-high heat, then attach candy thermometer to saucepan. Stir often until temperature reaches 300 degrees F (150 degrees Celcius). KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON IT after about 280 degrees, as the temp has a tendancy to race up at that point. If you turn your back, you could burn it!
At 300 degrees, remove the pan from heat. Allow to cool & thicken slightly, stirring constantly – about 1 minute.
Working quickly, drop small amounts of the hot sugar mixture onto the greased baking sheets – about 1-3 tsp(s) per, depending on the desired size of your lollihops.
Lay a lollipop stick into each circle, so that the tip is near the center of the lollipop, and flat against the surface. (ie, you want it parallel to the baking sheet, not perpendicular to it!). Carefully give each stick a bit of a twirl, so that the candy coats around the stick to hold it in place.
Cool completely, carefully remove from baking sheets. Wrap with plastic, waxed paper, parchment paper, or whatever. Enjoy!

Notes

* Hops can vary wildly in size and flavor. Be sure to taste as you go – you may not want to use the whole 10 minute steeping time. If you don’t have access to whole dried hope cones, you can use ¼ teaspoon – ½ teaspoon of hop pellets! It doesn’t take much, so your next batch of homebrew won’t miss it!

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