What is physically/chemically happening when making fudge?

Most fudge recipes start with a mix of milk, sugar and butter heated over a long time. A number of physical and chemical changes happen as a result of the heating process. read more

Most fudge recipes start with a mix of milk, sugar and butter heated over a long time. A number of physical and chemical changes happen as a result of the heating process. The most obvious is that the sugar dissolves in the water present in the milk. read more

To make glass candy, you cool the sugar syrup so rapidly that no crystals have time to form. The dissolved sucrose molecules start binding with each other, but in no particular order. When this happens, the candy is amorphous, and it is an example of a glass. Gummies and marshmallows are produced similarly. read more