Make your own PEZ refills
October 8, 2006 11:33 PM Subscribe
Non-sticky tiny candy?
How could I make my own Pez candy refills?
I'd like to make my own PEZ candy in unavailable flavours. (I'm leaning towards ginger) I've found recipes for hard candy, and I figure I could make that and mold it into tiny rectangles?
But I'm worried that the standard hard candy recipe could turn out to be too sticky or hard to work with. Anyone have candy-making tips to emulate that chalky texture we know and love?
I'd like to make my own PEZ candy in unavailable flavours. (I'm leaning towards ginger) I've found recipes for hard candy, and I figure I could make that and mold it into tiny rectangles?
But I'm worried that the standard hard candy recipe could turn out to be too sticky or hard to work with. Anyone have candy-making tips to emulate that chalky texture we know and love?
Response by poster: Okay. Makes sense.
I found a couple things being sold as "tablet presses" which is basically what you are talking about.
Most of them were fancy automated things that cost $4000 and pump out 6000 tablets per hour. Maybe if I figure out how to market PEZ-compatible candy without breaking trademark law, I can get one of those. But if I'm just making personal amounts, $4000 is a little too pricey.
I only found one that's in my price range, here, but I can't see it that closely, and I don't know how much of that I will need to replace to make it rectangular instead of circular.
posted by RobotHero at 12:30 PM on October 9, 2006
I found a couple things being sold as "tablet presses" which is basically what you are talking about.
Most of them were fancy automated things that cost $4000 and pump out 6000 tablets per hour. Maybe if I figure out how to market PEZ-compatible candy without breaking trademark law, I can get one of those. But if I'm just making personal amounts, $4000 is a little too pricey.
I only found one that's in my price range, here, but I can't see it that closely, and I don't know how much of that I will need to replace to make it rectangular instead of circular.
posted by RobotHero at 12:30 PM on October 9, 2006
For small scale production all you need is a shop press or arbor and a simple set of dies. A machinist can make the dies in less than a day, you'd just have to specify the dimensions.
Be aware that a pill press can be considered to be drug paraphernalia.
posted by Mitheral at 1:01 PM on October 9, 2006 [1 favorite]
Be aware that a pill press can be considered to be drug paraphernalia.
posted by Mitheral at 1:01 PM on October 9, 2006 [1 favorite]
Yeah, although on the other hand, selling Pez-shaped ecstasy tablets + dispensers might recoup that $4,000 pretty fast...
posted by cps at 3:13 PM on October 9, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by cps at 3:13 PM on October 9, 2006 [1 favorite]
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posted by rhizome at 12:27 AM on October 9, 2006 [1 favorite]