Creating Quality Confections with Heidi

2023-03-16

Where are you listening from?I had the pleasure to chat with Heidi, Senior Business Development Manager at LorAnn Oils, a maker of flavouring, essential oils and specialty ingredients for bakers and candy makers. Heidi's expertise, both personal and professional, on baking and making candy, is evident. If you enjoy infusing candy, gummies or baked goods, you'll want to listen to this episode!LorAnn Oils - since 1962LorAnn Oils Gummy Mix - unflavoured, uncoloured - make them your ownEffortless Infused Gummies episodePure...

Where are you listening from?

I had the pleasure to chat with Heidi, Senior Business Development Manager at LorAnn Oils, a maker of flavouring, essential oils and specialty ingredients for bakers and candy makers. Heidi's expertise, both personal and professional, on baking and making candy, is evident. If you enjoy infusing candy, gummies or baked goods, you'll want to listen to this episode!

LorAnn Oils - since 1962
LorAnn Oils Gummy Mix - unflavoured, uncoloured - make them your own
Effortless Infused Gummies episode
Pure Biologix Terpenes - cannabis derived
Heidi's tips
- read through the recipe
- pre-measure your ingredients so they're ready when you're needing to move quickly
- burned/sticky candy - always temperature related - use a thermometer
- chocolate + terpenes make a great duo, chocolate offsets the grassy notes of the cannabis/terpenes
- cherry + amaretto + chocolate make great flavour pairings
- business idea - one infused candy in a bag, along with a bunch of non-infused candy
Candy Thermometer on Amazon
Gummy Mix Troubleshooting
mix well when stirring your candy mix
coat your hands in a neutral oil to avoid gummies sticking to you when popping out of molds
melt gelatine in microwave to make sure it's fully incorporated
you can put molds in the fridge for an hour before popping them out to cure
Recipe development - have a core foundational recipes that you can modify
Don't use your infusions in experimental recipes!
Using LorAnn bakery emulsions
- swap out vanilla with a LorAnn bakery emulsions
- vanilla can boost a flavour
- cut vanilla in half and then use bakery emulsion at the amount called for in the recipe
Suggested Usage Guide for LorAnn Oils products
Find LorAnn Oils at a trade/consumer show, conference, expo near you
Where to buy outside of the USA