An Indispensible Tool For The Holidays
I make a lot of candy during the holiday season. Fudge, toffee, nut brittles, lollipops, truffles, you name it, I make it. Last year I discovered the number one tool in my kitchen for candy making, and it took me by surprise. You would think that I would mention my trusty candy thermometer, but no, that’s not the tool I value the most. The number one candy-making tool in my kitchen is Reynolds Wrap Release Non-Stick Foil. This non-stick foil has turned candy-making upside down, as nary a thing will stick to this foil. Liquid hot sugar poured onto the foil peels right off as it cools. Cookies slide right off without the aid of a spatula, and caramel pools up nicely without annoying bits of paper sticking to it. It’s wonderful!
Imagine this. You lovingly spend an afternoon slowly cooking butter and sugar into toffee-perfection. It’s the perfect toasted brown color, and you go to pour it into your foil-lined pan. You’ve had to coat that foil with butter to keep the toffee from sticking, and as the toffee cools and sets up, an unsightly pool of butter forms around the edges of your beautiful toffee. Breaking apart the toffee with your fingers results in greasy fingerprints and the toffee is no longer beautiful and gift-worthy. Not so with Reynolds Release. You can pour out your toffee into the pan lined with this foil, and there is no butter, no spraying necessary. The toffee sets up into perfection and you now have the perfect holiday gift.
A specially designed aluminum foil, Reynolds Release is specially coated on one side to prevent sticking. Thirty-five square feet of this attractive foil will set you back about $3.50 at your local grocer. This is definitely worth the price and worth seeking out. My candy-making spree has become a pure pleasure, knowing that I no longer have to spend hours picking off bits of waxed paper or aluminum foil. It has my vote for the most indispensible tool this holiday season. I dare you to give it a try if you haven’t already. I promise you’ll never go back.
**Reynolds Wrap Release Foil photo courtesy reynoldskitchens.com
