It was so uninspiring that I just let my kids eat them. I mean, I tried freeze drying Dots, the gummy candies, and they did NOTHING, except get softer because of the heat.
True, there are some candies that respond better than others to food preservation. Are freeze dried candies good for food storage?įor everyone who thinks you can’t prepare treats for “the end”, I beg to differ. Just thinking about it makes me NOT want to survive. They have decided that they must “survive” on wheat and powdered milk alone. She hopes to keep building on the successes they have had so far – one sweet treat at a time.Some people have decided they can’t take candy with them. The small business has been a lot of work, she added, but it has been a gratifying and fun experience. “When he tells me ‘oh my god, these people said this and this and this,’ it literally brightens my day and makes me feel so good.” “I don’t go to the market every Saturday, but he (Pullia) does,” said Wagner. Hearing that people of all ages are enjoying what she has to offer, though, feels great. When she started Space Treats, she was unsure how people would receive the idea. “And then you have to explain the whole spiel,” said Wagner. “So many people are like ‘what is that?’” said Pullia. It’s common, she said, for people to see their product and wonder exactly what they are looking at. Kristin GardinerĬurrently, Wagner only sells out of Backwoods Burger in Tyne Valley, and Moth Lane in Freeland, as well as the Summerside Farmers Market. Brooke Wagner holds up a bag of freeze-dried Jolly Ranchers. “Every time I go shopping, I’m like, ‘can I freeze-dry this?’” said Wagner. Now, she guesses she sells around 17 – from Skittles to Rice Krispy Squares to Starbursts to Jolly Ranchers – and is always on the lookout for more things to experiment with.
“Working around candy is always so much funner.”Ī post shared by Space Treats PEI Wagner started up Space Treats, she started small, with just a few varieties. “I’ve always been in the restaurant industry, working around food,” said Wagner. She’s a cook at Backwoods Burger, which is owned by her sister and operates out of her father’s business, Moth Lane Brewing. “I always wanted to have my own business.” “I learned a lot from just growing up and watching my family,” she said. Kristin Gardiner Business plansĪlthough Space Treats is Wagner’s first time owning her own business – aside from her time in the Young Millionaires Program – she is no stranger to the food industry. “But they take so long.” When a piece of candy, like a Marshmallow Strawberry, is freeze-dried, all the moisture is vacuumed out and the candy expands. While some foods don’t freeze-dry easily, Wagner said some freeze-dried versions are just as good, if not better than the original. “So if you put in a Skittle, it kind of blows up and becomes crunchy and melts in your mouth, instead of the chewiness of a regular Skittle, and the flavour gets intensified.” “This changes the shape and the texture and the flavour of the candy that you put in,” she said. When the vacuum is turned on, all the moisture inside gets drawn out and the candy expands. A batch of s'mores cups freeze-dries in Brooke Wagner's freeze-dryer. - Kristin Gardiner There are three steps to freeze-drying: freezing, vacuum drying, and drying. The amount of time candy spends in the machine depends on the type and its moisture content, with 10 to 20 hours being the average. A post shared by Space Treats PEI The processįreeze drying is the process of dehydrating something at a low temperature – for Wagner, that’s -40 degrees.
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