1. The original method of rock making is still practiced today but with the aid of one or two labour saving devices. Sugar and Glucose are mixed and boiled in copper pans to a temperature of around 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The syrup mixture is then poured out onto a cooling slab and colours and flavours are added.
Then, as the mixture begins to set into a lump of soft gooey candy it is put into a machine which pulls and aerates it, making tiny bubbles.
2. The colouring is added at this stage.
3. Once all the colours are mixed they are cut out and kept separate.
4. The remainder of the batch is coloured white and put on a "pulling machine" where the flavour is added.3. Once all the colours are mixed they are cut out and kept separate.
5. The pliable mass is now transferred o a warm slab where we make the letters, pr logo, by layering strips of coloured and white candy.
6. Here we have the letter E.
7. Here we have the letter T.
8. Here we have the letter Y.
9. Once all the letters are made we put them together with a strip in between each one. The batch will say "EDIBLE PUBLICITY".
10. A roll is made to form the centre of the sweet and the lettering wrapped around it.
11. Now the coloured candy is put together to make the stripes.
12. And cut into the desired number of stripes.
13. This is called "casting" and is wrapped around the outside of the batch.
14. The giant piece is now transferred to a "batch roller" where it is kept round
15. It is stretched out by hand to the desired diameter, and rolled until hard.
16. The six foot long bars are fed into a cutting machine and come out as sweets. From here it is simply a matter of wrapping and packing.
