DSDN112 - Flavourful sugar

So the sugar cubes, as explained in the video on an earlier post, will taste absolutely horrible. The sugar will be incredibly overpowering and far too sweet to enjoy in any way. So after researching further on the recipes, comments posted on a recipe on cooks.com explained what different essences to add to the mixture of glass to get specific tastes. Some of the examples that were commented was:

-adding orange extract and food colouring to make it taste orange-y. This s a basic sort of flavor that would be expected. By using a completely different colour it would create surprise. People wouldn't expect a blue cube to taste like an orange.

-Adding something called Anise flavoring would make the cube taste like some licorice. I don't know personally what Anise flavoring is.. but having licorice cubes that are for example clear, that would make it a lot more interesting and surprising.

-A teaspoon of citric acid powder will help to give the cubes a fruity flavor. This is general flavors that lollies usually are and is not as interesting, so that might not be used, but it would be good to use as a test.

 -Cinnamon oil will give the cube a cinnamon-y taste that would be incredibly interesting because it would not be expected at all. Cinnamon has an intense scent that is easily recognisable so another smell would need to be added to 'mask' the scent of cinnamon

-Peppermint and spearmint extracts are flavors that are easily related to the colour green and blue. By making the cube another interesting colour, red or purple etc, there would be a sense of surprise in the taste and appearance.

-The most basic essence that could be added would be vanilla essence. It will give the cube a basic taste and may make it taste less like sugar.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,177,159180-254192,00.html