Top-Ranked Freeze-Dried Candy Choices

This one’s for all you sweets-lovers. What if I told you that you could eat your most beloved sweets but not in the way you’re doing it right now, and still get the same deliciousness? Behold: ‘freeze-dried candy’.

Introduction to Freeze-Dried Candy

If your favourite sweet also had good crunch, what would it be? This isn’t just for astronauts, or for your meemaw, either — the candy industry is catching on, giving consumers yet another way to perk up. Here’s how it works.

The Process of Freeze Drying

Understanding Dehydration

In broad terms, one way to say that you’ve dehydrated food is that you’ve drained out its water content. One of dehydration’s more sophisticated cousins is freeze drying.

Advantages of Freeze Drying

It leaves the food matrix intact – and the nutrients, too – which means that, yes, your beloved hard candies would still taste and look like delicious hard candies. And if that wasn’t sexy enough for you, remember how the process of freeze-drying keeps the original food? It extends the shelf-life, which means the candy that you’ve been waiting to savour suddenly has a longer shelf-life.

Top-Ranked Freeze-Dried Candy Choices

Candy lovers, brace yourselves!

Freeze-Dried Skittles

Crunchy! I didn’t know the rainbow could get crunchier! These freeze-dried Skittles… who knew? Well, but it does. You know it, you eat it, you might have even made it: freeze‑dried food has gone everywhere. Aisle after aisle of it, in groceries and treatment plants. You got comfort knowing that when Groot boasted – not kidding – in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) ‘I am Groot’ that he was eating astronaut ice-cream, which is just to say, freeze-dried. Or that the witch who tried to kill Snow White fed her by sticking apple slices on the window ledge of her iron prison cell. (The apple slices were, of course, freeze-dried.) Friends of mine who lived in western Australia during the mining boom spent a lot of time on the road between workers camps, and in those ubiquitous Rollo mini-fridges, they ate out of the dry shelf quite a bit: pork and beans seem to have been a popular item. If you want to understand transformation of humankind, look to freeze-drying. We’ve taken that too. We’ve fall-trapped mother Earth along with the rain.

Dehydrated Starbursts

Juicy? Yes! Not only chewy but also crunchy.

Candy Gummy Bears with a Crunch

Gummy Bears with a CRUNCH! You wouldn’t expect biting into your favourite gummy to feel like biting into a bag of chips! But it will! So smile with EVERY bite!

Astronaut's Ice Cream Sandwich

Oh, this isn’t just for space travellers. This is for you. Yum, goo, yum, gurg, and crunch.

Fruit-Infused Freeze-Dried Delights

Natural fruit flavors intensified in candy form. It’s pure, unadulterated joy for the senses.

The Evolution of Freeze-Dried Candy Popularity

Why are they becoming a hit?

It’s the yin and yang of the mundane and the magical. You get your treat du jour, but now it’s got a whole new consistency. And by the way, it will last twice as long – what’s not to love?

Health benefits compared to regular candy

Less moisture means fewer places for bacteria to breed. And as you shrink the food, you shrink the volume, too: now you could eat less than the candy bar you’re used to chewing.

Pairing Freeze-Dried Candy with Other Foods

Making it a part of desserts

Smoked tuna nose-to-tail is trendy. How about a sundae adorned with freeze-dried Skittles or a cake dusted with dehydrated Starbursts? Now that’s mouthwatering.

Unique drink toppings

Put them on everything – your milkshakes, your cocktails. You’ll get a crunch in your mouth with every sip.

Conclusion

Until then, though, candy-connoisseurs might want to start expanding their palates to welcome freeze-dried candies to the club of grown-up sensations. Their extended shelf-life, and their nutritional heft, have propelled their diverse textures into candy-mania.

FAQs

How long can freeze-dried candy last?

On many occasions, they remain valid for several years, in view of the very low moisture content in which they are made.

Does freeze drying alter the candy's flavor?

Not at all! In fact, some believe it intensifies the flavors.

Can I freeze dry candy at home?

(Okay, strictly speaking, there are at-home freeze dryers, too, but let’s let the experts tackle this.)

Is freeze-dried candy healthier?

It retains more nutrients and it has lower humidity, but eat candy in moderation!

Where can I buy freeze-dried candy?

Most varieties of these freeze-dried lollies are available in online shops. Specialist ones are out there too, if you fancy doing your research first.