Expanded Food Storage--Tootsie Rolls

Sometimes, you just need a little something sweet, a little chocolate.  We all get that.  We have our supplies of canned Halloween and Valentine's Day candy, and chocolate chips, and the super-secret-Mom-stash of Trader Joe's peanut butter cups and salted chocolate almonds.  I really don't like to think of myself as selfish, but these are only stockpiled for my family.  I can't afford to do it for anyone else.

So it's nice to have a cheap alternative to share with others.  Tootsie Rolls fill the bill.  They take a little bit of time, but not a lot of brains or skill.  You can enlist an older child or teenager to help, and then it won't even take you much time, either.

Tootsie Rolls

2 tablespoons butter, softened

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup dry milk

1/4 cup white corn syrup

Mix all ingredients together.  Knead like you would for bread.   It can take a bit of time to work all the sugar and cocoa powder in, but keep at it and you eventually get there.  Roll into rope shapes and cut into desired lengths.

They are almost like Tootsie Rolls, but not quite.  If you just call them chocolate candies, that might work better.  The taste is just fine, but adding a couple of drops of orange extract apparently makes the flavor just like a Tootsie Roll, even if the texture is a little off.  They need to be wrapped in waxed paper, or they will dry out pretty quickly.   

Links to related posts:
Canning Candy  
Dry Milk
Peanut Butter Play Dough
 

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14 january 2023