Candy Makers at Work: teacher key

How Candy Is Made, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Learn how chocolate, jelly beans, gummies and cotton candy go from plain ingredients to treats.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What do workers pick from the cacao tree?
   • Ripe pods (answer)
   • Green leaves
   • Dry roots
2. Why do makers add dyes to candy?
   • Sugar is naturally white (answer)
   • Dyes taste sweet
   • Dyes keep it cold
3. What is a fresh cocoa bean like to taste?
   • Very sweet
   • Very bitter (answer)
   • Very sour
4. What makes the hard shell of a jelly bean?
   • Sugar building up in a spinning pan (answer)
   • Cooling in a mold
   • A coat of gelatin
5. What does gelatin do in gummy candy?
   • It turns sugary liquid into a soft gel (answer)
   • It colors the candy
   • It makes the candy hard
6. Why use starch trays for gummy candy?
   • The starch keeps it from sticking (answer)
   • The starch makes it sweet
   • The starch makes it red

Words

• cacao: chocolate tree
• fermented: changed by germs
• gelatin: a gel maker
• glaze: shiny coating
• starch: white powder