Can I use a meat thermometer in place for a candy thermometer when makeing peanut brittle?
For a few days, I've been looking for a candy or sugar thermometer because my chemistry class is making peanut brittle (YUM,YUM!!!). However, no matter how many stores I've been to, I cannot find one. Just recently, I've noticed that my teacher's candy thermometer looks somewhat like a meat thermometer, but it clearly says candy thermometer in the front. Can I use a meat thermometer in place of the candy thermometer? If not, are there any other replacements for a candy or sugar thermometer that are in everyday household convenient reach?
These are the following stores that I've been to:
Albetson's
Target
Stater Bros
Henry's
and a few no-name specialty stores
I have a Harry and David's near my house. Would they possibly have one????
Filed under: Cooking Thermometers | May 24th, 2010.
The increments the temperature is stated in on a meat thermometer are not small enough to replace a candy thermometer! You need to be really precise in order not to burn the peanut brittle! Try Bed Bath and Beyond, or linens n things! They will have it, or Williams Sonoma. Although I got mine from Wal-Mart years ago, and have seen them many times in Kroger as well!