Example 2
A confectionery in accordance with an exemplary embodiment was formed as a bite size piece in a Teflon coated aluminum mold with ejection pin. The bite size piece had a weight of 7.5 g+/−0.5 g, and included a 2.6 g stamped shell of cooked sugar mass having a 20 mm inner diameter hemispherical shape, formed in the manner described herein.
The cooked sugar mass was a fruit flavored hard candy formed from sugar, water, glucose syrup, and sorbitol to a 3.4% by weight moisture content. The shell had an engineered shell thickness of 1.7 mm and was filled with a 3 g mono-deposit of a soft fruit chew composition.
Some of the shells were left open, while others were closed with a closure mass placed on the top of the filling to provide closure of the piece. The closure mass included a 2 g deposit of the same fruit flavored hard candy at 3.9% by weight moisture. The thickness of the final deposit was carefully controlled (via heat and vibration) to provide a minimum thickness that enabled biting the piece.
