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Kohakutou is a Japanese candy made from Agar Agar. It is made by pouring flavored jelly into a dish and allowing it to set before cutting or tearing into crystal shapes. Kohakutou is made by pouring flavored jelly into a dish and allowing it to set before cutting or tearing into crystal shapes. The candy develops a crunchy outer crust after a few days but remains delightfully chewy inside. I was fascinated by the crystalizing gummies and thought they would be great for a geode cake.

Making the kohakutou is actually really simple. You dissolve the agar agar into the water and bring it to a boil. This is different than using gelatin, you would never boil gelatin, only bloom and then dissolve it. Then you add in the sugar. Let the sugar mixture boil for 2-3 minutes. There is a lot of sugar because of two reasons. Take the mixture off the heat and add in some flavoring.

I used cotton candy flavoring because I didn’t want to color my jelly and cotton candy was clear. I also added a small amount of citric acid to add a little tartness to the candy and cut the sweet taste. I ended up using two containers. Add a few drops of liquid food coloring and swirl it together. I noticed that the color likes to sit on top of the jelly so I had to use a skewer to kind of make circles going from the top of the jelly down to the bottom. I decided not to fully mix it because I liked the swirls. Put the mixture into the fridge and let it chill for a few hours.

Mine set in only one hour. How do you make edible crystals? Once your mixture is set, you can pull it out of the container and slice it into crystals shapes. I used my paring knife to cut the tip into a point so it resembled a crystal shape.