**Note: Using the oven method to warm the trays above 150 degrees may lead to your Harvest Right FD warranty becoming void. Speak with a HR rep before using this method. The FD settings alone at 150 degrees did fine so there's no need to use the oven in my opinion. If you are out of warranty on your machine then you could use both methods.
But those starburst are so much better than any starburst I've ever bought from any other company or starburst that I make at home. And I love the starburst that I eat at home but I am going to love these more
If your worried about warranty, get a thermal temperature gun. After trays heated in oven, take tray temperature and wait til trays come down to 150° and then put in the freeze dryer. Doesn’t take long and starbursts are still soft and puff up nicely. Hope that helps take warranty concerns away.
Question: I read somewhere that you can't put the FD trays from the oven directly into the FD-er or it will damage it and void the warrantee so I'd been doing candy in the oven on a cookie sheet & then xferring it to FD trays so that the tray wasn't hot. Really a pain! I'm assuming you are saying it's not an issue?
I placed mine on parchment paper on cookie sheets, then Transferred them on the parchment to the FD trays. The candy stuck to the parchment just enough not to slide off.
I've heard that Harvest Right has said heating in an oven to higher temperatures than the freeze dryer goes voids any warranty because they can't handle temps that high. Is this not true??? Because I'm not really cool with voiding a warranty on thousands of dollars worth of machines.
That is true, my freeze dryer is out of warranty so doing the oven method is fine with me. But in the video I also did just the FD settings at 150 degrees and 15 tray warming and it did correctly just fine.
Love the oven idea. I cut mine into quarters and warmed the trays in the harvest right. They came out awesome. They look like crunchy marbles. Perfect size for snacking. About the same size as skittles. Great video David!!
@@judyjohnson1012did not warm them in the oven. I just set to warm the trays in the dryer. I set it at 150 degrees for 5 minutes and it work good for me. give it a shot
I use one tray and add samples at the one minute mark. This nails the end product recipe quickly to the texture I want. Works for all candies. Just be sure to save the recipe times and freeze dryer settings in your spreadsheet.
@@briannaburke2572 I have all of my freeze dryer settings as well as oven temperatures and cook times in a spreadsheet to ensure I can repeat the product exactly.
The Starburst mini would work to do the ones you said you would cut into smaller pieces. That way you would cut down on unwrapping and cutting. The ones you warmed up at 200 degrees then the freeze dryer.
2 things, do freeze dryer trays warp if you put them in the oven? Can you put trays hot from the oven into the freeze dryer… what temp is too hot to put into the fd? Mine is a medium not too powerful at all
I don’t think you want to go to 300 degrees in your oven because you will get a warning sign from your freeze dryer. I will do up to 240 degrees in my oven but usually I stay around 225 degrees for my oven temperature No it won’t warp your trays
I was looking for a video from you, if you had one, on how to store freeze dried candy. Or do you just bag it right away? Also, how do people get starburst so round? Im guessing they warm it then roll it.
Here’s a short I did on what I use to store freeze dried candy: Storing your freeze-dried food before packaging #freezedried #freezedriedfood #freezedriedcandy ua-cam.com/users/shorts2S--_pOtKWc?feature=share
Im new to freeze drying. I have done several natches of Jolly Ranches and Nerds Gummy Clusters among other candies, and they all still have that chewy texture in the middle. I've done various times and temps. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Pre heat ur jollybranchers for 45-60 min, it only allows 20 min at a time so stop at 19 min and let it count down at more time ext up to an hour, at 150 they only take about 2 ton3 hours to complete also cycle the shelves in that 60 min pre heat, gummies r a 12 hour candy and u gota let em cool down to room temp they will be crunchy
@daddankky3579 they will all very a little bit, u need 2 do some trial and error, start with no pre heating, then try 1 minute, then 2 etc, there is just no way around it, each machine is a lil different due 2 level above or below sea level, and ule just have to make ur own spread sheet on each candy and each pre heat times, dry times etc
Problem is u void your warranty when u pre warm em in the oven above the 150 max, and ur freeze dryer records the tray temp when u put em in, so if u have a problem and u need 2 show ur logs to HR thats not good.....also if u dont have an oven beside ur freeze dryer they will re cool extremely quickly making the oven pre heat useless
@@freezedriedbusiness yup, my neighbor had her warranty revoked this is exactly how it happened heating her trays over 150, this was about 9 months ago, she had an unrelated issue with a seal, when she sent the logs in they asked her about the temp trays being over 200 she told em about the oven pre heats unfortunately, and it voided her warranty, u can ask any tech when u talk 2 em next.
I've got an idea. Tell me what you think!! I've got a customer who keeps asking for Starbursts. I tried the minis and they didn't do anything but get really hard.... What about melting the Starbursts pretty much all the way in the oven in little silicone molds? I bought some hearts for February. I'm planning on pouring ice cream in them and maybe even brownie mix. That would be a first time experiment on making molded treats. But also what about melted Starbursts!?? I'm not expecting that they'll keep a molded shape when they pop up outside of the mold. I wouldn't even want to fill them all the way up. Maybe just halfway... I'm certain the bottom a beautiful heart. I'm concerned about putting too much candy, also, because I don't want the center to be chewy. I know you didn't want a puddle of candy in the oven is what made me think of that. Do you ever use molds? Have you ever poured ice cream out and used the molds that accept sticks? Thoughts on the starburst in the mold in the oven? Then right to the freeze dryer? Lastly a question about the updates. Maybe I don't have their most recent!? I did the last update they gave me in August of 2023 and I wanted it to include more features for candy making... Like a way to go right into the heating and drying, skipping the whole chamber cool down for the first 15min. But the most important one is I would like to prevent the holding pattern at the end going into another freeze! That's deadly for candy for it to be freezing cold and then hit the air and start getting sticky. I literally have to "start new Candy batch" and then take it out in the middle of being warm and dry again. Obviously I really try to not start a batch unless I'm going to be there but things happen. I did get the freeze dryer for food preservation but I'm having fun right now! I've had it less than a year and I've got a good number of batches under my belt. Around 40. I could do so much better. I have a typical day job and I'm processing things for myself and close friends and family but if I wasn't truly interested in homesteading as a future retirement plan, then I would begin to really heavily advertise and this would definitely be another way I can see someone retiring!
@@freezedriedbusiness nope came out the same, still crunchy and makes my offspring complain. I like them but I'd crunch on rocks if my teeth could handle it! I'll heat them a bit before hand.
**Note: Using the oven method to warm the trays above 150 degrees may lead to your Harvest Right FD warranty becoming void. Speak with a HR rep before using this method. The FD settings alone at 150 degrees did fine so there's no need to use the oven in my opinion. If you are out of warranty on your machine then you could use both methods.
But those starburst are so much better than any starburst I've ever bought from any other company or starburst that I make at home. And I love the starburst that I eat at home but I am going to love these more
Freeze dryer will flash over temperature and tell you to shut down immediately. Make sure trays in freeze dryer are not hot before putting in trays.
Couldn't you heat them up on a regular cookie sheet and transfer them to the FD tray to avoid heating up the FD trays?
I tried this today and most of mine turned out hard. Is there any way to redeem this batch or are they destined for the trash?
@@madiemacaron819 I was wondering the same thing.
If your worried about warranty, get a thermal temperature gun. After trays heated in oven, take tray temperature and wait til trays come down to 150° and then put in the freeze dryer. Doesn’t take long and starbursts are still soft and puff up nicely. Hope that helps take warranty concerns away.
Thank you!
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Question: I read somewhere that you can't put the FD trays from the oven directly into the FD-er or it will damage it and void the warrantee so I'd been doing candy in the oven on a cookie sheet & then xferring it to FD trays so that the tray wasn't hot. Really a pain! I'm assuming you are saying it's not an issue?
It 💯 voids ur warranty
He clearly said to NOT do it if you still have waranty on the machine.
last year you got a new freeze dryer. how did that unit work with starburst?
Hi great job 🎉what’s the time on warmup tray ? Is it 20’min on 150 ? , do you do all 3 different trays still 20 min on 150 ?
I’d suggest 5 minutes of warming at 150 degrees and then drying for 3 hours. If they puff up too large then decrease the warming time
I placed mine on parchment paper on cookie sheets, then Transferred them on the parchment to the FD trays. The candy stuck to the parchment just enough not to slide off.
I use freezer paper too
Perfect!
I've heard that Harvest Right has said heating in an oven to higher temperatures than the freeze dryer goes voids any warranty because they can't handle temps that high. Is this not true??? Because I'm not really cool with voiding a warranty on thousands of dollars worth of machines.
That is true, my freeze dryer is out of warranty so doing the oven method is fine with me. But in the video I also did just the FD settings at 150 degrees and 15 tray warming and it did correctly just fine.
Perfect! My last batch didn't work so well. I'm definitely trying your method you've shown us here. Thank you David!
I put mine in oven at 250 for 4-5 minutes
Love the oven idea. I cut mine into quarters and warmed the trays in the harvest right. They came out awesome. They look like crunchy marbles. Perfect size for snacking. About the same size as skittles. Great video David!!
Great idea! Thank you for watching!
Did you warm the quarters in the oven or not? Thanks
@@judyjohnson1012did not warm them in the oven. I just set to warm the trays in the dryer. I set it at 150 degrees for 5 minutes and it work good for me. give it a shot
i kinda cringed at the lack of sil-mat or parchment paper. :D
Why? I made it at home
Why did you not change the freeze time to 00
when it’s candy mode freeze time doesn’t matter.
Let them warm up in table and make then in HEARTS shapes! 😃🙌
Well I couldn’t get them to work what a let down😢
I wouldn't put my trays in the oven 😭 like athe machine cost more than my rent 😅 why would I put the trays in the conventional oven just nope 😂😂😂
Two different methods to get them softened but I would recommend the freeze dryer
Have you tried freeze dring hot tamales? If so, was it successful and is there a video?
I haven’t tried those candies
I think peppermint is done the same way in the oven first. I tried it once but left it in too long and they all merged together. Tossed it.
Peppermint, like candy canes??
@@briannaburke2572 No like the round peppermints you have to unwrap. I didn't have any more to try.
Yes, soften at high temp and then run for 2-3 hours like any other candy
If the round ones work, canes will too they’re the same thing- pretty sure ?
@@freezedriedbusiness Why did you not change the extra freeze time to 0 ?
I use one tray and add samples at the one minute mark. This nails the end product recipe quickly to the texture I want. Works for all candies. Just be sure to save the recipe times and freeze dryer settings in your spreadsheet.
Spreadsheet?
@@briannaburke2572 I have all of my freeze dryer settings as well as oven temperatures and cook times in a spreadsheet to ensure I can repeat the product exactly.
@@chrisdroblynplease can you send me the spreadsheet so I can follow off your guidelines? As I am new to this
Thank you!
@@chrisdroblyn Hi! Would you share your spreadsheet with me too? Thank you
The Starburst mini would work to do the ones you said you would cut into smaller pieces. That way you would cut down on unwrapping and cutting. The ones you warmed up at 200 degrees then the freeze dryer.
I’ve done the mini unwrapped kind but they have a different texture and I haven’t gotten them to get airy even after warming in the oven.
2 things, do freeze dryer trays warp if you put them in the oven? Can you put trays hot from the oven into the freeze dryer… what temp is too hot to put into the fd? Mine is a medium not too powerful at all
I don’t think you want to go to 300 degrees in your oven because you will get a warning sign from your freeze dryer. I will do up to 240 degrees in my oven but usually I stay around 225 degrees for my oven temperature No it won’t warp your trays
I was looking for a video from you, if you had one, on how to store freeze dried candy. Or do you just bag it right away? Also, how do people get starburst so round? Im guessing they warm it then roll it.
Here’s a short I did on what I use to store freeze dried candy: Storing your freeze-dried food before packaging #freezedried #freezedriedfood #freezedriedcandy
ua-cam.com/users/shorts2S--_pOtKWc?feature=share
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Have you had any luck with twizler or cow tails?
Do those work?? I only got them to get hard
I thought you were a cowboys fan? Go Vols!
I am for sure!
Im new to freeze drying. I have done several natches of Jolly Ranches and Nerds Gummy Clusters among other candies, and they all still have that chewy texture in the middle. I've done various times and temps. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Pre heat ur jollybranchers for 45-60 min, it only allows 20 min at a time so stop at 19 min and let it count down at more time ext up to an hour, at 150 they only take about 2 ton3 hours to complete also cycle the shelves in that 60 min pre heat, gummies r a 12 hour candy and u gota let em cool down to room temp they will be crunchy
@@TheRealBatCaveso with all gummy’s will need longer preheat and dry time ?
@daddankky3579 they will all very a little bit, u need 2 do some trial and error, start with no pre heating, then try 1 minute, then 2 etc, there is just no way around it, each machine is a lil different due 2 level above or below sea level, and ule just have to make ur own spread sheet on each candy and each pre heat times, dry times etc
More than likely, you just need to dry them longer. This is particularly true of gummy’s where dry times could be 6 to 12 hours.
Problem is u void your warranty when u pre warm em in the oven above the 150 max, and ur freeze dryer records the tray temp when u put em in, so if u have a problem and u need 2 show ur logs to HR thats not good.....also if u dont have an oven beside ur freeze dryer they will re cool extremely quickly making the oven pre heat useless
I’ve got my warranty booklet, doesn’t say anything about it. Unless they modified it and I haven’t signed anything new.
@@freezedriedbusiness yup, my neighbor had her warranty revoked this is exactly how it happened heating her trays over 150, this was about 9 months ago, she had an unrelated issue with a seal, when she sent the logs in they asked her about the temp trays being over 200 she told em about the oven pre heats unfortunately, and it voided her warranty, u can ask any tech when u talk 2 em next.
Good thing I did on my home FD then which is 4 years old. Good info!
@@freezedriedbusiness true
I've got an idea. Tell me what you think!! I've got a customer who keeps asking for Starbursts. I tried the minis and they didn't do anything but get really hard....
What about melting the Starbursts pretty much all the way in the oven in little silicone molds? I bought some hearts for February.
I'm planning on pouring ice cream in them and maybe even brownie mix. That would be a first time experiment on making molded treats.
But also what about melted Starbursts!?? I'm not expecting that they'll keep a molded shape when they pop up outside of the mold. I wouldn't even want to fill them all the way up. Maybe just halfway...
I'm certain the bottom a beautiful heart.
I'm concerned about putting too much candy, also, because I don't want the center to be chewy.
I know you didn't want a puddle of candy in the oven is what made me think of that.
Do you ever use molds?
Have you ever poured ice cream out and used the molds that accept sticks?
Thoughts on the starburst in the mold in the oven? Then right to the freeze dryer?
Lastly a question about the updates. Maybe I don't have their most recent!?
I did the last update they gave me in August of 2023 and I wanted it to include more features for candy making...
Like a way to go right into the heating and drying, skipping the whole chamber cool down for the first 15min. But the most important one is I would like to prevent the holding pattern at the end going into another freeze! That's deadly for candy for it to be freezing cold and then hit the air and start getting sticky. I literally have to "start new Candy batch" and then take it out in the middle of being warm and dry again. Obviously I really try to not start a batch unless I'm going to be there but things happen.
I did get the freeze dryer for food preservation but I'm having fun right now! I've had it less than a year and I've got a good number of batches under my belt. Around 40.
I could do so much better. I have a typical day job and I'm processing things for myself and close friends and family but if I wasn't truly interested in homesteading as a future retirement plan, then I would begin to really heavily advertise and this would definitely be another way I can see someone retiring!
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I want to eat these
They are just like Jolly Ranchers, delicious
If my Starburst fail can i run them again?
It might expand or become more delicate but it’s worth trying to see what the result would be
@@freezedriedbusiness nope came out the same, still crunchy and makes my offspring complain. I like them but I'd crunch on rocks if my teeth could handle it! I'll heat them a bit before hand.
Mine didn’t turn out either and we ran them twice