How to make your own rock candy (sugar crystal candy)

Make your own sweet edible crystal creation! Mix 1 cup of water with 3 cups of sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium high heat and then remove from heat. Add food colour or some flavouring (vanilla, peppermint extract, cherry extract etc.) if desired (optional). Stir. Pour into a glass container and suspend string, a pipe cleaner in the solution. After a few days crystal will begin to grown on the object suspended in the liquid. Pour into new container if there are too many sugar crystals on