Patent ID: 8367135

Claim:
An ice-candy producing method, comprising the steps of: filling a raw material liquid for an ice-candy in a predetermined forming container including a first mold having one face in which a pattern portion is formed, the pattern portion being able to be filled with a raw material liquid for an ice-candy, and a second mold configured to slide over and along the one face of the first mold in a close contact relation so that the second mold can exchangeably take a containing-in position, in which it contains the first mold therein, and a non-containing-in position, in which it is removed from the first mold; freezing the raw material liquid in the forming container for forming an ice candy by cooling the forming container; bringing the second mold into the non-containing-in position so that the first mold is not contained in the second mold; and releasing the ice-candy from the first mold, the ice-candy being obtained by freezing the raw material liquid in the freezing step; wherein a heating step using a heating plate for heating the ice-candy by pressing the first mold against the heating plate is provided between the step of bringing the second mold into the non-containing-in position and the releasing step; and wherein in the heating step using the heating plate, a back face opposed to the one face and a portion corresponding to a face adjacent to both the one face and the one back face of the first mold are pressed against the heating plate in the non-containing-in position of the second mold.