Patent ID: 7537792

Claim:
A method for coating layers of sugar syrup material on pieces of confectionery material to form a, crunch coating, said method comprising the steps of: (a) introducing pieces of confectionery material into a coating mechanism; (b) forwarding the sugar syrup material from a container housing the sugar syrup material through a conduit to the coating mechanism; (c) maintaining the sugar syrup material at an elevated temperature within the container and conduit sufficient to prevent the solids in the sugar syrup material from crystallizing or precipitating out of the sugar syrup material; (d) spraying at least one layer of the sugar syrup material on each of said pieces of confectionery material, said sugar syrup material having a concentration of solids in the range of 80-84 Brix.; and drying said at least one layer of said sugar syrup material in said coating mechanism virtually instantaneously as said sugar syrup material is sprayed on each of said pieces to form the crunch coating of said sugar syrup material on each of said pieces of confectionery material.