A professional who mixes and cooks candy ingredients by following, modifying, or formulating recipes to produce product of specified flavor, texture, and color. Respnsibilities include:

• Cooks ingredients at specified temperatures in open-fire or steam-jacketed kettles or in batch or continuous pressure cookers.
• Casts candy by hand, using molds and funnel, or tends machine that casts candy in starch or rubber molds.
• Spreads candy onto cooling and heating slabs.
• Kneads and machine-pulls candy.
• Spins or rolls candy into strips ready for cutting.
• Examines, feels, and tastes product to evaluate color, texture, and flavor.
• Adds ingredients or modifies cooking and forming operations as needed.
• May direct candy-maker helpers.
• May be designated according to type of candy produced as Caramel-Candy Maker; Coconut-Candy Maker; Fudge-Candy Maker; Hard-Candy Maker; Nougat-Candy Maker; Taffy-Candy Maker.