How could you make vegan healthy hard candies?

[Datel]

How could one make vegan (or even better raw food), "healthy" / "not unhealthy" hard candies / hard sweets / drops? Liquorice candies would be best.

 

[Lou]

Another good question.

I looked it up and found this recipe

Easy Homemade Hard Candy - old fashioned recipe

I prefer sugar free so I found this, too

How To Make Sugar-Free Hard Candy at Home – MiiRO

I don't think I would like this one but if you like maple syrup this one is probably the best

1-Ingredient Maple Candies (Paleo and Vegan-friendly!) - Life Made Full

 

[silva]

How could one make vegan (or even better raw food), "healthy" / "not unhealthy" hard candies / hard sweets / drops? Liquorice candies would be best.

Best healthy sweets, close to the soft liquorice, would be dried fruit without added sugar!
I used to get dried mango from Trader Joes--so very good! Dates, pineapple. Pureed fruit that is dehydrated into fruit leather.

I can't see anyway to make hard candy healthy, as it's made from heating pure sugar.

 

[silva]

Well now I need to stop at TJ's for dried mango!

 

[Datel]

Thank you very much for the great links! Yes, sugar free would be the best, indeed. I guess candies with processed sugar can't be described as "healthy".

Best healthy sweets, close to the soft liquorice, would be dried fruit without added sugar!
I used to get dried mango from Trader Joes--so very good! Dates, pineapple. Pureed fruit that is dehydrated into fruit leather.

The best (almost or a little further away) hard "candies" I've managed so far was simple dried banana slices.

I can't see anyway to make hard candy healthy, as it's made from heating pure sugar.

Yes, I suppose that's the problem/contradiction with it.