My family made Rock Candy at Christmas time in the 60's and 70's.m It is a lot of work, requiring 2 people to handle the syrup as it begins to set up and get it ready for breaking.
there are different methods of doing this candy, such as string dipping and making a large piece in a jelly roll pan, cooling, then breaking. My teacher had a wonderful method. We put the syrup in buttered metal ice cube trays. (those might be hard to find) and when it began to set up, we put it on a marble slab and began to make "cuts" or indentations in it in preparation for the final cutting of it - which made small "pillow shapes" that you could suck on for a long time.
Oils are essential. I used to buy them at a pharmacy, where they sold them in tiny viles. You can ask a pharmacist if he will sell you the flavors you want. Cinnamon was the favorite in my household.
If you can find the oils and are still interested PM me and I will dig out the recipe for you. It will be a cryptic list of amounts of various ingredients and the time or temp for cooking. Accuracy is required.
this is a project not to be taken lightly. It is labor intensive. I used to have people ask me to make it for them, but what I made was given as gifts and there it ended.
I did a Google search and did not find what I would call a traditional recipe for this Christmas treat.
June