Throat Lozenges

[FarmLady]

4 ½ cups water
1 cup finely minced fresh ginger
1/4 cup dried horehound leaves
¼ cup dried thyme
6 cups sugar
6 tablespoons corn syrup

Put the ginger, horehound, and thyme in the water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer for 15 minutes. Strain you should have 3 cups of very strong ginger/herb tea. If you don't add water.

Wash out the pot and put the tea back in the pot with the sugar and corn syrup. Bring to a boil and clip on your candy thermometer. Wash down the sides of the pot with a pastry brush dipped in cold water. Don’t be afraid to use the water, it will boil out. This will wash off the crystals of sugar back into the candy.

Grease a cookie sheet with Crisco or no stick spray.

When the mixture reaches 300 degrees it is done. Or when you drop a spoon of the candy into cold water, it hardens up like hard candy. Pour onto the prepared cookie sheet. When the mixture starts to harde, up score it with a knife so when you break it up, it will break into pieces easier.

If necessary you can shake the pieces with a little powdered sugar to keep the pieces from sticking together. Store in an airtight container. 

My family loves these not only for sore thoats, but the ginger really opens up you sinus too.

[canadian gardener]

That looks like a very good one, even if you just used the herb tea. Thyme is very antiseptic, horehound is an ancient herbal for couphs and ginger is a wonderful soothing and anti inflammatory for a sore throat.