Bring sugar, corn syrup, and the water to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Cook over medium heat until the mixture turns into amber color, and registers 300′F (hard-crack stage) on a candy thermometer.
3. Pull the pot off the stove, and dip the tines of a fork into the caramel. You will need to allow it to cool to about 200′F before you can start spinning the caramel around your cylindrical metal tool.
If the caramel is too hot it will move and drop too quickly and be VERY hard to work with. The caramel is ready to work with when a spoonful of the caramel is lifted then dropped back into the pan, and it pours very slowly.
4. You’ll want to grease your metal tool, so that the sugar will release a lot easier. When the caramel is ready take a spoonful from the pot and start the spiral by winding the sugar strand around the bottom third of the metal tool, moving away from the edge you are holding it on. Working quickly and smoothly continue to wind the sugar strand along the steel.