Hard candies are experiencing a renewed popularity as a means of delivering many different drug
products. They are used for patients who cannot swallow solid oral dosage forms as well as for
medications designed to be released slowly to yield a constant level of drug in the oral cavity or to
bathe the throat tissues in a solution of the drug. Knowledge on the formulation parameters as well
as the process of cooking parameters such as concentration of corn syrup as well as type of corn
syrup, temperature of cooking, moisture content type of cooking vessel helpful in solving the
problems, Elegance is out most important parameter for candies as this parameter helps in
improving patient compliance. So elegance of the candy can be increased by optimizing the
formulation as well as process parameters which in turn helpful in enhancing the stability of the
dosage form.