A hard candy, namely lollipops, suckers or similar confectionary comestibles and a method of making and packaging the same by a depositing manufacturing process which produces a multi-colored and multi-flavored lollipop which colors and flavors extend entirely through the lollipop body and hard shell and are visible in the final packaging and particularly to a double depositing method and apparatus incorporating a soft chewy center into a deposited lollipop body which soft center is entirely surrounded by and of a different consistency and viscosity from the hard outer candy shell.

The embodiments disclose a method including mixing a plurality of ingredients into a gelling agent ingredient to create a gummy confection mixture, heating the gummy confection mixture ingredients gradually to dissolve the gelling agent ingredient and activate its gelling properties to predetermined temperatures, fabricating a mold with a plurality of flower-shaped recesses to receive a predetermined quantity of the heated gummy confection mixture, cooling the filled mold with the heated gummy confection mixture, using sensors to monitor cooling times, temperatures, and moisture levels of the plurality of mold filled flower-shaped recesses to determine a demolding extraction time of flower-shaped gummy confections and to prevent overheating and degradation of ingredients, applying exterior coatings to the flower-shaped gummy confections after demolding extraction to enhance flavor and texture to prevent sticking and improve shelf stability, and packaging the flower-shaped gummy confections to prevent contamination.