I could make large amounts of liquid it would just be easier to make the candies. If my dad ate smarties he would have to eat even more than with the standard glucose tabs, he gets kind of temperamental when his glucose gets low and doesn't want to keep eating the same thing so I want to make one tab that contains 12-16 grams, that would be ideal @Badiane: those tabs are definitely designed to respond quickly to drops in blood sugar,the tablets are glucose (or dextrose which is another name for the same thing) which is more rapidly absorbed than than other sugars. You say that "Additionally, many medications respond only to specific types of 'sugar' like dextrose or sucrose that is in those tablets and blood sugar won't rise with the wrong kind." Sucrose is a polymer of dextrose(=glucose) + fructose. I work with pharmaceuticals and I'm not aware of any medications 'response' being related to the type of sugars one consumes. Insulin, biguanides, sulfonylureas, meglitinides, incretins, thiazolidines (inasmuch as they are used anymore) 'response' aren't dependent whether one consumes sucrose, maltose, glucose, lactose, galactose or any of the other common carbohydrates. Let me know which medication you're talking about because it would be news to the pharmaceutical world. What will matter is my father's compliance with eating enough carbohydrate so that he doesn't get out of control with my mother. A more carbohydrate filled capsule will do this.