Wine Gums & Midget Gems

So I have now experimented with about 4 different types of Jelly sweets. So far I have used Jelly Babies mainly but I wanted to see if I could find a sweet thats a bit more colourful when burnt. First I tried midget gems, these are really hard and I didn't think they'd work too well but they actually created a really nice effect. However, it was very difficult to spread the mixture around as it solidified so quickly after melting. The underneath of the sweets stayed in tact however the top layer when really black and crispy. I like the effect but the technique is not practical at all.  Then I tried out using wine gums, these had the complete opposite effect and melted really nicely with their colour still intact, however the mixture did not really go solid again, so just stayed as a wet sticky mess - the consistency of lemon curd. I created a small sample piece of each.
I still think Jelly Babies are definatly still the best materials to suit the effect I wantt.