Everyday Recipes For Busy Makers
If you think you can’t make your own peanut butter cups at home that are better than Reese’s, think again. These peanut butter cups turn out picture perfect with their zigzag sides and they’re surprisingly easy to make. I’m not going to lie, they are Read more…
When you make these chocolate caramels, everyone is going to think you got them from a gourmet candy shop. You know the ones that charge 2 dollars for a single piece of candy that would cost 25 cents somewhere else? These are that good. And Read more…
If you’ve ever made peanut butter fudge that was overly sweet, too soft or too dry, then you’ve just found the right recipe. This peanut butter fudge is an old fashioned recipe that I’ve been making for years, and I’ve never wanted to make any Read more…
There are so many foolproof fudge recipes out there that I think many candy making enthusiasts may have forgotten that fudge is a science. If you’ve ever made a batch of fudge that didn’t set properly, you can probably relate. For this reason, recipe developers Read more…
When I was really young, I loved making candy, and this candied orange peel was one of my biggest hits. I used the peels from oranges and grapefruits, because we always had them. I loved that I could take something that we normally threw in Read more…
It’s amazing what you can do with some ingredients out there, and recently I learned that tutti frutti—that mixed candied fruit found in so many baked goods—is made of a fruit I thought was hopeless. What Is Tutti Frutti Made Of? Tutti frutti is made Read more…
My recipe for this classic candy tastes just like the real thing—the one that came in a box with a prize. Just recently it started coming in a bag and instead of a prize, you get a QR code that lets you play a baseball Read more…
Saltwater taffy made its debut way back in the 1920’s by a gentleman named Joseph Fralinger. Not much later, another candy maker named Enoch James stepped in and refined the recipe by developing the pulling process. This involved allowing the cooled taffy mixture to drape Read more…
I don’t eat a lot of candy, but when I do I tend to go for the kinds that have been around for decades—even centuries. Like many things, when it comes to food I find it tough to beat the classics. Peanut brittle, sponge toffee Read more…
Whenever I’m in another city, I love to visit chocolate shops—the type where everything is made with human hands. I especially love the turtles, because the craft of candy making seems to be the most evident in them. I love how the chocolate was just Read more…