Candy

Want some candy? You’ve come to the right place to find an assortment of homemade favorites and novelties. Make some lollipops that you never would have dreamed of.

Are you a chocolate lover?  Check out all of our chocolate candy recipes including your very own  bonbons or make your own tempered chocolate.

Let’s not forget how much we love sprinkles!

And imagine creating homemade jelly beans  with your own favorite flavors?

Candied Spam

Have you ever eaten Chinese BBQ pork? Its crispy, chewy texture and level of sweetness befitting candy makes it one of my toddler's favorite foods. Candied Spam tastes remarkably similar to Chinese …

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Jelly Beans

Homemade Jelly Beans – You Pick the Flavor

Once I conquered homemade Lucky Charms (a task that was so arduous I will never repeat it), I needed another challenge. I set my sights on homemade jelly beans. While homemade jelly beans are time-consuming …

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Candied Cucumber – This is No Pickle

Cucumbers are clean, crisp, and refreshing. Why do we often sour them, turning them into pickles? Although candied cucumbers resemble bread and butter pickles, I assure you that they taste nothing alike. Candied …

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Nougat With Chocolate Malt – Like in Milky Way Bars

Until I made homemade nougat, it was a mystery to me. Nougat was the alien chewy substance found in my least favorite candy bars. A request to make Milky Way cupcakes prompted me to …

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Candied Hibiscus

Candied Hibiscus Flowers

Rather than throw away the hibiscus flowers that I had brewed into tea, I saved them and let them do double duty as candy - hooray for less food waste*. They are sweet and super …

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Candied pineapple on parchment

Candied Pineapple Recipe

Candied pineapple, according to a quick informal poll of my friends, is typically thought of as dried pineapple that has been sugared. My recipe was about as dry as a St. Louis summer (for …

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