Candy Posts
How to Make Candied Fruit Peel
Candied fruit peel is one of those miraculous acts of culinary alchemy. You take tough, bitter fruit rind that’s packed with oil you could use to polish your furniture, and, thanks to the magic of sugar, transform it into heavenly, fragrant candy.
Three Homemade Candy Recipes for Halloween
What better way to get in the Halloween spirit than with a little candy making? Here are three of our favorite recipes for homemade treats.
Easy Dark Chocolate & Walnut Fudge
This is fudge making on easy mode. Now, I’ve made plenty of fudge in my day. Most of my recipes call for candy thermometers, precise heating and cooling, and a lot of beating (as in, a lot of beating). Not this fudge. This fudge is easy. And it’s really, really good.
This is my one of [...]
Creamy Chocolate Fudge
I don’t know what got me on a candy kick, but I have sweets on the brain lately. This fudge is chocolate-y, creamy—and entirely too easy to eat.
If you have friends in far-flung places, wrap it up tightly and send a little love. It ships really well.
Creamy Chocolate Fudge, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap then [...]
Maple Cream Fudge
One of my favorite things about living in New England is all the maple syrup we produce here. Sugaring season runs from late winter to early spring. And one of my favorite things to do with local maple syrup is to turn it into fudge.
This fudge is a smooth, creamy cousin to pure maple sugar [...]
Homemade Peanut Butter & S’mores Cups
Make your own peanut butter cups—and s’mores cups, and fluffernutter cups. I’ve been wanting to do this for ages, and man…am I glad I did. It’s easy, kind of messy, and tons of fun.
Warning: Gratuitous candy photography ahead. I couldn’t help myself. I think my camera might still be semi-coated in chocolate.
How to make homemade, [...]
Two Chocolate-y Valentine’s Treats: Candy & Cocktails, Oh My!
Valentine’s Day is approaching. Love it or hate it, it’s a fabulous excuse to indulge in a few sweets. Here are recipes for two devilishly delightful chocolate-y treats.
Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Hearts
(Peanut-butter cup and pretzel sandwiches dipped in a lavish amount of chocolate)
Chocolate Cherry Kiss Cocktail
(Created especially for my friend Bunny, this potent and creamy drink [...]
How to Make Homemade Marshmallows (And Then Dip Them in Chocolate)
Hello, Willy Wonka! Making candy is just delightful. There’s no two ways about it. And making marshmallows? From scratch? That’s downright magical.
I mean, take a handful of regular old ingredients through a few very simple steps, and…presto! Marshmallows. I’ve done this dozens of times over the years, and it never fails to amaze me.
Homemade gifts [...]
Halloween Bento
I got bamboozled today.
It’s Halloween, so I shouldn’t be surprised. You could say I got tricked—and treated. Instead of my regularly scheduled box lunch, The Angry Chef made me the sweetest bento ever.
Literally.
Here’s today’s bento box, made entirely out of candy.
Halloween Bento: Looks like a regular bento lunch, right?
Wrong.
Allow me to present my Halloween Candy [...]
Gummi Bear Love: Sweet Decorating Ideas
Gummi bears are my favorite candy. Hands down. And while any gummi bear will do in a pinch, I definitely like Haribo Gold-Bears the best.
Needless to say, I lost my mind when I saw this this morning:
Target is selling these pink LED GummiLights by Jellio for $79.99. (You heard me right: That’s almost 80 bucks.) [...]
