Made with confectioners' sugar, food coloring, sugar, water, corn syrup, oil flavoring
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Candy and Sweets
Candy recipes like truffles, peanut brittle, caramels, almond bark.
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Old-Fashioned Hard Candy
Deep Fried Candy Bars
Made with shortening or oil, flour, salt, water, baking powder, caramel covered candy bars
Method: deep fryer
Time: under 30 minutes
Aunt Gonda's Peanut Brittle
Made with baking soda, sugar, corn syrup, peanuts
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Mahogany Butter Crunch Toffee
Made with bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, baking soda, sliced almonds, light brown sugar, water, butter, vanilla extract
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Marshmallow Easter Eggs
Made with Regal Icing, chocolate, flour, unflavored gelatin, water, sugar, salt, vanilla extract
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
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White Chocolate Cherry Almond Bark
Made with white chocolate bark, maraschino cherries, almond extract, almonds
Method: microwave
Time: 30-60 minutes
Homemade Marshmallow Animals
Made with non-stick cooking spray, coarse decorating sugar, unflavored gelatin, sugar, water, salt, corn syrup, vanilla extract, gel food coloring
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Almond Toffee Crunch
Made with almonds, sugar, margarine or butter, corn syrup, vanilla extract, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Caramel Pecan Patties
Made with caramels, water, butter, pecans, white chocolate candy coating, semisweet chocolate candy coating
Method: microwave
Time: 1-2 hours
Mashed Potato Haystacks
Made with mashed potatoes, confectioners' sugar, coconut, vanilla extract, salt, baking chocolate
Method: microwave
Time: 30-60 minutes
Diabetic Cream Cheese Mints
Made with food coloring, cream cheese, powdered sugar substitute, water, mint flavoring
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Raspberry Creams
Made with shortening, semisweet chocolate, heavy cream, butter, vanilla extract, white chocolate chips, raspberry preserves, raspberry brandy
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Real Marshmallows
Made with egg whites, vanilla extract, cane sugar, powdered marshmallow
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Low Carb Chocolate Kisses
Made with sugar substitute, Stevia, butter, unsweetened chocolate
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Cherry Cordials
Made with dipping chocolate, maraschino cherries, butter, corn syrup, confectioners' sugar
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Edible Easter Basket
Made with jelly beans, shredded wheat biscuits, butter or margarine, miniature marshmallows
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Bon Bons
Made with Hershey's kisses, vanilla extract, salt, butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, flour, baking powder
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Homemade Butterfinger Candy Bars
Made with chocolate, peanut butter, light corn syrup, sugar, water
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Broken Glass Candy
Made with oil flavoring, sugar, confectioners' sugar, corn syrup, water, food coloring
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Coconut Drop Candy
Made with shredded coconut, sugar, buttermilk, butter, vanilla extract
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Coconut Almond Fondant
These bite-sized balls of sweetness are filled with coconut and almonds. A delicious sweet treat dipped in chocolate.
Time: 30-60 minutes
Pretzel Nut Clusters
Need an easy candy fix? Mix pretzels and nuts into melted chocolate for a sweet "bark" style treat.
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Coconut Balls
Made with shortening, semisweet or milk chocolate chips, powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk, pecans, vanilla extract, coconut, butter
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Gourmet Chocolate Bark
Made with raisins, semisweet chocolate chips, butter, Brazil nuts
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Coconut Creme Filled Bon Bons
Made with powdered sugar, sweetened condensed milk, chopped pecans, butter, flaked coconut, chocolate chips, paraffin wax
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Marvelous Cherry Mash
Made with pecans, chocolate almond bark, sugar, evaporated milk, salt, marshmallows, margarine, cherry baking chips, vanilla extract, powdered sugar
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Kiss-In-The-Middle Brownie Bon Bons
Made with fudge brownie mix, pecans, egg, water, chocolate kisses
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Peanut Butter Cherry Balls
Made with flaked coconut, semisweet chocolate chips, butter, confectioners' sugar, coconut, walnuts, peanut butter, maraschino cherries
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Pecan Bark
Made with peanut butter chips, pecans, butter or margarine, salt, vanilla chips or bark
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Halawa Tamr (Date and Walnut Drops)
Made with nuts, aniseed, walnuts, confectioners' sugar, dried figs, dried pitted dates, honey
Time: 30-60 minutes
Fruit Flavored Marshmallows
Made with confectioners' sugar, gelatin powder, water, sugar, corn syrup
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Peppermint Mints
Made with sugar, water, butter, oil of peppermint, food coloring
Method: stovetop
Time: over 5 hours
Chocolate Raspberry Truffles
Made with crushed almonds, confectioners' sugar, sweetened condensed milk, raspberry liqueur, butter or margarine, raspberry jam, semisweet chocolate morsels
Method: microwave
Time: 1-2 hours
Christmas Party Mints
Made with powdered sugar, margarine, evaporated milk, peppermint flavoring, food coloring
Time: over 5 hours
Marble Bark Candy
Made with semisweet chocolate, white chocolate, nuts or coconut
Method: microwave, oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Peanut Pattie Candy
Made with salt, butter or margarine, red food coloring, sugar, water, light corn syrup, peanuts
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Marshmallow Creme And Marshmallows (Sugar Free)
Made with egg whites, white vanilla extract, unflavored gelatin, water, sugar substitute
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
No-Cook Chocolate And Cream Cheese Fudge Truffles
Made with walnuts, salt, cream cheese, semisweet chocolate chips, vanilla extract
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Milky Way Balls
Made with butter, marshmallows, Milky Way candy bars, Cocoa Crispies cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Mexican Mocha Balls
Made with powdered sugar, maraschino cherries, nuts, salt, butter or margarine, sugar, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, instant coffee
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
White Cappuccino Truffles
Made with chocolate-coated espresso beans, heavy cream, instant espresso powder, butter, vanilla extract, confectioners' sugar, white chocolate
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Snowflake Truffles
Made with white cake sparkles, coconut, cream cheese, powdered sugar, coconut extract, sweetened flaked coconut, vanilla flavored candy coating
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Mashed Potato Candy AKA Needhams
Made with paraffin wax, unsweetened chocolate, butter, potatoes, salt, powdered sugar, sweetened shredded coconut, vanilla extract, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Strawberry Divinity
Made with coconut, sugar, corn syrup, water, egg whites, strawberry Jello, chopped nuts
Time: under 30 minutes
Heath Bar Candy
Made with chocolate chips, butter, sugar, nuts
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Butter Toffee
Made with semisweet chocolate chips, sugar, water, butter, almonds
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Chocolate Balls
Made with paraffin wax, butter, graham cracker crumbs, pecans, coconut, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, peanut butter, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Coconut Clusters
Made with shortening, semisweet chocolate chips, flaked coconut
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Fudge Balls
Made with powdered sugar, flour, butter or margarine, unsweetened baking chocolate, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, salt
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Almond White Chocolate Bark
Made with dried apricot, almonds, white chocolate
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Homemade Chocolate Caramels
Made with salt, unsweetened chocolate, sugar, butter, corn syrup, heavy cream, vanilla extract, brown sugar, nuts
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
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