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Posts tagged “candy”

The Candy Continues: Art from Craig Kanarick
Saveur

More sugar! Halloween is over, but we're not quite finished with the candy. We saw a slideshow of photographer Craig Kanarick's work over at Saveur and thought it was pretty sweet. We could see thes...

Recipe: Homemade Candy Corn (and Candy Dough!)

Candy corn is one of those Halloween treats that you either love or hate. We happen to enjoy those stratified orange triangles, and have been excited to try out hand at making them at home. But we ...

Trick or Treat! What's Your Favorite Halloween Candy?

Halloween is this Saturday! Have you been surrounding yourself with candy corn and other trick or treat candy? Do you have a favorite Halloween candy, and do you incorporate it into your snacking (and...

Good Question: Candy Recipes for County Fair Time?

Here's a really fun question from Merry123, who writes: We're in search of really good candy recipes that will hold up in shape, appearance, and taste in warm weather for my older kids (preteen/teens)...

Candy for Giving and Party Snacks: The Full Roundup

DIY peppermint patties (quick, easy!), caramels with salt or cinnamon, old-fashioned whipped divinity, herbed almonds, fruit jellies, and slabs of toffee -- here are all of our favorite recipes for Ch...

Kitchen Tools: A Candy Thermometer

Whether you're boiling sugar, making cheese, or planning a little deep-fat frying, a candy thermometer is an essential tool to have on hand....

Help! Can We Rescue This Crystallized Sugar Syrup?

This weekend, we made a big batch of sugar cane syrup for some candy-making experiments. We used some of it right away without problems, but the leftovers crystallized into the cloudy, gritty mass you...

Frying Pan Chandelier and Mixmaster Necklace
Seen, noted, and found delicious. 06.10.08

A hand-cut Mixmaster pendant and a "pandelier" - just two of the good links for today. Click through to see them all......

Homemade Marshmallow Peeps!

A confession: we've always been a bit addicted to Marshmallow Peeps. Though they're terribly sweet and often stale, there's just something about them that makes us keep buying them every spring. (Perh...

Good Question: How Do I Make Chewy Caramels?

Juliet is frustrated in her quest to make soft, chewy caramels - can anyone help? About making caramel candy--you know, the nice soft chewy kind with cream and butter in it? Well, I've now tried tw...

Tailgating: Make Buckeyes Tonight

We must admit that we are clueless when it comes to football. And yet even we cannot avoid the excitement in our native state as Ohio State goes up (again) for the Bowl Championship in college footb...

Cook's Talk: Short and Long Caramels

Caramel - it's the thing this season. We've made four batches now with varying degrees of success. All were delicious but some were, well, just a little too soft. In our research on this troubling to...