Candy
Peanut brittle, chocolate truffles, and other candies turn sugar, chocolate, or nuts into small portions. Browse confections with different textures, from crisp pieces to a softer sweet center.
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Chocolate Barks
Chocolate bark provides a thin base for nuts, pretzels, popcorn, or caramel flavors. These recipes offer contrasting additions in a confection that can be broken into pieces for serving.
Fudge
Fudge preparations offer a dense sweet bite with flavors such as pecan pie and cheesecake. This collection focuses on that texture while bringing different ingredients into the finished confection.
In this collection
Candied Sugar Flowers
You already know that flowers smell great. Did you know that some of them taste great too? Edible flowers coated in a superfine sugar mixture make great decorations…
Peanut Patties
2½ cup sugar ⅔ cups white syrup 1 cup canned milk 2½ cups raw peanuts 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 Tablespoons butter 1 cup powdered sugar A few drips…
Brandini Toffee
This fantastic recipe is courtesy of Leah Post and Brandon Weimer of Brandini Toffee. ¼ pound whole almonds 3 cups (6 sticks) salted butter 3 cups sugar 1…
English Toffee
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for pan and foil 1½ cups sugar 3 tablespoons light corn syrup 3 tablespoons water 2 cups toasted (about 8…
Cherry-Almond-Chocolate Clusters
Melted bittersweet chocolate coats toasted almonds and dried cherries for a guilt-free dessert. I like to bookend my day with chocolate — I make the clusters in the…
Chocolate-Covered Figs
For a small-bite dessert, dip figs in melted chocolate. Green, Calimyrna, and black mission figs are in season now, but dried figs work, too. Sprinkled with salt, they’re…
Chocolate Truffles
Grand Marnier gives these truffles a hint of orange flavor. Other liqueurs can be substituted. 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate (at least 61 percent cacao), chopped ½ cup heavy…
Eggnog Truffles
Eggnog Truffles make a great holiday or hostess gift. Package the truffles in a holiday tin between wax paper. 1 pound white baking chocolate, divided 4 ounces (½…
Benne Brittle
1¼ cups benne (sesame) seeds 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Cook benne seeds in a large heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring often, 8 minutes or…
