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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.

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  • Sugared Flowers

    1 large egg white 1 teaspoon water Pesticide-free edible flowers Superfine sugar, for sprinkling Whisk egg white with water in a small bowl. Working with 1 flower at…

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  • Dark Chocolate Pecan Bark

    1½ cups pecan pieces 2 bars (8-ounce. Each) dark chocolate candy; chopped 2 ounces white chocolate confectionary; chopped Line large cookie sheet with waxed paper. Spread pecans out…

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  • Easy Pecan Penuche

    6 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 cup brown sugar; firmly packed ¼ cup milk 2½ cups sifted powdered sugar 1 cup pecan pieces In a 1½-quart saucepan melt butter;…

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  • Lemon Pecan Fudge

    3 cups granulated sugar ¼ cup cocoa Dash of sea salt 3 tablespoons light corn syrup 12 ounces evaporated milk (not skim) 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 tablespoon…

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