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Candy Recipes

Learn how to make classic candy recipes along with homemade versions of your favorite commercial candy bars.
Potato Chip White Chocolate Candies Recipe
Quick and easy vanilla chocolate candies get crunch from crushed potato chips and pecans. It is an intriguing contrast of sweet and salty that really works.
Marshmallow Mud Fudge Recipe
Chocolate and marshmallows are a match made in heaven. This dessert is a bit lighter in texture than traditional fudge.
Rose Hip Candy Recipe
Fresh rose hips are cooked in a sugar syrup, then rolled in sugar for an unusual prize-winning candy.
Cream Pull Candy (Taffy) Recipe
A bar cookie with a nutty shortbread crust and creamy citrus topping is sure to please all.
Maine Potato Candy Recipe
This candy starts with mashed potatoes and is covered in chocolate.
Toasted Almond White Chocolate Truffles Recipe
Almond liqueur enhances the rich almond flavor of these white chocolate truffles.
Pumpkin Candy Recipe
Delicious candy is made from fresh pumpkin and flavored with maple sugar.
Chile Macadamia Brittle Recipe
Chile pepper flakes give an intriguing spiciness to sweet macadamia nut brittle. This is an addictive candy!
Coconut Macadamia Truffles Recipe
Macadamia nuts, white chocolate, and rum combine in these truffles that are rolled in coconut.
Mac-Nut Candy Recipe - Low Carb Candy Recipe
Low carb candies are made from macadamia nuts, coconut, and chocolate syrup with no cooking or baking necessary.
Molasses Taffy Recipe
Old-fashioned molasses taffy is easily made at home. Instructions are included for the pulling method.
Sinfully Easy Fudge Recipe
Easy and sinful perfectly describes this rich fudge candy.
Carnation Famous Fudge Recipe
This is a very simple fudge recipe using evaporated milk, marshmallows, and chocolate chips that brings raves.
Homemade Marshmallows Recipe
Marshmallows use simple ingredients and are easier to make than you might think.
Elegant Southern Pralines Recipe
Pecans are traditionally used in praline candies. If you use walnuts, they are Northern pralines.
Orange Gumdrops Recipe
Gumdrops are not difficult to make at home, and these begin with orange juice, not artificial flavorings.
Margarita Balls Recipe
No-bake candy balls have the flavors of a margarita mixed with vanilla wafers and pretzels.
Chocolate Cherry Balls Recipe
This interesting candy combines cherries, peanut butter, walnuts, coconut, and chocolate in each bite.
Choco-Scotch Clusters Recipe
The recipe for these delicious chocolate butterscotch candies dates back to the 1940s.
Classic Bittersweet Chocolate-Cognac Truffles Recipe
Cognac-flavored chocolate truffles are not difficult to make, but they will require a bit of your time.
Peppermint Candy Canes Recipe
Try making candy canes at home with this easy recipe.
Chocolate Whiskey Balls Recipe
This version of the classic bourbon balls uses chocolate cookie crumbs for extra rich flavor.
Irish Cream Fudge Recipe
Traditional walnut chocolate fudge candy gets a boost from Irish Cream liqueur.
Crunchy Sesame Seed Candies Recipe - Sukariyot Soomsoom Recipe
This crunchy sesame candy is a favorite for Hanukkah and Rosh Hashanah.
East Texas Brown Sugar Pralines Recipe
One of our members shares this family recipe for a Texas favorite.
Chocolate Raspberry Jellies Recipe
These are not ring-shaped, but just as tasty.
No-Bake Homemade Chocolate Mallowbars Recipe
Crunchy chocolate bottom, homemade marshmallow center, chocolate topping. Great for gifts.
No-Bake Choco-Cherry Combos Recipe
These rich and tasty little gems use pretzel sticks, cream cheese, and canned cherry pie filling.
Chocolate Nut Butter Brickle Recipe
This candy is fast and easy. Great for gifts and tasty enough to compete with the gourmet candy store.
Chocolate Caramel Marshmallow Candy Bars Recipe
Teach your kids how crystals grow with this edible rock candy recipe.
Rock Candy Recipe
Teach your kids how crystals grow with this edible rock candy recipe.
Peach Jelly Chews Recipe
Jelly candies are made from fresh fruit. Variations also included for apple-cranberry, pineapple, and raspberry-cranberry versions.
White and Dark Chocolate Apricots Recipe
Dried apricots are stuffed with hazelnuts or pistachios and then dipped in white and semisweet chocolate.
Kiwi Fruit Jellies Recipe
Cut these delicious jellied candies into exotic shapes to match the exotic kiwifruit flavor.
Sugar Free Fudge Recipe
Enjoy this fudge on your sugar-free or low carb diet.
Perfect Peppermint Patties Recipe
Homemade peppermint patties will give the commercial ones a run for the money.
Maple Divinity Recipe
These light candies are rich with the flavor of maple syrup and pecans.
Marshmallows Recipe
Make your own marshmallows with this recipe from popular author and caterer, Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa.
Deep-Fried Candy Bars with Pineapple Recipe
These are all the rage at fairs and festivals. This recipe uses Mounds bars.
Bonbon Jovi Recipe
These chocolate coconut bonbons are actually low-fat and easy to make.
Candied Apples Recipe
Make your own candied apples at home. Great for bake sales or fund-raisers.
Chocolate Chestnut Truffles Recipe
Delicious chocolate truffles are enriched with chestnuts and brandy.
Pineapple Candy Recipe
Creamy pineapple candy begins with canned crushed pineapple and is loaded with pecans.
Butter Party Mints Candy Recipe
Butter pary mints are like old-fashioned after-dinner mints. Quite easy to make. Great for children.
Candied Apples Recipe
Make your own candied apples at home. Great for bake sales or fund-raisers.
Candied Cranberries with Brandy Recipe
You must try these easy candied cranberries baked in the oven and flavored with brandy.
Chocolate Caramel Candy Bars Recipe
Chocolate Caramel Candy Bars Recipe. If you love brownies and Milky Way candy bars, you'll love these rich bars that start with a chocolate cake mix.
Chocolate Graham Toffee Bark Recipe
Chocolate Graham Toffee Bark Recipe. These delicious toffee candies start with plain graham crackers and are topped with chocolate and macadamia nuts. Great gift from the kitchen for any occasion.
Chocolate Marshmallow Kisses Cookies Recipe
Bites of heavenly marshmallow atop chocolate cookies, topped with more chocolate and nuts.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Combos Candy Recipe
These delicious candies have a filling that tastes like peanut butter cups, sitting on top of a pretzel and covered with chocolate.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cups Recipe
Chocolate Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cups Recipe. No-bake candies are easy to make and great for gifts.
Chocolate Porcupine Clusters Candy Recipe
Chocolate Porcupine Clusters Candy Recipe. These crunchy chocolate candies are easy to create for parties, bake sales, gifts, and Halloween. Be sure to let the kids help.
Chocolate Puppy Chow Recipe
Chocolate Puppy Chow Recipe. There is something incredibly irrestistible about the combination of chocolate and salty foods.
Chocolate-Covered Cherry Mice Recipe
Chocolate-Covered Cherry Mice Recipe. These chocolate-covered cherry mice are fun to make and make a cute presentation for parties, bake sales, and of course, Halloween. Let the kids help by setting up a production line.
Chocolate-Covered Dream Bites Recipe
Chocolate-Covered Dream Bites Recipe. These rich and delicious brownie bites are gluten-free. The texture is in between brownies and fudge.
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Recipe
Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Recipe. These taste similar to the commercial peanut butter cups, but better! Great for gifts.
How to Make Chocolate-Covered Mice - Step by step recipe instructions.
Step by step recipe instructions with photos show how to make chocolate-covered cherry mice. Great for children's birthday parties, bake sales, and Halloween.
Macadamia Almond Brittle Recipe
Macadamia Almond Brittle Recipe. Make this delicious nutty brittle a couple of days in advance. It tastes even more buttery as it sits.
Peanut Butter Crunch Candy Bars Recipe
Peanut Butter Crunch Candy Bars Recipe. Gooey with marshmallows, crunchy with peanut butter and butter cookies, and chocolate is thrown in to boot. Who can resist? No-bake Peanut butter crunch candy bars are easy to make and kids love them.
Smashed Bugs Candy Recipe
Smashed Bugs Candy Recipe. These crunchy chocolate caramel candies are easy to create for parties, bake sales, gifts, and Halloween. Be sure to let the kids help.
Smores Cups Recipe
Smores Cups Recipe. Based on the old Girl Scout favorite, these are made with graham cracker crumbs, marshmallows, and chocolate. No-bake Smores candy cups are easy to make and great for gifts.
Zebra Marshmallow Cups Recipe
Zebra Marshmallow Cups Recipe. White chocolate, dark chocolate, cookie crumbs, and marshmallows make a black and white layered zebra candy. What's not to love? No-bake zebra candy cups are easy to make and great for gifts.

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