Candy Recipes!
Quick and easy candy recipes for you today, I love to have packages of some of these made up and ready to go so I am prepared for the person that just stops by and has a little giftie for us. This way I am not caught off guard!
Hands down, the best prices I have seen on bark, nuts and general candy supplies is Farm N Fleet this time of year. GREAT prices compared to the grocery stores and good quality. Enjoy!
Tips on cooking candy in your microwave
1. Use containers 2 to 3 times larger than quantity to prevent boil-over.
2.Watch candy closely because a microwave oven cooks sugar very fast.
3. When using a candy thermometer, remove candy from oven first, unless you are using a specially designed microwave candy thermometer.
4. Stir candy during cooking so heat is equalized and candy cooks smooth.
PINK ICE
· 2 blocks white almond bark
· ¼ tsp. Peppermint extract
· 3 drops red food coloring
· ½ cup crushed peppermint candy
Melt the bark in Tupperwave casserole until smooth. Add remaining ingredients. Spread thin on waxed paper and cool. Cut into pieces.
FESTIVE HOLIDAY PRETZELS
· 12 pretzels
· 1 block white almond bark
· M&M’s
Place pretzels on wax paper. Melt the almond bark in the Tupperwave casserole 1-2 min, on high. Stir. Using a plastic spoon, fill center of pretzel with bark and place M&M’s in the center.
PEANUT CLUSTERS
· 2 blocks white almond bark
· 6oz of dry roasted peanuts
· ½ cup chocolate chips
Place white almond bark in Tupperwave casserole and melt in microwave @ 50% power for 2-4 minutes. Stir twice, add chocolate chips, and stir until melted. Add peanuts and stir. Using plastic spoon, drop by Teaspoon onto wax paper. Cool.
ROCKY ROAD
Melt the following in Tupperwave Casserole:
· 2 blocks white almond bark
· ½ cup chocolate chips
Stir in:
· 6oz dry roasted peanuts
· ¼ cup mini marshmallows
· ¼ cup M&M’s
Mix well and drop with plastic spoon onto wax paper. Cool.
ALMOND JOY DROPS
Mix together:
· 1 tbs. Evaporated milk
· 1 tbs. Coconut
Melt together
(in Tupperwave casserole)
· 2 blocks chocolate bark
· ½ cup chocolate chips
Stir until smooth. Drop Teaspoonfuls of chocolate onto waxed paper and let harden. Drop small amount of coconut mixture on top of chocolate. Then cover with more of the chocolate mixture. Let set.
9 MIN. PEANUT BRITTLE
· 1 cup sugar
· 1 cup dry roasted peanuts
· 1tsp. vanilla
· ½ cup light corn syrup
· 1 tsp. Butter
· 1 tsp. Baking soda
Butter 12 inch or larger cookie sheet and set aside. Combine sugar and corn syrup in 3 qt Tupperwave casserole. Microwave on high for 4 min. Stir in peanuts; microwave again on high for 4-5 min (until light brown). Add butter and vanilla, blend. Microwave on high for 30-60 seconds. Add baking soda; gently stir until well mixed and foamy. Pour on cookie sheet. Cool and serve.
EASY POPCORN BALLS
· ¼ cup butter
· ½ tsp. Vanilla
· 10oz pkg. Marshmallows
· 6 qt. Popped popcorn
Melt butter, vanilla and marshmallows in Tupperwave casserole. Cook on high 3 minutes. Pour over popcorn in Thatsa Bowl. Mix well. Butter hands and form into balls. Store in Modular Mate Rectangle.
EASY TOFFEE
· 2 cups finely chopped walnuts
· 1 cup light brown sugar
· ¾cup butter
· 1-1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
Sprinkle 1 cup of walnuts in buttered Freezer Mate or Bacon Keeper. Combine brown sugar and butter in Tupperwave casserole. Cover and cook on high for 8 minutes, stirring every 2. Pour hot mixture over nuts. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Sprinkle remaining nuts over chips. Press mixture down, using spatula. Let chill.
PEANUT BUTTER LOGS
· 1 6oz pkg. Semi-sweet chocolate chips
· 1/3 cup peanut butter
· 4 cup Cocoa Krispies
Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in Tupperwave casserole. Cook covered, on high for 2 minutes. Stir, cover, and cook another minute. Stir in cereal and
press mixture into buttered Snack Store. Chill and cut into bars.
POTATO CANDY
· 1 cooled, peeled, baked potato, mashed
· 1# box Confectioners sugar
· 1 12oz jar peanut butter
Mix together potato and sugar until dough consistency. Roll out on Pastry Sheet. Spread peanut butter on top of dough, roll up and chill in refrigerator.
Slice before serving.
REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
Use 3 # Milk Chocolate Candy melts
Peanut Butter Filling:
· 10oz peanut butter
· 2-1/2 cups confectioners sugar
· 1 stick margarine
· 1 tsp. Vanilla
Mix peanut butter filling ingredients until smooth like play dough. Put small amount of chocolate in candy cup. Pinch off peanut butter ball; fill remaining cup with
chocolate. Chill until firm. Yield: 150-200 cups
FUDGE
· 2 pounds confectioners sugar
· 2 tbs. vanilla
· ½ cup milk
· 1 cup butter,
· 1 cup cocoa
· 1 cup chopped pecans
Blend sugar & cocoa in 3 Qt. Tupperwave Casserole. Add Milk and butter. Do not stir. Microwave on high for 4-6 minutes, then stir with a wooden spoon till smooth.
Add vanilla & nuts, stir till blended. Pour into large Freezermate 1, seal and refrigerate until set. Cut into squares. After cutting, may be frozen. Yield 3 #
PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE
· 2 sticks Oleo
· 1 tsp. vanilla
· 1 cup peanut butter
· 4 cups confectioners sugar
Mix Oleo, vanilla and peanut butter in 3 qt Tupperwave casserole. Cook on high for 3 minutes. Remove and stir in sugar. Press into container and let cool. Cut into
squares.
**Tip: For creamier fudge, stir in 1-cup marshmallow cream before adding sugar, and 1-cup water.
CHOCOLATE FRENCH FUDGE
· 1 12 oz pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
· 1 6oz pkg. milk chocolate chips
· 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
· 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
Using the Rock ‘N Serve Large Shallow, melt the chocolate chips in microwave on high for 2 min. Add sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Mix quickly and well (mixture will thicken very fast). Pour into greased 9x13 and refrigerate.
**For variations: substitute other flavored chocolate chips for the milk chocolate (ex. Mint chips), try stirring in chopped walnuts or even Rice Krispies when adding
the milk and vanilla.
DIVINITY
· 2 cups granulated sugar
· 1 tsp. vinegar
· ½ tsp. vanilla
· 1 egg white
· ½ cup cold water
· 1/4 cup chopped nuts or candied cherries
Combine: sugar, water and vinegar in buttered 1-3/4 qt. Tupperwave Casserole. Microwave on high for 10 minutes or until candy forms a firm ball in cold water
(240*F). Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Pour candy syrup in thin stream into egg whites, beating constantly with mixer. Add vanilla and beat until stiff. Fold in nuts (and/or) cherries then drop by teaspoon onto wax paper. Cool.
CHOCOLATE CRUNCH
· 1 6oz pkg. butterscotch chips
· 1 6oz pkg. chocolate chips
· 1 cup salted peanuts
· 1 cup ripple potato chips
Place morsels in 3 Qt. Tupperwave Casserole. Microwave at 50% power for 4-6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in peanuts and potato chips. Drop by teaspoon onto wax paper. Cool until set. Freezes well.
GUMDROP CANDY
· 1 pound almond bark
· 3 tbs. vegetable shortening
· 1 pound spiced gumdrops
Place broken bark and shortening in 3 qt. Tupperwave casserole and microwave (covered), at 50% power for 4 to 5 minutes (until smooth). Stir in gumdrops. Spread in rectangle pan, cool and refrigerate. Cut into squares. Freezes well.
HAYSTACKS
· 1 -6oz pkg. butterscotch chips
· ½ cup peanut butter
· ½ cup peanuts
· 1 4-1/2 oz can chow mien noodles
Place chips and peanut butter in 1-1/2 qt Tupperwave casserole and cover. Microwave at 50% power for 3 to 5 minutes. Blend in peanuts and noodles. Drop by fork on wax paper. Freezes well.
ENGLISH TOFFEE
· 1 stick butter
· 1 cup sugar
· dash salt
· 4 Tbs. water
· ½ cup sliced almonds
· 4oz,milk chocolate bar, finely broken
Oil or butter top inch of 3 qt Tupperwave casserole to prevent boil-over. Place butter, sugar, salt and water in casserole. Microwave on high 10-12 minutes or until
lightly browned, stirring two times (each with a clean spoon). Sprinkle almonds on a buttered 9x13 pan, pour cooked mixture on top. Sprinkle broken chocolate bar over almond candy. Cool 5 minutes and gently spread chocolate with a spatula. Refrigerate. Break into pieces.
CHOCOLATE MINT DROPS
· 2 blocks chocolate bark
· ½ cup chocolate chips
· 1/8 tsp. mint flavoring
· 1-2 tbs. cookie crumbs
Melt the bark in microwave until smooth. Add chocolate chips and stir. Add crumbs and mint. Drop by spoonfuls to wax paper.
MILLIONAIRES
· 14oz pkg. caramels
· 2 Tbs. milk
· 2 cups chopped pecans
· 12oz pkg. chocolate chips
Unwrap caramels and place in 3 qt Tupperwave casserole. Add milk and microwave on high 2 to 4 min, stirring every min. Stir until smooth and add pecans, mixing well.
Drop by teaspoon onto wax paper. Cool and chill. Microwave chips at 50% power until melted (5 to 6 min) stir well. Dip Carmel nut center into chocolate and return to wax paper. Chill and store. Freezes well.
TINGLY CANDY
· 6oz pkg. chocolate chips
· 6oz pkg. Butterscotch chips
· 4 cups Rice Krispies
In 1 qt Tupperwave casserole, microwave chips at 50% power for 4 to 6 min, stirring after 3 min. Add cereal and stir well. Drop by teaspoon onto wax paper and
let cool. Freezes well.
PEANUT BUTTER BALLS
· 1 1/2 stick butter or margarine, softened
· 12 oz jar Peanut Butter
· 1 LB box of confectionery sugar
· 1 tub of prepared Milk Chocolate Frosting
Mix butter, peanut butter, and sugar until smooth. Roll mixture into small balls; place on greased Large 1 Freezer Mate Container. Place Frosting in 1 Qt. Tupperwave Pitcher and microwave on High 1 minute or until slightly melted (not bubbling). Dip each ball into icing and place back in freezer mate container and refrigerate or freeze until ball are set. Store or give as gifts in Tupperware Containers.
ZAP N WRAP CRACKER CANDY
· 18 oz milk choc pieces
· 1 cup butter
· saltine crackers
· 1 cup brown sugar
Layer saltines on cookie sheet. In micro melt butter and brown sugar. Bring to a boil and then cook for 2 mins. Spread over crackers. Bake 5 mins at 350. Sprinkle choc over crackers. Spread as it melts. Cool in fridge. Break apart.
PECAN BRITTLE
· 1 1/2 C White Sugar
· 1 Tbsp Butter
· 1/2 C White Karo Syrup*
· tsp Baking Soda
· 3/4 C Pecan Halves
· tsp Vanilla Extract
Put sugar, Karo syrup, 1/2 water in 2 qt OVEN WORKS (do NOT use Tupperwave!) Cook, uncovered on high in the microwave for 5 minutes. Stir in the pecan halves and
return to the microwave. Cook on high for 13 minutes. Stir in butter, vanilla and baking soda at once. Mixture will be very hot and bubbly. Immediately pour onto a
well-buttered 12 inch pizza pan and spread out to edges. Let cool. Break into pieces and store in Tupperware.
**Hint: This ingredients in this recipe reach 300 degrees. Be sure to use a WOODEN spoon to stir and always use pot holders when handling the Oven Works casserole. Put hot water into the casserole immediate after spreading out the candy mixture and add a little dish detergent. (This recipe will make approximately 2 pounds of Pecan
Brittle)
Broken Glass Candy
· 2 and 1/2 cups sugar
· 1 Cup white corn syrup
· 1 cup cold water
· 2-3 tablespoons coloring and flavoring
Mix sugar, water and corn syrup in a pan. Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly, until it reaches hard crack stage (300 degrees on a thermometer) Remove
from heat and stir in color and flavor. Pour out into a buttered cookie sheet. Let cool, then cut into pieces with scissors or break into pieces. Roll pieces in sugar or powdered sugar.
CANDIED BLOSSOMS
· cup sugar
· 3/4 cup water
· Confectioners' sugar
· Rose or violet petals
Select choice blossoms and petals; wash gently, then spread on flat plates to dry. Combine sugar and water; boil until spins a thread when dropped into ice water (230
to 234 degrees F on a candy thermometer). Pour syrup into a bowl and place bowl on a bed of cracked ice. When syrup begins to crystallize, hold blossoms with tweezers and dip one at a time into syrup. Place petals on waxed paper to dry. As they harden, dust with confectioners' sugar. Makes 3 to 4 servings
Easy Turtles
Kraft Carmel on top of three pecans, in shape of a "Y"..soften in microwave a few seconds.. cover in melted chocolate...set on parchment or waxed paper to cool.
Be Creative...
Take broken pieces of pretzels, mix in melted chocolate, spoon onto parchment paper or waxed paper to cool. You can use:
· Coconut
· broken pieces of candy bars
· pecans, or other nuts
· marshmallows
· cereals, etc.
Mix with melted chocolate to make those 'speciality' type of candies.
TIP: If you put them in those parchment cups for candies ...that will make them even more special!
I hope that gives you a few fun ideas for gifties!
Hands down, the best prices I have seen on bark, nuts and general candy supplies is Farm N Fleet this time of year. GREAT prices compared to the grocery stores and good quality. Enjoy!
Tips on cooking candy in your microwave
1. Use containers 2 to 3 times larger than quantity to prevent boil-over.
2.Watch candy closely because a microwave oven cooks sugar very fast.
3. When using a candy thermometer, remove candy from oven first, unless you are using a specially designed microwave candy thermometer.
4. Stir candy during cooking so heat is equalized and candy cooks smooth.
PINK ICE
· 2 blocks white almond bark
· ¼ tsp. Peppermint extract
· 3 drops red food coloring
· ½ cup crushed peppermint candy
Melt the bark in Tupperwave casserole until smooth. Add remaining ingredients. Spread thin on waxed paper and cool. Cut into pieces.
FESTIVE HOLIDAY PRETZELS
· 12 pretzels
· 1 block white almond bark
· M&M’s
Place pretzels on wax paper. Melt the almond bark in the Tupperwave casserole 1-2 min, on high. Stir. Using a plastic spoon, fill center of pretzel with bark and place M&M’s in the center.
PEANUT CLUSTERS
· 2 blocks white almond bark
· 6oz of dry roasted peanuts
· ½ cup chocolate chips
Place white almond bark in Tupperwave casserole and melt in microwave @ 50% power for 2-4 minutes. Stir twice, add chocolate chips, and stir until melted. Add peanuts and stir. Using plastic spoon, drop by Teaspoon onto wax paper. Cool.
ROCKY ROAD
Melt the following in Tupperwave Casserole:
· 2 blocks white almond bark
· ½ cup chocolate chips
Stir in:
· 6oz dry roasted peanuts
· ¼ cup mini marshmallows
· ¼ cup M&M’s
Mix well and drop with plastic spoon onto wax paper. Cool.
ALMOND JOY DROPS
Mix together:
· 1 tbs. Evaporated milk
· 1 tbs. Coconut
Melt together
(in Tupperwave casserole)
· 2 blocks chocolate bark
· ½ cup chocolate chips
Stir until smooth. Drop Teaspoonfuls of chocolate onto waxed paper and let harden. Drop small amount of coconut mixture on top of chocolate. Then cover with more of the chocolate mixture. Let set.
9 MIN. PEANUT BRITTLE
· 1 cup sugar
· 1 cup dry roasted peanuts
· 1tsp. vanilla
· ½ cup light corn syrup
· 1 tsp. Butter
· 1 tsp. Baking soda
Butter 12 inch or larger cookie sheet and set aside. Combine sugar and corn syrup in 3 qt Tupperwave casserole. Microwave on high for 4 min. Stir in peanuts; microwave again on high for 4-5 min (until light brown). Add butter and vanilla, blend. Microwave on high for 30-60 seconds. Add baking soda; gently stir until well mixed and foamy. Pour on cookie sheet. Cool and serve.
EASY POPCORN BALLS
· ¼ cup butter
· ½ tsp. Vanilla
· 10oz pkg. Marshmallows
· 6 qt. Popped popcorn
Melt butter, vanilla and marshmallows in Tupperwave casserole. Cook on high 3 minutes. Pour over popcorn in Thatsa Bowl. Mix well. Butter hands and form into balls. Store in Modular Mate Rectangle.
EASY TOFFEE
· 2 cups finely chopped walnuts
· 1 cup light brown sugar
· ¾cup butter
· 1-1/4 cup milk chocolate chips
Sprinkle 1 cup of walnuts in buttered Freezer Mate or Bacon Keeper. Combine brown sugar and butter in Tupperwave casserole. Cover and cook on high for 8 minutes, stirring every 2. Pour hot mixture over nuts. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top. Sprinkle remaining nuts over chips. Press mixture down, using spatula. Let chill.
PEANUT BUTTER LOGS
· 1 6oz pkg. Semi-sweet chocolate chips
· 1/3 cup peanut butter
· 4 cup Cocoa Krispies
Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in Tupperwave casserole. Cook covered, on high for 2 minutes. Stir, cover, and cook another minute. Stir in cereal and
press mixture into buttered Snack Store. Chill and cut into bars.
POTATO CANDY
· 1 cooled, peeled, baked potato, mashed
· 1# box Confectioners sugar
· 1 12oz jar peanut butter
Mix together potato and sugar until dough consistency. Roll out on Pastry Sheet. Spread peanut butter on top of dough, roll up and chill in refrigerator.
Slice before serving.
REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
Use 3 # Milk Chocolate Candy melts
Peanut Butter Filling:
· 10oz peanut butter
· 2-1/2 cups confectioners sugar
· 1 stick margarine
· 1 tsp. Vanilla
Mix peanut butter filling ingredients until smooth like play dough. Put small amount of chocolate in candy cup. Pinch off peanut butter ball; fill remaining cup with
chocolate. Chill until firm. Yield: 150-200 cups
FUDGE
· 2 pounds confectioners sugar
· 2 tbs. vanilla
· ½ cup milk
· 1 cup butter,
· 1 cup cocoa
· 1 cup chopped pecans
Blend sugar & cocoa in 3 Qt. Tupperwave Casserole. Add Milk and butter. Do not stir. Microwave on high for 4-6 minutes, then stir with a wooden spoon till smooth.
Add vanilla & nuts, stir till blended. Pour into large Freezermate 1, seal and refrigerate until set. Cut into squares. After cutting, may be frozen. Yield 3 #
PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE
· 2 sticks Oleo
· 1 tsp. vanilla
· 1 cup peanut butter
· 4 cups confectioners sugar
Mix Oleo, vanilla and peanut butter in 3 qt Tupperwave casserole. Cook on high for 3 minutes. Remove and stir in sugar. Press into container and let cool. Cut into
squares.
**Tip: For creamier fudge, stir in 1-cup marshmallow cream before adding sugar, and 1-cup water.
CHOCOLATE FRENCH FUDGE
· 1 12 oz pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
· 1 6oz pkg. milk chocolate chips
· 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
· 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
Using the Rock ‘N Serve Large Shallow, melt the chocolate chips in microwave on high for 2 min. Add sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Mix quickly and well (mixture will thicken very fast). Pour into greased 9x13 and refrigerate.
**For variations: substitute other flavored chocolate chips for the milk chocolate (ex. Mint chips), try stirring in chopped walnuts or even Rice Krispies when adding
the milk and vanilla.
DIVINITY
· 2 cups granulated sugar
· 1 tsp. vinegar
· ½ tsp. vanilla
· 1 egg white
· ½ cup cold water
· 1/4 cup chopped nuts or candied cherries
Combine: sugar, water and vinegar in buttered 1-3/4 qt. Tupperwave Casserole. Microwave on high for 10 minutes or until candy forms a firm ball in cold water
(240*F). Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Pour candy syrup in thin stream into egg whites, beating constantly with mixer. Add vanilla and beat until stiff. Fold in nuts (and/or) cherries then drop by teaspoon onto wax paper. Cool.
CHOCOLATE CRUNCH
· 1 6oz pkg. butterscotch chips
· 1 6oz pkg. chocolate chips
· 1 cup salted peanuts
· 1 cup ripple potato chips
Place morsels in 3 Qt. Tupperwave Casserole. Microwave at 50% power for 4-6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in peanuts and potato chips. Drop by teaspoon onto wax paper. Cool until set. Freezes well.
GUMDROP CANDY
· 1 pound almond bark
· 3 tbs. vegetable shortening
· 1 pound spiced gumdrops
Place broken bark and shortening in 3 qt. Tupperwave casserole and microwave (covered), at 50% power for 4 to 5 minutes (until smooth). Stir in gumdrops. Spread in rectangle pan, cool and refrigerate. Cut into squares. Freezes well.
HAYSTACKS
· 1 -6oz pkg. butterscotch chips
· ½ cup peanut butter
· ½ cup peanuts
· 1 4-1/2 oz can chow mien noodles
Place chips and peanut butter in 1-1/2 qt Tupperwave casserole and cover. Microwave at 50% power for 3 to 5 minutes. Blend in peanuts and noodles. Drop by fork on wax paper. Freezes well.
ENGLISH TOFFEE
· 1 stick butter
· 1 cup sugar
· dash salt
· 4 Tbs. water
· ½ cup sliced almonds
· 4oz,milk chocolate bar, finely broken
Oil or butter top inch of 3 qt Tupperwave casserole to prevent boil-over. Place butter, sugar, salt and water in casserole. Microwave on high 10-12 minutes or until
lightly browned, stirring two times (each with a clean spoon). Sprinkle almonds on a buttered 9x13 pan, pour cooked mixture on top. Sprinkle broken chocolate bar over almond candy. Cool 5 minutes and gently spread chocolate with a spatula. Refrigerate. Break into pieces.
CHOCOLATE MINT DROPS
· 2 blocks chocolate bark
· ½ cup chocolate chips
· 1/8 tsp. mint flavoring
· 1-2 tbs. cookie crumbs
Melt the bark in microwave until smooth. Add chocolate chips and stir. Add crumbs and mint. Drop by spoonfuls to wax paper.
MILLIONAIRES
· 14oz pkg. caramels
· 2 Tbs. milk
· 2 cups chopped pecans
· 12oz pkg. chocolate chips
Unwrap caramels and place in 3 qt Tupperwave casserole. Add milk and microwave on high 2 to 4 min, stirring every min. Stir until smooth and add pecans, mixing well.
Drop by teaspoon onto wax paper. Cool and chill. Microwave chips at 50% power until melted (5 to 6 min) stir well. Dip Carmel nut center into chocolate and return to wax paper. Chill and store. Freezes well.
TINGLY CANDY
· 6oz pkg. chocolate chips
· 6oz pkg. Butterscotch chips
· 4 cups Rice Krispies
In 1 qt Tupperwave casserole, microwave chips at 50% power for 4 to 6 min, stirring after 3 min. Add cereal and stir well. Drop by teaspoon onto wax paper and
let cool. Freezes well.
PEANUT BUTTER BALLS
· 1 1/2 stick butter or margarine, softened
· 12 oz jar Peanut Butter
· 1 LB box of confectionery sugar
· 1 tub of prepared Milk Chocolate Frosting
Mix butter, peanut butter, and sugar until smooth. Roll mixture into small balls; place on greased Large 1 Freezer Mate Container. Place Frosting in 1 Qt. Tupperwave Pitcher and microwave on High 1 minute or until slightly melted (not bubbling). Dip each ball into icing and place back in freezer mate container and refrigerate or freeze until ball are set. Store or give as gifts in Tupperware Containers.
ZAP N WRAP CRACKER CANDY
· 18 oz milk choc pieces
· 1 cup butter
· saltine crackers
· 1 cup brown sugar
Layer saltines on cookie sheet. In micro melt butter and brown sugar. Bring to a boil and then cook for 2 mins. Spread over crackers. Bake 5 mins at 350. Sprinkle choc over crackers. Spread as it melts. Cool in fridge. Break apart.
PECAN BRITTLE
· 1 1/2 C White Sugar
· 1 Tbsp Butter
· 1/2 C White Karo Syrup*
· tsp Baking Soda
· 3/4 C Pecan Halves
· tsp Vanilla Extract
Put sugar, Karo syrup, 1/2 water in 2 qt OVEN WORKS (do NOT use Tupperwave!) Cook, uncovered on high in the microwave for 5 minutes. Stir in the pecan halves and
return to the microwave. Cook on high for 13 minutes. Stir in butter, vanilla and baking soda at once. Mixture will be very hot and bubbly. Immediately pour onto a
well-buttered 12 inch pizza pan and spread out to edges. Let cool. Break into pieces and store in Tupperware.
**Hint: This ingredients in this recipe reach 300 degrees. Be sure to use a WOODEN spoon to stir and always use pot holders when handling the Oven Works casserole. Put hot water into the casserole immediate after spreading out the candy mixture and add a little dish detergent. (This recipe will make approximately 2 pounds of Pecan
Brittle)
Broken Glass Candy
· 2 and 1/2 cups sugar
· 1 Cup white corn syrup
· 1 cup cold water
· 2-3 tablespoons coloring and flavoring
Mix sugar, water and corn syrup in a pan. Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly, until it reaches hard crack stage (300 degrees on a thermometer) Remove
from heat and stir in color and flavor. Pour out into a buttered cookie sheet. Let cool, then cut into pieces with scissors or break into pieces. Roll pieces in sugar or powdered sugar.
CANDIED BLOSSOMS
· cup sugar
· 3/4 cup water
· Confectioners' sugar
· Rose or violet petals
Select choice blossoms and petals; wash gently, then spread on flat plates to dry. Combine sugar and water; boil until spins a thread when dropped into ice water (230
to 234 degrees F on a candy thermometer). Pour syrup into a bowl and place bowl on a bed of cracked ice. When syrup begins to crystallize, hold blossoms with tweezers and dip one at a time into syrup. Place petals on waxed paper to dry. As they harden, dust with confectioners' sugar. Makes 3 to 4 servings
Easy Turtles
Kraft Carmel on top of three pecans, in shape of a "Y"..soften in microwave a few seconds.. cover in melted chocolate...set on parchment or waxed paper to cool.
Be Creative...
Take broken pieces of pretzels, mix in melted chocolate, spoon onto parchment paper or waxed paper to cool. You can use:
· Coconut
· broken pieces of candy bars
· pecans, or other nuts
· marshmallows
· cereals, etc.
Mix with melted chocolate to make those 'speciality' type of candies.
TIP: If you put them in those parchment cups for candies ...that will make them even more special!
I hope that gives you a few fun ideas for gifties!
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