Homemade Cotton Candy. Cotton Candy is not just for carnivals anymore.
In fact, turns out, it's becoming downright fashionable. According to this Boston Globe article, this early 20th century treat is getting a gourmet spin (spin, get it? Spin?) Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites. Salty and sweet.
Crunchy and melt-in-your-mouth. Peanut butter and chocolate. Oreo Cheesecake Pretzel Bites. Tiger Butter. Coconut Ice. Coconut Ice candy is so cool..not literally cool, it’s not actually ice. It’s a chewy little morsel of sweet goodness. It was quite popular at my sisters beautiful baby shower that I threw for her. in case you missed the awesomeness, you can view it here . One word of advice…DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT use regular sweetened flake coconut. It will be WAYYYYY too sweet. It is sweet enough as it is. Ohhh, and I forgot the best part, you can color it any color you little heart desires!
Coconut Ice Author: Leslie Green- The Hungry Housewife Recipe type: Dessert Prep time: Total time: Serves: 24 A sweet, no bake dessert Ingredients 3 cups + 6 tablespoons Powdered Sugar, sifted 2½ cups unsweetened dried coconut(also know as desiccated coconut) 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk, lowfat or non fat is fine 1¼ teaspoon vanilla extract Food coloring (optional) Instructions Line the entire interior of an 8 x 8 pan with foil sprayed with non stick spray or non stick foil. Notes. Popcorn Fudge. That's right. I went there. I told myself I was going to give up on the idea of putting popcorn in a dessert, after several failed attempts and so many other popcorn dessert recipes floating around the internet. But here's what happened; I was making regular old vanilla fudge for A's birthday and I got bored. He didn't want cake. He asked for lasagne, so I made that for him. I started making the fudge, and just happened to be making a batch of fresh popcorn for myself at the same time.
I've tried quite a few fudge recipes in the past, with varying results. Popcorn Vanilla Bean Fudge(adapted from this vanilla fudge recipe)15g (1 tbsp) cold unsalted butter, plus more for pan1 1/2 cups pouring cream3 cups sugar1/4 cup liquid glucose or light corn syrup1/4 teaspoon salt1 tsp pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste1/2 cup popping corn kernels, popped Grease an 20cm square baking pan; line with parchment paper, allowing a 3cm overhang.
Remove thermometer. Chocolate-Covered Bacon Turtles. Homemade Candy Bars. If you’re like most people, you probably started off the year with a whole list of resolutions: more sleep!
Less coffee! More exercise! Less television! More vegetables! Less sugar! I call them “Resolution Breaker Candy Bars,” and if you’re absolutely wedded to your healthy eating habits, stop reading now before it’s too late… Still here? Resolution Breaker Candy Barsyield: about 20 bars Ingredients 24 ounces chocolate candy coating1/2 stick (2 oz) butter1 cup granulated sugar1/4 cup evaporated milk1 jar (7 oz) marshmallow creme or fluff1 tsp vanilla extract1/3 cup peanut butter, creamy or chunky14 oz soft caramels, unwrapped1.5 cups roasted, salted peanuts To make it easier to remove and cut the bars, line a 9×13 pan with aluminum foil.
Most nougat recipes are pretty complicated and involve whipping egg whites into a meringue and using a candy thermometer to boil a sugar syrup. Scrape the peanut nougat on top of the chocolate layer in the pan, and spread it into a smooth, even layer. Homemade Taffy. Welcome to our Sweat Sweet Shoppe!
If you are alarmed by red dye, excessive amounts of sugar and under age workers turn away now! If not, stick around and see how we made loads of homemade taffy! Here’s our recipe Homemade Taffy 2 1/2 cups white sugar 3 tablespoons cornstarch.