Be Aware Where Your Christmas Goodies Are Manufactured
While shopping recently for peppermint candy canes to crush up and use in my holiday baking goodies. I searched several stores in my area, looking for U.S. made of these particular candies. Every candy cane, I found in Walgreens was made in Mexico.
Do Wilton Candy Melts Contain Gluten?
Do Wilton Candy Melts contain gluten?
Save any non-chocolate Halloween candy left over from your hand-outs or collected from what your children have received and will not eat. Place it into a self-seal plastic bag and put it in the freezer to save for next year. I have done this for the past few years and when the season rolls around each October, I'm all set. I've never had to purchase another bag of candy.
Why Chew a Whole Piece of Gum?
When I was a girl, my mother drove me nuts because when I asked for gum, she always tore it in half. NOW, guess who's following her mom's frugal ways?
Don't Make Divinity or Fudge In Wet Weather
Don't try to make divinity or fudge when it's raining cats and dogs! In my previous life (young and dumb as opposed to old-er and smart) I tried to make divinity and totally burned up a mixer trying to get it firm, wound up eating it with a spoon.
Molding Candy Melt Suckers and Favors
For Easter, I molded candy melt suckers for my grandchildren. It was very simple and I painted the details on them by mixing food colors to the melted candy and painted them on with a fine tipped art brush.
French Taffy At Vermont Country Store
This is for all the folks who wanted a site to buy French Taffy. I am looking at the candy and it is at www.vermontcountrystore.com.
In 'What Is Boxing Day?' under Featured Articles someone asked how long can chocolate be frozen. Chocolate should not be frozen. When you thaw it out it develops 'bloom', that white/yellow coating.
Chocolate Chips Turned White in Freezer
I had several packages of semi-sweet chocolate morsels (chocolate chips) that I put in the freezer. I took them out a few days ago hoping to make fudge. The chips had turned whitish. Can they still be used?
Peanut Butter Fudge Not Hardening
How can I salvage Peanut Butter Fudge that has not hardened?
Does anyone have recipes for sugar-free candies?
Remedy For Melted Chocolate Candy Bar
Recently on vacation my husband had bought a package of mini candy bars; we were sight-seeing and when we returned to the car, the candy bars were melted.
How To Make Seals For Hershey Kisses
Does anyone know how to make the seals for the bottoms of Hershey kisses?
My Candied Walnuts are seizing up! I got a really simple recipe for spicy candied walnuts, for my salads and snacking. I made a small batch the first time and really liked them, they came out with that hard crack type shell.
Problems Making White Chocolate Fudge
My white chocolate fudge always falls apart while trying to cut it and it's very grainy.
Great Fudge Making Tip. Fudge is easier to cut if you first remove it from the pan. You can do this with a little preparation ahead of time. Butter your pan, and then lay a strip of waxed paper across the pan about 4 - 6 inches wide and long enough to stick out over the edge on each side.
The Best S'mores Ever Recipe. Instead of using a Hershey's candy bar, try using a Reeses peanut butter cup. . .
I would like to know what I have to use to color white melts? I need yellow. Any help will be appreciated.
Making Candy When It is Raining
With Christmas coming so soon there are many who like to make candy. One tip that is very important, and depends much of the time on the climate where you live, is to not make candy if it's raining outside...
The candy molds are great for decorating cakes. Use candy melt chocolate (chocolate made specifically for making candy in molds). After holidays, the colored candy melts go on sale for real cheap.
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10 Ways to Use Extra Candy Canes
If you're wondering what to do with all those extra candy canes, here are a few ideas you might want to try.
Craft: Easter Gingerbread House
We have always made Ginger bread houses at Christmas time. I've had so much fun making them over the years that I decided to carry it over to Easter. Here is my first creation, the house of Mr. Easter Bunny himself.
<img src="/images/articles/winner.jpg" width="72" height="77" align="left">Here is a great tradition that our family has been doing for years now. It all started about 50 years ago when I decide to make a gingerbread house for Christmas. My first ones were fairly simple but over the years have gotten more complicated and quite intricate. Now, as was bound to happen, the kids and grandkids and even my great grandson have taken over.
