Homemade Fifth Avenue Candy

My sister and brother-in-law make these delicious candies every year and often give them away in Christmas gifts. This year I was lucky enough to get to make them with my sister…..you should not expect any as gift this year as I brought most of them home with me (well, minus what we ate on [...]

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Homemade Candy: Peppermint Patties

I am very far behind on my Christmas shopping, candy making, and baking this year. In fact, I just made my very first batch of candy (okay, I technically tried to make two others but learned the hard way that both of my candy thermometers were no longer even close to accurate). Thus, I decided [...]

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Homemade Gifts of Candy: Coconut Filled Candy Bars

Another Spoiler Alert:  If you know me, you may see your Christmas present ahead. My husband’s aunt made wonderful filled chocolate candies.  She would give them as Christmas presents every year.  (She had to have made hundreds every year!)  Everyone looked forward to her delicious treats. She put together a recipe book a few years [...]

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Homemade Gifts of Candy: Chocolate Covered Cherries

Spoiler Alert: If you know me, you may be seeing your Christmas gift in this article. Although we don’t really know our neighbors across the road, they came by today and brought us Christmas Candy and a card. It was so nice of them! Ironically, we were just getting ready to make candy to give [...]

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Delicious Electric Skillet Fudge

There is no better sweet to me than good peanut butter fudge. However, I must admit that I am something of a peanut butter fudge snob. There are many peanut butter fudges sold in stores and market stands that I do not think taste good. To me a good peanut butter fudge is smooth, creamy [...]

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