Bruce Weinstein, author of The Ultimate Ice Cream Book, has the answer with this collection of confections. Try his rich chocolate truffles or any one of a dozen variations; sweet, chewy caramel with almonds or coconut; buttery pralines with crunchy pecans; or light-as-air divinity, nougat, and marshmallow. Craft your own candy Christmas ornaments to hang on your tree, pipe chocolate spiderwebs for a scary Halloween touch, or whip up meringue kisses for your honey on Valentine's Day. Bruce even offers step-by-step instructions for creating your own homemade versions of classic favorites like peanut butter cups, gummy bears, and chewing gum. If you have a sweet tooth or know someone who does, The Ultimate Candy Book -- filled with hundreds of year-round treats and gift-giving ideas -- is ultimately satisfying.

Winner of the 2018 International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook Award for "Baking" category This game-changing candy cookbook from the owner of Quin, a popular Portland-based candy company, offers more than 200 achievable recipes using real, natural ingredients for everything from flavor-packed fruit lollipops to light-as-air marshmallows. Chai Tea Lollipops, Honey and Sea Salt Marshmallows, Chocolate Pretzel Caramels, Cherry Cola Gumdrops—this is not your average candy, or your average candy book. Candy-maker extraordinaire Jami Curl breaks down candy making into its most precise and foolproof steps. No guess work, no expensive equipment, just the best possible ingredients and stop-you-in-your-tracks-brilliant flavor combinations. She begins with the foundations of candy; how to create delicious syrups, purees, and “magic dusts” that are the building blocks for making lollipops, caramels, marshmallows, and gummy candy. But even more ingeniously, these syrups, purees, and magic dusts can be used to make a myriad of other sweet confections such as Strawberry Cream Soda, Peanut Butter Hot Fudge, Marshmallow Brownies, and Popcorn Ice Cream. And what to do with all your homemade candy? Jami has your covered, with instructions for making candy garlands, tiny candy-filled pinatas, candy ornaments, and more—you are officially party ready. But this is just the tip of the deliciously sweet iceberg--packed with nearly 200 recipes, careful step-by-step instruction, tips for guaranteed success, and flavor guides to help you come up with own unique creations—Candy is Magic is a candy call to action!

Create your own delicious, gorgeous, and professional-quality candies with The Sweet Book of Candy Making. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned candy maker, you will find mouthwatering recipes and expert tips to inspire you—and satisfy your sweet tooth. Inside, you'll find: —Candy-making essentials: all you need to know about equipment, ingredients, and techniques, including step-by-step lessons on pulling taffy, rolling truffles, filling peanut butter cups, and more —More than 50 recipes for sugar candies, fondant, caramels, toffee, fudge, truffles, chocolates, marshmallows, and fruit and nut candies —Troubleshooting tips for each type of candy —How to perfect the classics you love, from English Toffee to Chocolate Fudge to Peanut Brittle —Try your hand at something new: Pistachio Marzipan Squares, Passion Fruit Marshmallows, Mango-Macadamia Nut Caramels, Lemon Meringue Lollipops, and more —Decorating techniques to show off your tasty results Get started in your kitchen with The Sweet Book of Candy Making!

Discover a delicious array of recipes in this classic 1917 cookbook, the first ever to contain recipes for cooking with chocolate This is a groundbreaking work first published in 1917 that features a variety of mouth-watering recipes for fudge, meringues, marshmallows, fondants, cakes, macaroons, and all kinds of other sweets. Reprinted in a beautiful edition, with brand new striking illustrations, this is a book both to treasure and to use practically, helped along the way with the handy lists of instructions and desirable utensils. Still as tasty today as when they were first published, these recipes display a perennial fascination with confectionary. Make Wild Rose Ornamental Frosting, Cream Butterscotch with Nuts, and perhaps even the intriguing Mushroom Meringues—all soon to become family favorites! Includes Imperial measures with conversion chart.

Sweets and candy are closely linked to some of our most positive experiences and life events. We love the cake on birthdays. The Easter bunny brings us sweet goodness baskets. Halloween's all for the candy. After the big game, everybody heads out for ice cream. What will be a beach trip without ice cream, saltwater taffy, and caramel corn? Through playing such an essential part in our happy moments, chocolate and sugar have been connected to happiness in our brains. Naturally, we equate sweets with positivity, such as happiness, warmth, affection, friendship, and family. When we're not happy, eating a piece of chocolate triggers the feel-good brain chemicals that give us a much-needed moment of joy in our usually stressful existence. You may feel like sugar makes life better, but now we've got evidence to back that up. Candy satisfaction is a real thing, and candy has real beneficial effects. Longitudinal research by the Harvard School of Public Health showed that people who enjoy sweets outlive those who don't. Reasonable candy consumption - one to three days a month - is correlated with the most significant health gain. Still, even those with a regular (not over-indulgent) intake have always lived longer. A gum stick - any gum, it's a chewing act - may boost your mood, relieve tension, increase your mental concentration, and even block pain. Chewing gum also raises serotonin levels. I've just thought that cotton candy was horrible to you, but according to Cornell University experts, cotton candy could create artificial blood vessels when it got melted. Okay, maybe it's not time to invest in a homemade cotton candy gadget, but yeah! We're going to take the good news that we can get this candy infested season! Candy is jammed full of mind-body benefits - and it also has exquisite tastes. When you're eating candy, its fantastic flavor which can bring you happiness. The bottom line of this is that chocolate does wonders for your mind, body, and emotions! This book includes: - Hard Candy Recipes - Truffles - Cola Sweets - Cotton Candy - Other Types of Candy - And so much more!! These are just some examples of the benefits that candies could provide us. So, if you want to explore and know more about our best home-cooked candy recipes, including the easy and beginner-friendly candy recipes. Then you definitely should grab this book now!!! No time should be wasted. Buy now!!

The Complete Photo Guide to Candy Making is your go-to handbook for all things confectionery. From the author that brought you The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating and The Complete Photo Guide to Cookie Decorating, this book shows you how to make the perfect candies, chocolates, chews, and caramels. For each technique, there is an overview of the tools and materials used and complete instructions with photos. The organization provides easy access to information with step-by-step directions and 650 full-color photos for clear understanding. More than 80 tried-and-true recipes allow the reader to try the techniques in each section. Whether you are looking to make gooey caramel for your pecan patties, or trying to mold the perfect chocolate truffle, author Autumn Carpenter will take you through every type of candy, with an introductory section on the basic tools, ingredients, and methods involved including: Chocolates, Brittles, Fudges, Caramels, Marshmallow, even decorations and candy clay!

The Ultimate Ice Cream Book contains enough recipes to fill your summer days with delicious frozen desserts -- but after acquainting yourself with this book's hundreds of tempting concoctions, you'll want to use it every day of the year. With over 500 recipes, author Bruce Weinstein has put together the most comprehensive cookbook of its kind, covering just about every conceivable flavor of ice cream, sorbet, and granita; dozens of different recipes for shakes, malts, and other cold drinks; how to make your own ice cream cones; and toppings galore. If you ever worried that you might not get full use out of your ice-cream maker, cast your doubts aside. Ice cream recipes feature such unusual flavors as lavender, chestnut, rhubarb, and Earl Grey tea. Even Weinstein's vanilla ice cream is anything but plain, with variations like Vanilla Crunch, Vanilla Rose, and Vanilla Cracker Jack. There is also a plethora of light, refreshing recipes for sorbets and granitas, with flavors like Apple Chardonnay, Coconut, and Kiwi. Top everything off with the author's recipes forhomemade sauces. Whether it's a special event or a midnight snack, The Ultimate Ice Cream Book has what you need to make any occasion a little sweeter.

Sally’s Candy Addiction is jam-packed with 75 brand-new homemade sweets, complete with easy-to-follow recipes and stunning photography. Oh how sweet it is! If you’re a sugar lover and have always wanted to learn the secret to making homemade taffy, truffles, fudge, marshmallows, and more, then look no further. Food blogger and baking addict Sally McKenney—author of Sally’s Baking Addiction and Sally’s Cooking Addiction—takes a trip into candy land with the mission to make candy making easy for everyone. Sally gets you started by reviewing the tools, ingredients, and basic knowledge you’ll need to make amazing candy. She then gives fully illustrated, step-by-step recipes for a range of different types of candy, including: Classics like Candy Apples and Popcorn Balls Chocolate-covered treats like Strawberry Buttercreams and Peanut Butter Buckeyes Truffles in flavors such as Nutella and Lemon Cream Pie A variety of caramels, toffees, and brittles Candied nuts and other sweet treats Oh-so-fabulous fudge in Fluffernutter Swirl, Cranberry Pistachio, Cookies ’n’ Cream, and more Find candy-perfecting tricks and make-ahead tips throughout, plus a whole chapter dedicated to baked desserts that incorporate popular candies, including Whoppers Chocolate Chip Cookies, Brown Butter Caramel Rolo Brownies, and Butterfinger Scotcheroos. Sally's top tip for making candy? Have fun. It’s candy!

Teaches children how to count from one to twelve using gummy bears, worms, fish, spiders, and dinosaurs

The ultimate materials for fun, whimsical crafting are right in your grocery store! From party decorations to children’s toys, from wearable art to cute gifts, you need look no further than your supermarket shelves for the materials to make these unique (and kid-friendly) food crafts. For special celebrations, rainy-day activities, and much more, treat yourself to the sweetest projects. Colorful candy canes are fashioned into heart-shaped necklaces, melted peppermints are molded into a festive bowl, cookies and ice cream cones are transformed into a fanciful castle, marshmallows are snipped into a polar bear, and gumdrops become everything from adorable frogs to bumblebees and ducks. Candy Aisle Crafts is packed with simple ideas for charming crafts that both kids and parents will love.