Super EASY Gourmet Chocolate Fudge

Chocolate fudge

  The basic recipe can be found all over the internet BUT this recipe has been modified to include PREMIUM CHOCOLATE! The difference is out of this world.  Resist the temptation to use chocolate chips. The results will not be the same!         The Ingredients: 18 ounces PREMIUM chocolate  (Flavor of your [...]

October-National Dessert Month and National Apple Month

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Did you know that OCTOBER is National Dessert month AND National Apple Month?? So…. What can we as candy makers do to celebrate? For starters lets celebrate both and give a DOUBLE DIPPED CHOCOLATE CARAMEL APPLE to our favorite teacher? Postman-lady, and/or neighbor?? October begins the season of yummy comfort foods, entertaining and celebrating with [...]

Dble Dipped Caramel & Chocolate Apples

DBL-dipped Apple

Who can resist a super huge, double dipped Granny Smith Apple. Its a confection reminiscent of Fall and a favorite of almost everyone. What’s not to like?? Fresh crisp apple, rich, yummy, home made soft caramel coated in PURE gourmet chocolate! From there let you creative confectionery mind go wild! Our example has a final roll in chocolate chips!! [...]

CLASSIC CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE

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Truffles are one of the simplest and richest confections you can make. Chocolate blended with heavy cream coated in more delicious chocolate, how could you ever go wrong? The answer is… you can’t! You can only make it better! Enhance this CLASSIC TRUFFLE recipe with flavorings, fruits, nuts, liquors  etc.  Let your taste buds and imagination guide [...]

Selecting the best Chocolate for your recipe

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Review of best chocolates for candy making. Learn how to select the right chocolate for your recipe.

Fool Proof Peanut Brittle

P-Nut Brittle

Microwave Peanut Brittle, fast and easy! Make delicious Peanut Brittle in 10 minutes! Peanut Brittle is one of those confections that brings back fond childhood memories, satisfies a sweet tooth and puts a smile on everyone’s face. Here is a recipe that is easy and fast. Traditional Brittle recipes can be tricky and often take more time than [...]

Share your Family Tradition

Whether it’s a long standing recipe for P-Nut brittle that you make just once a year, or the annual holiday shopping weekend in the city,  we look forward to those special events year after year. We pass them down to our Children and Grand Children and each year they become more precious. Please share your family [...]

Brandini Toffee- Wiz Kids

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Teens create a thriving candy business. Meet the Brandini Toffee creators. They started their business to raise money for a school trip to Italy. Three years later the business is going strong and has a store,factory and many large wholesale accounts.

Truffle Weekend Sisters Tradition

Gourmet candy making

Each year my sisters, our mother, daughters, granddaughters and close friends gather for three days to produce a bounty of gourmet confections unlike any other time of year. It is an incredible reunion and moment of sisterhood, a time to catch up and share and is an experience we all treasure.

Tempering Chocolate, Step by Step VIDEO

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Learn how to temper real chocolate by hand. Easy step by step video shows you how to work with REAL chocolate and have delicious results.