Candy: Most Popular Articles

Soft-Crack Stage
The definition of Soft-Crack Stage - From the Candy Glossary at About.com.

Rock Candy
Rock candy is a simple sugar candy that doubles as a fascinating science experiment.

Toffee Candy Recipes
Here you will find an index of all toffee candy recipes.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Chocolate-covered strawberries make an easy and elegant candy dessert.

Uncooked Fondant
This is a quick and easy fondant recipe for making fondant and cream fillings.

A Guide to Chocolate
All about chocolate! This brief guide to different types of chocolate will familiarize you with some of the most common chocolate varieties.

Traditional Toffee
This traditional toffee recipe is easy, quick, and produces deliciously crunchy, rich toffee.

How to Melt Chocolate
Melting chocolate is essential for many candy recipes. Here you will learn different methods for melting chocolate successfully.

Carrot Cake Fudge
This easy microwave fudge recipe features shredded carrots, plump raisins, crunchy nuts, and the warm spiced taste of traditional carrot cake.

Caramel Candy Recipes
Here you will find an index of all caramel candy recipes.

Illustrated Candy Temperatures
An illustration of soft crack stage in candy making.

How to Make Rock Candy
This photo guide will show you how to make rock candy using step-by-step picture instructions. This rock candy recipe is simple and fun to make with children.

Tempering Chocolate
A detailed description of the chocolate tempering process, which produces professional-quality chocolate for candymaking.

Gummy & Gelatin Candy Recipes
Here you will find an index of all gummy and gelatin candy recipes.

English Toffee
This classic toffee is buttery and rich, and pairs very well with dark chocolate.

Basic Marzipan
This cooked marzipan recipe creates a product that is tasty and easy to mold and shape.

How to Make Toffee
This photo guide will show you how to make a classic toffee recipe using step-by-step photo illustrations.

How to Make Frosting Flowers
This photo tutorial demonstrates how to make simple frosting flowers using buttercream or royal icing.

How to Make Chocolate Curls
A picture guide showing how to make chocolate curls and how to use them to decorate pastries.

How to Make Frosting Roses
This photo tutorial will show you how to make frosting roses out of buttercream or royal icing.

Fudge Recipes
Here you will find an index of all fudge recipes.

How to Make Candy Sushi
This candy sushi recipe makes adorable sushi look-alikes from Rice Krispies, gummy worms, and other premade candies. This photo guide with step-by-step instructions will show you how to make perfect candy sushi.

How to Pull Taffy
A step-by-step illustrated guide to pulling taffy candy, beginning from a cooked sugar syrup and ending with beautiful pieces of taffy candy. Here you are shown how to boil the sugar syrup to the soft-crack stage.

Basic Fondant
This fondant recipe produces a smooth, sweet candy that can be used as the basis for an endless variety of fondant creams and candies.

Candy Recipe Index
Here you will find an index of all candy recipes, organized by candy type and special occasion.

Gummy Worms
Gummy worms are a fun childhood favorite that are easy to make at home. These wriggly worms are flavored with raspberry and orange juice.

Lollipops
Lollipops are an old-fashioned sugar candy favorite.

Soft Caramels
These soft caramels have a creamy, chewy texture that melts in your mouth and never sticks to your teeth.

Sugar Candy Recipes
Here you will find an index of all sugar and hard candy recipes.

Creamy Caramels
Rich and chewy golden caramels are so easy to make, you'll wonder why you ever suffered from rock-hard store-bought caramels.

Truffle Recipes
Here you will find an index of all truffle candy recipes.

Candy Temperature Guide
Here you can find a description of the various "stages" of candy and their corresponding temperatures. Knowing the temperature of your candy is essential to producing successful treats.

Gummy candies
These chewy gummies are incredibly easy to make, and are more flavorful than store-bought gummy candies.

How to Make Caramels
This photo tutorial will teach you how to make caramels using step-by-step instructions.

Sour Gummies
These mouth-puckering gummy candies can be made in any flavor you desire. Roll them in sugar to take the edge off their sourness.

Chocolate Candy Recipes
Here you will find an index of all chocolate candy recipes.

Candy Thermometer
Picture of candy thermometer.

How Chocolate is Made
Have you ever wondered how chocolate is made? This article will explain every step of the chocolate making process, from its roots as the cacao bean to finished chocolate bars.

Fixing Chocolate Mistakes
Chocolate is temperamental and is prone to overheating or seizing if not handled properly. Here's how you can salvage chocolate mistakes.

Fondant and Cream Candies
Here you will find an index of all fondant and cream candy recipes.

Basic Marshmallows
These light, fluffy marshmallows are perfect for eating plain or using in any recipe that calls for marshmallows.

Candy for Beginners
If you are interested in making candy at home, these tips and instructions will provide all the information you need to get started making delicious sugar and chocolate candies.

Chocolate Caramel Candy Bars
Chocolate, caramel and cashews combine in this sinfully delicious miniature candy bar.

How to Make Royal Icing
This is a royal icing recipe and photo tutorial showing step-by-step instructions for making royal icing.

Candy Factory Tours
Ever wanted to tour a real candy factory? Now's your chance! This list covers candy factory tours across America. Tour a candy factory or chocolate factory for free, and enjoy the samples, too!

Candy Sushi
This candy sushi recipe makes adorable sushi look-alikes from Rice Krispies, gummy worms, and other premade candies.

Licorice Chews
These black licorice squares are subtly scented with anise and have the smooth, creamy texture and mellow flavor of caramel candy.

Turtle Candy
Turtle Candies get their name from their whimsical turtle shape. The combination of toasted pecans, soft caramel and smooth chocolate is impossible to resist.

Sea Salt Caramels
The combination of smooth, sweet caramel, crunchy salt crystals, and bittersweet chocolate may sound unusual, but it makes these candies impossible to put down.

Nougat Candy Recipes
Here is an index of all nougat candy recipes.

Chocolate Fashion Show 2006
Pictures of the Chocolate Fashion Show held at the 2006 New York Chocolate Show.

Marzipan Candy Recipes
Here you will find an index of all marzipan candy recipes.

Fruit Candy Recipes
Here you will find an index of all fruit candy recipes.

How to Make Spun Sugar
This photo guide shows how to make spun sugar. Spun Sugar creates a beautiful web of glossy sugar strands that can be used to decorate pastries.

Huge Chocolate Kiss
This Huge Chocolate Kiss is a large-scale take on the familiar Hershey’s Kiss. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, or any occasion when a small “kiss” just won’t do.

Buckeyes
These peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate get their name from their resemblance to the nut of the buckeye tree.

Caramel Popcorn
This recipe for Caramel Popcorn produces golden popcorn with a crunchy, sweet caramel coating.

How to Make Fondant
This step-by-step photo guide explains how to make homemade fondant, using a basic fondant recipe. The resulting fondant can be used for cream centers, dipped fondant candies, rolled fondant, or poured fondant.

Oreo Truffles
This recipe for oreo truffles calls for only three ingredients. Kids can help roll the balls and coat the candies, and they’ll like the familiar taste of oreos in cookie form.

Marbled Strawberries
Strawberries dipped in white and dark chocolate make for a striking presentation and a delicious after-dinner treat.

Chocolate Tips
Here you will find articles explaining how to handle chocolate, including advice on how to chop, melt, temper, store, and select chocolate.

Strawberry Shortcake Truffles
Moist, tender cake and sweet berries are blended into a smooth truffle filling and covered in vanilla-scented white chocolate in this recipe for Strawberry Shortcake Truffles.

Candy Apples
Candy Apples feature a layer of crunchy cinnamon hard candy that coats a crisp, tart apple.

Old-Fashioned Butterscotch
Buttery, creamy, sweet and delicious, butterscotch is an old-fashioned favorite.

Marshmallow Candy Recipes
Here you will find an index of all marshmallow candy recipes.

Peanut Butter Fudge
Peanut butter is the star ingredient in this easy chocolate-free fudge.

Cream Cheese Mints
Cream Cheese Mints are popular for showers, weddings, and holidays. The bite-sized candies feature a delicious combination of cream cheese and pure peppermint flavoring.

Mint Chocolate Cups
These dark chocolate cups are filled with whipped white chocolate-mint ganache. These are delicious and indulgent enough to be a dessert course by themselves.

Maple Leaves
A simple boiled syrup recipe that produces sweet, slightly caramelized candies bursting with maple flavor.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
This recipe for peanut butter cups produces a delicious chocolate shell filled with smooth, creamy peanut butter.

Vanilla Caramels
Vanilla Caramels blend two classic tastes in this old-fashioned favorite.

Elegant Chocolate Boxes
Chocolate Candy Boxes are a delicious, beautiful way to package a gift. These delicate boxes are lovely when filled with edibles like candy, and they look equally elegant displaying jewelry or other small gifts.

Dulce de Leche Candy
Dulce de Leche is a rich, creamy caramelized milk candy made entirely from condensed milk.

Chocolate Caramel Apples
Crisp apples are covered with a layer of caramel, a layer of chocolate, and a coating of chopped candy bars.

Fruit Jellies
Fruit juice and gelatin form the basis for these simple, flavorful candies.

Double Fruit Jellies
Chewy, sweet and tart, these beautiful two-toned jellies feature two layers flavored with real fruit juice.

A Guide to Cream
A brief guide to the various types of cream available.

Chocolate-Dipped Honeycomb
Crunchy, chewy, and sweet, honeycomb is a fragrant candy with an unusual texture. It’s even better dipped in chocolate!

Cinco de Mayo Candy Recipes
Every Cinco de Mayo deserves a party, and every Cinco de Mayo party deserves candy! Try these delicious Mexican-inspired candy recipes for your next Cinco de Mayo get-together.j

Candy Recipes A -E
Candy recipes of all types--find candy recipes for chocolate, fudge, truffles, fondant, and more! Browse our free candy recipes, including candy for holidays, kid's treats, and healthy candy.

German Chocolate Fudge
These gooey, delicious bars are a cross between cake, fudge, and truffles, and feature decadent coconut-pecan frosting.

How to Make Marshmallows
This photo tutorial will show you how to make marshmallows using step-by-step illustrated instructions. The marshmallow recipe used here produces light, fluffy marshmallows lightly scented with vanilla, but you can use any other flavors you desire.

Candy Recipes S - Z
Candy recipes of all types--find candy recipes for chocolate, fudge, truffles, fondant, and more! Browse our free candy recipes, including candy for holidays, kid's treats, and healthy candy.

Lollipop Molds
lollipop molds for candymaking

Licorice Gummies
Licorice Gummies combine the flavors of anise and cherry for a fun, vibrant red licorice candy.

Candy Recipes F - M
Candy recipes of all types--find candy recipes for chocolate, fudge, truffles, fondant, and more! Browse our free candy recipes, including candy for holidays, kid's treats, and healthy candy.

Buttery Nut Toffee
This recipe for Buttery Nut Toffee produces a rich, dark toffee studded with crunchy nuts. An optional dipping of melted chocolate adds a smooth, sweet finishing touch.

How to Make Nougat
This photo tutorial will show you how to make nougat using step-by-step illustrated instructions. The nougat recipe used here produces a chewy, delicately scented sweet confection studded with three kinds of crunchy nuts.

How to Make Truffles
This photo guide will show you how to make truffles with step-by-step picture illustrations. This dark chocolate truffle recipe is easy to make but tastes sinfully delicious.

Caramel Truffles
Caramel Truffles improve on traditional truffles by using a base of homemade caramel to give the candies warmth and depth of flavor.

Chocolate-Dipped Marshmallows
Marshmallows are even better when dipped in chocolate! Use purchased or homemade marshmallows for the quick and easy treat.

Chocolate Marshmallows
Dark cocoa powder and a chocolate coating give these velvety chocolate marshmallows deep, dark chocolate taste.

Candy Recipes N - R
Candy recipes of all types--find candy recipes for chocolate, fudge, truffles, fondant, and more! Browse our free candy recipes, including candy for holidays, kid's treats, and healthy candy.

Candy Scoops
Candy scoops used to make truffles and other round candies.

Chocolate-Covered Cherries
These elegant candies are time-consuming but rewarding. Chewy cherries, sweet fondant and dark chocolate combine in this classic dessert.

Dark Chocolate Truffles
Dark chocolate and cream come together to form divine, melt-in-your-mouth dark chocolate truffles.

How to Dip Truffles
This step-by-step tutorial explains how to dip truffles and other candy centers in chocolate for beautiful professional results.

How to Store Chocolate
Chocolate will keep for months if stored properly. Here you will learn how to store chocolate to ensure its quality.

Sugar-free Gummy Candy
These gummies have all of the taste but none of the sugar of the storebought originals.

Spun Sugar
Spun Sugar creates a beautiful web of glossy sugar strands that can be used to wrap or top pastries to produce a beautiful, professional appearance.

Caramel Apples
This recipe for decadent caramel candy apples is quick and easy to make.

How to Handle Nuts
Nuts are a great addition to candy, and it is important to know how to properly skin, chop, roast, and store all types of nuts.

Microwave Fudge
Microwave Fudge is an easy recipe that comes together in a snap. A few ingredients and a microwave are all that's required to make this rich, creamy fudge.

Strawberry Marshmallows
Fresh strawberry puree makes these fluffy, heavenly marshmallows burst with fruit flavor. The texture of these marshmallows is amazing—they are so light, they give no resistance when you bite into them, and they practically melt in your mouth.

Almond Toffee
This almond toffee is the ultimate in decadence! Rich and buttery, it is sandwiched between two chocolate layers and is brimming with toasted almond flavor.

Candy Molds
candy molds for candy making

Dark Chocolate
The definition of Dark Chocolate - From the Candy Glossary at About.com.

Royal Icing
This simple royal icing recipe produces a white, hard icing that can be used to decorate candies, cookies, cakes, and gingerbread houses.

Making Candied Citrus Peel
Candied citrus peel is delicious by itself or as an ingredient in other candies. This photo guide with step-by-step instructions will show you how to make perfect candied citrus peel.

Chocolate Plastic
This recipe for Chocolate Plastic produces a delicious, versatile chocolate paste that can be used to decorate cakes, petit fours, and many other pastries.

Strawberry Jujubes
These chewy, fruity gelatin-based treats take their name from the store-bought candy, often sold in movie theaters.

Vanilla Nougat
This classic nougat features white chocolate and vanilla flavoring.

Cinnamon Gumdrops
Spicy, sweet, and chewy, cinnamon gumdrops are a fun twist on the traditional fruit-flavored gumdrop.

Aztec Truffles
Dark chocolate truffles scented with orange, cinnamon, and a hint of chile.

Chocolate Coconut Haystacks
Who knew two simple ingredients could be so good together? Toasted chocolate and coconut are a match made in heaven in this quick and easy drop candy.

Candied Citrus Peel
Orange, lemon, or grapefruit peel can be candied to make a deliciously fresh, zesty treat.

Candy Cups
Paper cups for storing and serving candies.

Penuche Fudge Recipe
Penuche, or panocha, is a brown sugar fudge candy that is popular in Mexico and many parts of the United States. These sweet squares are packed with toasted pecans for a savory crunch.

How to Make Fudge
This photo tutorial will give you step-by-step illustrations showing how to make old-fashioned fudge. This chocolate fudge recipe produces a rich, sweet fudge studded with nuts.

Candy Bar Fudge
Rich chocolate, gooey caramel, and crunchy nuts combine to form decadent Candy Bar Fudge.

Ribbon Candy
Ribbon candy is an old-fashioned favorite. This hard candy recipe is a traditional pulled candy that can be colored and flavored in any way you like.

Powdered Sugar Replacement
Describes how to create a powdered sugar replacement from Splenda sugar substitute.

Brown Sugared Walnuts
Toasted walnuts are coated with brown sugar and sour cream for a darkly sweet, tangy taste.

Violet Creams
This fondant-based candy has a soft floral scent and a delicate taste.

Chocolate-Dipped Pretzels
chocolate-dipped pretzels, recipe, how to make, chocolate pretzels

Dark Toffee
Brown sugar and molasses give this special toffee recipe a deep, dark taste.

Almond Roca
Homemade Almond Roca candy is even better than the storebought version! This combination of roasted almonds, crunchy toffee and semisweet chocolate is a winner.

Lemon Cheesecake Truffles
Lemon Cheesecake Truffles have the rich, tangy taste of cream cheese paired with vibrant citrus flavor and a coating of graham cracker crumbs.

Chocolate Toffee Bars
Chocolate Toffee Bars combine the best of both worlds: crunchy, sweet toffee and smooth, bittersweet chocolate.

Chocolate Fondant
Uncooked fondant gets a boost from the addition of melted semisweet chocolate.

Glazed Strawberries
Glazed strawberries are fresh berries coated with a shiny candy shell, and they make a gorgeous addition to a fruit platter, fruit tart, or berry cake.

Cream Fondant
This fondant recipe doesn’t require any cooking and produces a smooth and creamy fondant, perfect for rolling and cutting into shapes.

Zebra Truffles
Zebra Truffles consist of a molded white chocolate shell encasing a creamy, dark chocolate ganache center.

Peanut Brittle
Peanut brittle is a classic with a crunchy texture and rich, nutty taste.

Sweet Honey Nougat
Honey and nuts are a classic pairing that enliven this delicious nougat recipe.

How to Select Chocolate
How should you select chocolate for candymaking? Here are some suggestions for choosing different types of chocolate.

Chocolate Equipment
Making chocolate candies does not require a great deal of special equipment, but there are a few tools that will make your chocolate work easier.

Licorice Lollipops
Anise-flavored lollipops are a fun take on traditional black licorice candy recipes.

Brown Butter Fudge
Brown Butter Fudge is a twist on traditional butter-based fudges. The butter in this recipe is browned first, to give it a slightly nutty, caramelized taste.

German Chocolate Toffee
The classic German chocolate flavors of coconut and toasted pecans are paired with sweet dark chocolate in this rich, buttery toffee.

Chocolate Fondant Cups
In this recipe for Chocolate Fondant Cups, creamy dark chocolate fondant is poured into candy cups and topped with a toasted pecan.

Divinity
Light and fluffy, divinity is a classic!

Dark Chocolate Nougat
Dark chocolate nicely counteracts the sweetness of the nougat, making for a chewy, flavorful treat.

Nut Candy Recipes
Here you will find an index of all nut candy recipes.

Persian Pistachio Nougat
This traditional nougat recipe features the flavors of pistachios and delicate rosewater.

Rocky Road Candy
Rocky Road candy features dark chocolate, chewy marshmallows and toasted nuts. Quick and easy!

How to Flavor Chocolate
Chocolate pairs well with a wide variety of flavors. Here you will find how to flavor chocolate with extracts and oil-based flavorings.

White Chocolate Citrus Truffle
Lemon and orange-scented white chocolate truffles are refreshingly light and smooth.

How to Chop Chocolate
In order to melt or temper chocolate, it first has to be chopped. Here is how to properly chop blocks or bars of chocolate.

Dipping Tools
Picture of candy dipping forks.