Vinegar Candy

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Ingredients for Memere's Vinegar Candy: Brown Sugar, Water, Vinegar and Vanilla Flavoring.

For a PDF printable copy of this recipe click HERE.

Merry Christmas December 25th!

Peanut Butter Bonbons

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Ingredients for Peanut Butter Bonbons: Peanut Butter, Butter or Margarine, Confectioner's Sugar, Crispy Rice Cereal, Butterscotch Pieces & Semi-Sweet Chocolate Pieces.
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Make Your Own Inexpensive Candy & Cookie Coating

To go along with Memere's extensive cookie recipes I found this recipe for chocolate coating at Happy Bird's Crafting Haven on the internet. It's a good time to post it before the Christmas season.

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You might like to visit Happy Birds Crafting Haven to see many more Christmas ideas.

White Fudge

White Fudge Ingredients: Sugar, Flour, Cream of Tatar, Salt, Evaporated Milk, Vanilla, Butter, Nuts & One Jar Fluff.

Peter Paul Mounds Candy & Almond Joy(s)

Here are still more coconut delights! These are always great... whether you buy them at the store or make 'em your self!








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Ingredients for Peter Paul Mounds & Almond Joy: Condensed Milk, Vanilla, Sugar, Coconut, Chocolate Chips and Dry Roasted Almonds.






While looking around the Log House Coconut website I noticed that they have both Chocolate & Vanilla Almond Bark. Many of Memere's cookie & candy recipes call for chocolate bark. So here is another location to find it on the web. :-)






Finally... I just had to share THIS...
There are some really creative ideas on the Log House site.
Can you picture a whole army of these FUN PARTY MICE for your Halloween party?







RIGHT MOUSE CLICK on the photos to navigate to Log House site.

George's Fudge

This recipe from George makes a LOT of fudge. It is similar to Memere's Fudge but I think that it will need a slightly larger pan to accommodate all the ingredients. There was no second page to the recipe so... the second page is from another fudge recipe. It should be accurate information except that there is no pan size.

The recipe calls for condensed milk. I like Pet Milk Brand Condensed milk. They have some delicious mouthwatering recipes! Right mouse click on the Pet Milk can to navigate to their website. You will find all the recipes shown in the photo.

Creamy Fudge - Eagle Brand Milk Recipe

Here is another fudge recipe saved by Memere. She loved to make fudge!
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Ingredients for Creamy Fudge - Eagle Brand Milk Recipe: Candy Coating, condensed Milk, Half & Half OR Milk, Vanilla, Salt & Chopped Nuts.

The Eagle Brand Chocolate Candy Coating is now very hard to find so here is a Link. Right mouse click on the photo.

You can use another brand of Chocolate Bark as a substitute. I have used Plymouth Pantry with good results. Right mouse click on the photo if you would like to see which BIG BOX Store carries it!

Finally here in Southern New England, Hood is probably the best known milk producer around, and yes, they have many more recipes for you to peruse.

Right mouse click on their Products Photo to navigate to their website.

Cookie Candies

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Ingredients for Cookie Candies: Butter, Sugar, Vanilla, Flour, Salt, Rolled Oats, Chocolate Chips, Coconut, Chopped Nuts, Chocolate Shots & Sprinkles.

Did you know that Durkee not only produces fine herbs & seasonings, they also produce baking AND Dec-A-Cake products?

Right Mouse click on the photo below to navigate to their website for more recipes .

Fondantly Fun Candy! BASIC FONDANT

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Ingredients for Basic Fondant: Confectioners Sugar, Unsalted Butter, Light Corn Syrup, Vanilla & A Dash of Salt.

Chewy Coconut Centers

I remember Memere telling me that if it weren't for her sweet tooth, she would have disappeared. The incredible number of candy & cookie recipes that were in her recipe box are proof of that!

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Ingredients for Chewy Coconut Centers: Light Corn Syrup, Marshmallows, Coconut, Vanilla, Almond Extract & Dipping Chocolate.

Memere LOVED coconut & often ordered it from Bob's Red Mill because they had a Wheat-Free packaging facility. These candies are great for those who have Ciliac disease or are gluten intolerant.
Below are two more Gluten-Free sweet recipes.

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Bob's Red Mill has MANY gluten free products. Right mouse click on the bag to navigate to BobsRedMillDotCom to see their recipes & products.

Caramel Pecan Treasures

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Ingredients For Caramel Pecan Treasures: Butter, Light Brown Sugar, Vanilla Extract, Flour, Chocolate Chips, Shortening, Caramels & Pecans.

Candy Coated Pretzels or Fruit

This simple method of melting candy coating is so versatile , you can coat just about anything you can dream of. I was introduced to chocolate dipped Sandwich Cookies this past year. YUM! They seemed so special but really took little time. This recipe calls specifically for Eagle Brand Candy Coating. Unfortunately it seems that the product may have been discontinued. You can easily substitute Wilton's candy melts, Chocolate Bark, or any brand of chocolate coating wafers. They can be found at some of the big box stores as well as some craft stores. If you can't find them locally follow some of the links below. Have Fun Playing With This!

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Ingredients For Candy Coated Pretzels or Fruit: Eagle Brand Candy Coating , Pretzels, Fruit, Candy, Cookies or use your imagination.

To find Eagle Brand Candy Coating Click the coating picture above.

Click the coloful wafers to find multicolor candy coating wafers on line.

Click Above to Find Wilton Brand Candy Melts on Line.

Best Ever Caramels!

This is one of the many recipes & cooking tips that Memere clipped from the Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Boyton Beach. Click on the Sun-Sentinel logo below to visit their on-line food & dining section.

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Ingredients For Best Ever Caramels: Sugar, Brown Sugar, Butter, Milk, Whipping Cream, Light Corn Syrup & Vanilla Flavoring.

Pralines & Cinnamon Pecans

Slightly different from Candied Pecans, Pralines & Cinnamon Pecans were sometimes found on Memere's Holiday Tray Master List. The yummy picture below is from the Food Network. Click on the photo & find their praise-worthy Praline Recipe.

The Cream Pralines recipe below was found in one of Memere's vintage (1951) Candy Books. It seems surprisingly similar to her partial Candied Pecans recipe. Also shown, is her favorite Cinnamon Pecans recipe.

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Ingredients for Cinnamon Pecans: Pecan Halves, Evaporated Milk, Sugar, Cinnamon, Water, Vanilla.

Candied Pecans

Memère’s Master List of Goodies, for Christmas gift giving, was the very first post on this blog. All recipe posts so far have been following this list. Imagine my surprise when the only hand-written recipe for Candied Pecans was the one below. I believe that there was more to it than Memère wrote down. Perhaps someone else in the family has the remainder of this recipe.

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Ingredients For Candied Pecans: Brown Sugar, Butter, Confectioner's Sugar & Pecan Halves.

Rocky Road Candy

This is probably the FASTEST of all the candies on Mom's annual Christmas Tray list. It is so simple that she actually simplified the recipe to contain only 8 words. The remainder of the recipe she kept in her head.

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Ingredients For Rocky Road Candy: Raisins, Nuts, Miniature Marshmellows & Melted Chocolate.

The second version above, of the ROCKY ROAD CANDY RECIPE was also found in her recipe box. It originated from the SunSentinal Newspaper of Palm Beach in the Boynton Beach Edition. You can find lots of other great recipes at their website! Just Click on the photo below to open their Food section with their latest recipes. The flowerless chocolate cake pictured is featured as you scroll down the page. This recipe is outrageously rich but suitable for those with Celiac disease or allergies to gluten or flour.

Penuche Fudge

Penuche Fudge is one of Ken's favorites. His mother made it frequently, so when Memère came to visit & offered to make this, he was in heaven! Here are two versions. The "Abby" version is one that Memere saw fit to cut from a magazine. Thanks Abby, whoever you are. Please let me know if this is your version.

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Ingredients for Penuche Fudge: Whipping Cream, Light Corn Syrup, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Butter, White Chocolate & Pecans.

Snickers Bars or Pieces Recipe

Here's a great from scratch recipe for Snicker's Type candy bars. This recipe is the one that passed the test & was allowed on the annual Christmas gift tray. The caramels referred to in the recipe, are the ones pictured below. Click on the picture to link to more Kraft Caramel recipes!

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Snicker's Bars Ingredients: Light Corn Syrup, Butter, Vanilla, Peanut Butter, Salt, Confectioners Sugar, Dry Roasted Peanuts, Caramel & Chocolate Chips.

Memere's Fudge

I remember Memere making this fudge since I was a kid. It is my all time favorite! It has a unique consistancy when it is made properly. Timing is everything. Be sure to test accurately for soft ball stage.

The recipe is believed to be an original “Off-The-Jar” Fluff recipe from the 50's or 60's, but it can’t be found on their site. Click here if you would like to see all of Fluff’s best recipes on line.

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Ingredients for Memere's Fudge: Sugar, Milk, Salt, Cocoa, Vanilla, Walnuts & Marshmallo Fluff.