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Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
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Recipe Type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • 1 12 oz. package of milk chocolate chips.
  • 1 can of condensed milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 C. peanut butter chips
  • 1 C. chopped nuts
Instructions
  1. In a heavy sauce pan over low heat melt chocolate chips with condensed mil. and vanilla extract.
  2. Stir frequently until melted.
  3. Remove from heat and aff peanut butter chips and nuts.
  4. Stir just enough to distribute the chips throughout the mixture.
  5. Spread evenly into an aluminum foil lined 8 inch square pan.
  6. Chill for two hours or until firm.
  7. Turn fudge out onto a cutting board and peal off the foil.
  8. Cut into squares.
  9. Store covered at room temperature.

 

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Pulled Taffy

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Pulled Taffy
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Recipe Type: Candy
 
Ingredients
  • 3 C. sugar
  • ½ C. vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp. butter
  • ½ C. water
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
Instructions
  1. Boil the sugar, vinegar, butter and water until the mixture turn brittle when dropped into cold water.
  2. Remove from heat and add vanilla and baking soda.
  3. Pour onto a buttered platter.
  4. Turn in edges when cool and pull until white and brittle.

 

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Holiday Fudge

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Holiday Fudge
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Recipe Type: chocolate
 
Ingredients
  • 4 C. Sugar
  • 1⅔ C. Evaporated Milk
  • ½ C. butter
  • 1 pint marshmallow cream
  • 12 oz. semi sweet chocolate pieces
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 C. nuts (optional)
Instructions
  1. Cook sugar, milk and butter until it reaches the soft ball stage (236 F).
  2. Remove from heat and remaining ingredients.
  3. Beat until all of the chocolate pieces have melted.
  4. Pour into a greased 13x9x2 inch pan.
  5. Cool and cut into pieces.

 

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Granny’s Peanut Brittle

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Granny’s Peanut Brittle
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Recipe Type: candy
 
Ingredients
  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup white Karo syrup
Instructions
  1. In a large saucepan, combine sugar, water and karo syrup.
  2. Using a candy thermometer, Cook to 250 degrees F. , add raw peanuts and stir.
  3. Bring to 325 degrees F. and remove from heat.
  4. Add 2 Tbsp butter 1½ tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt Stir.
  5. Add 1 Tbsp soda and pour into buttered pan.
  6. Allow to cool completely and crack into pieces.

 

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Microwave Caramels

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Microwave Caramels
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Recipe Type: dessert
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Ingredients
  • ¼ C. butter
  • ½ C. sugar
  • ½ C. brown sugar
  • ½ C. light Karo syrup
  • ½ C. sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a large microwave safe dish.
  2. Cook for 6 minutes, stirring every two minutes.
  3. Stir and pour in a shallow, lightly greased casserole dish.
  4. Allow to cool completely.
  5. Cut and wrap individual pieces in waxed paper.
  6. Store in an airtight container.

 

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Homemade Almond Joys/Mounds

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Homemade Almond Joys/Mounds
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Recipe Type: Candy
 
Ingredients
  • ½ c white Karo (corn) syrup
  • ¼ t salt
  • 10 large marshmallows (exactly 10 or the consistency is off)
  • 2 c coconut - its better if you chop it more finely
  • ½ t vanilla
  • roasted almonds
  • 1 bag Ghiradelli milk chocolate chips (they are worth the extra money)
Instructions
  1. In a heavy sauce pan (over medium on the stove) heat syrup, marshmallows, and salt until marshmallows are melted.
  2. Continue to stir over heat for one additional minute.
  3. Remove from stove and add coconut and vanilla.
  4. Stir well and transfer to a bowl to cool in the fridge. The mixture needs to get cool enough that it can be rolled into balls.
  5. In the meantime, melt the chocolate chips in a double broiler.
  6. Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.
  7. Roll the coconut mixture into small balls and press an almond into the top (optional).
  8. Dip each one in chocolate then let cool on wax paper over a chilled cookie sheet.
  9. For Homemade Mounds: omit the almond and use dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips.

 

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Chocolate Pretzel Rings

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Chocolate Pretzel Rings
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Recipe Type: Dessert
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Ingredients
  • 1 bag small pretzel rings
  • 1 bag Rolo or Reece's Peanut Butter Cups
  • M & M's to garnish, or a nut(just whatever)
  • paper cupcake liners
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 250.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Place pretzels on a the cookie sheet 1½ inches apart.
  4. Place pan in oven and heat for 3-4 minutes.
  5. Remove from oven and place a piece of candy in the center of each pretzel.
  6. Return to oven and bake 3-4 minutes, or until candy is soft, not melted.
  7. Remove from oven and garnish with whatever the occasion maybe.
  8. Cool.
  9. These can also be placed in a cupcake liner.

 

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Carmels

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Carmels
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Recipe Type: Candy
 
Ingredients
  • ½ Ib butter
  • 2 c light corn syrup
  • 2 c sugar
  • 2 cans sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ c sifted flour
  • 1 t vanilla
Instructions
  1. In a medium size pan, melt butter.
  2. Add corn syrup and sugar.
  3. Bring to a boil, and boil for 6 minutes, stirring constantly.
  4. Add 1½ cans of sweetened condensed milk. In a separate bowl, pour remaining sweetened condensed milk and add flour mixing well.
  5. Then slowly add to the heated mixture.
  6. Bring to a boil.
  7. Cook until 240 degrees or until it forms a medium hard ball, stirring constantly.
  8. Pour into a well buttered 9×13 pan.
  9. Let cool.
  10. Cut into desired size.
  11. I like 1 inch pieces. Wrap in plastic wrap or wax paper.
  12. Makes 5 dozen.

 

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Peppermint Patties

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Peppermint Patties
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Recipe Type: Dessert
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Serves: 10-20
 
Ingredients
  • 14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 tbsp. peppermint extract
  • 6 c. confectioners sugar
  • Additional confectioners sugar
  • 1½ lbs. semi sweet chocolate chips, melted
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, extract and sugar and mix until smooth.
  2. Turn out mixture onto surface well sprinkled with confectioners sugar.
  3. Shape into 1-inch balls and place them on wax paper.
  4. Flatten each ball into an 1½-inch patty.
  5. Let dry one hour.
  6. Flip patties over and allow second side to dry for an additional hour.
  7. Melt the chocolate chips in a double broiler and dip each pattie into the chocolate.
  8. Allow to dry on waxed paper.

 

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Peanut Brittle

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Peanut Brittle
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Recipe Type: Dessert
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Serves: 10
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups raw peanuts
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup white Karo syrup
Instructions
  1. Butter a cookie sheet and set aside.
  2. Mix water, sugar, peanuts, and syrup in a large sauce pan and bring to a boil.
  3. Cook on high heat until candy thermometer reaches hard crack stage (310°F). Remove from heat.
  4. Quickly stir in butter first and then add the baking soda and stir until dissolved.
  5. Pour the mixture on the buttered cookie sheet and allow to coll for at least an hour. Mixture will harden as it cools.
  6. Break into pieces and serve.

 

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Coconut Delights

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Coconut Delights
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Recipe Type: Dessert
 
Ingredients
  • 3 squares semi-sweet chocolate
  • 3 tbsp. butter
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 1 (10 oz.) bag miniature marshmallows
  • 1 pkg. coconut flakes
Instructions
  1. Melt together chocolate and butter.
  2. Stir in powdered sugar.
  3. Beat egg and add.
  4. Stir well.
  5. Mix in marshmallows.
  6. Butter clean hands.
  7. Roll mixture into two equal sized logs on wax paper.
  8. Roll in flaked coconut until well coated.
  9. Seal rolls in wax paper and refrigerate overnight.
  10. The next day, slice rolls into ½ inch slices as needed.

 

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Quick toffee

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Quick toffee
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Recipe Type: Candy
 
Ingredients
  • 1 C. sugar
  • 3 tbsp. water
  • 1 tbsp. Karo syrup
  • 1½ C. butter
  • ¾ C. nuts
  • ½ C. chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Place sugar, water, syrup and butter in a pan.
  2. Cook to hard crack stage using a candy thermometer.
  3. In the bottom of an 8x8 pan, place nuts and chocolate chips.
  4. Pour the candy mixture over the top of the nut mixture.
  5. Let candy harden and turn out of pan.

 

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Easy Turtles

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Easy Turtles
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Recipe Type: Candy
 
Ingredients
  • 1 C. square pretzels
  • 1 C. Rolo's candy
  • 1 C. pecan halves
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350
  2. Place the pretzels on a cookie sheet and top each with a Rolo candy.
  3. Place in the oven for about 30 seconds until the chocolate looks shinny.
  4. Pull out of the oven and press a pecan half into the Rolo.
  5. Allow to cook before serving

 

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Rock Candy

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Rock Candy
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Recipe Type: candy
 
Ingredients
  • 2 c. sugar
  • ½ c. corn syrup
  • ½ c. water
  • ½ tsp.
  • flavored oil
  • Food coloring
Instructions
  1. Cook the first three ingredients to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. A candy thermometer is required for this.
  2. Stir frequently to prevent burning.
  3. Remove from stove top as soon as it reaches 300 degrees and add flavored oil and food coloring.
  4. Pour quickly onto greased cookie sheet.
  5. Cool cool all the way and tap on the bottom of the cookie sheet. This will crack all of the candy into small bite sized pieces.
  6. Flavored oil can be purchased in the baking section of most grocery stores or can be purchased online at Lorann Oils. Oil can be any desired flavor.

 

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Triple Chocolate Fudge

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Triple Chocolate Fudge
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Recipe Type: Candy
 
Ingredients
  • ½ c. butter
  • 4½ c. sugar
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 4½ c. mini marshmallows
  • 2 c. chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
  • 1 12 oz. bar sweet baking chocolate, chopped
  • 2 1 oz. squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 c. nuts, chopped (Optional)
Instructions
  1. Line a brownie-sized baking pan with wax paper or foil, covering sides of pan. Spray with non-stick spray or grease foil with butter.
  2. Combine butter, sugar, and evaporated milk (do not use sweetened condensed milk) in a saucepan stirring over medium heat until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.
  3. While constantly stirring, turn to high heat and allow to reach a rolling boil. Once mixture is boiling, stop stirring and allow to boil for an additional 5 minutes, then remove pan from heat.
  4. Stir in marshmallows; when melted, add chocolate and continue to stir until all is melted and well combined. Stir in chopped nuts.
  5. Immediately spread mixture in the lined baking pan. Allow to cool before cutting.

 

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