The History of Conversation Sweethearts It all started in the 1840s when a Boston pharmacist named Oliver Chase invented a machine that made it easier to create apothecary lozenges. Chase’s lozenge cutter is credited as the first American candy machine. He started off making medicinal lozenges for sore throats and bad breath, but later turned to creating candy. These candy […]
The process of caramelization primarily consists of heating sugars slowly to around 170 °C (340 °F). As the sugar heats, the molecule’s break down and re-form into compounds with a characteristic color and flavor. A variety of sweets, desserts, toppings, and confections are made with caramel, including tres leches cake, brittles, nougats, pralines, flan, creme brûlée, creme caramel and caramel […]
Christmas is only five days away. If you need a last minute sweet there are 15 below. Both microwave fudge and the microwave peanut brittle are super quick, easy and delicious! Hershey’s Chewy Brownie Cookies Buckeye Candy Snickerdoodle Cookies Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge Homemade Chocolate Fudge Chocolate Covered Pretzels Hershey’s Deep Dark Chocolate Cookies Christmas Cut […]
This was a fun place to read the labels of their products, the place was huge. My husband bought chocolate covered candy and by the time we got to the hotel it was soft. He put it in the refrigerator and the entire bag had melted together in one big clump, he threw it away. This was one of those […]
Do you want to make something fun with the kids or grandkids for Christmas? These are simple and fun to see how they turn out once you melt the Hugs Chocolate Candy on top of a salty pretzel. Top them off with a green or red M & M’s. If you would rather, you could use any of the Hugs […]
This is the easiest Microwave Peanut Brittle you will ever make! There is no candy thermometer needed for this delicious Peanut Brittle. You will wonder why you haven’t made it this way before. I have been making it this way since 1997 and I still can’t believe how easy it is. To see my step by step directions with pictures […]
CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS: I like to make my own chocolate covered pretzels because it is rare to find white chocolate covered pretzels, they always seem to have white yogurt covered and not white chocolate, to me there is no comparison. These can be made ahead of time and are great in little decorative bags or small containers to give as […]
Dark Chocolate is made from the seeds that are extracted from the cacao pod. The seeds are fermented, dried and roasted into cocoa beans. The shells of the bean are separated from the meat, or cocoa nibs. The cocoa nibs are ground into a liquid called chocolate liquor. They are separated from the fatty part or cocoa butter. The liquor […]
I first made this cake back in 2017 and have loved it ever since. A simple frosted cake with colored coconut for the grass, bunny peeps on the sides and chocolate eggs or jelly beans on top. It is sure to be a hit with kids of any age. To see my step by step directions with pictures and a […]
December 7th was National Cotton Candy Day so I thought I would share these fun facts. http://www.InDianesKitchen.com Image: http://www.pixabay.com Source: http://www.wikipedia.org