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Chocolate Truffles are the easiest homemade candies. You need just 4 ingredients to make a silky ganache base, then choose your favorite add-ins and toppings to customize the recipe. To make Chocolate Truffles you can simply make a basic 2-ingredient Chocolate Ganache recipe and roll it into balls. But that’s just the beginning of the …

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Homemade Vanilla Marshmallows are in another league from the store-bought kind. They’re not even from the same planet, as far as I’m concerned. Even if you think you don’t like marshmallows give these try. They just might change your mind. If you’ve never tasted homemade marshmallows you’re in for a real treat. Homemade marshmallows are …

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Layered Hazelnut Truffles look fancy, but are really quite easy to make. Dark chocolate hazelnut ganache and milk chocolate cinnamon ganache come together for a sophisticated and luxurious treat. You may have seen layered truffles like these in a high end chocolate shop and never imagined that you could make these at home. Well, you …

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You can make classic Cherry Cordials at home. Cherries, Kirschwasser, and dark chocolate come together for the ultimate candy treat. Learn how to make the real cordial-syrup filling. When you bite into a true Cherry Cordial candy you get the snap of real chocolate and a burst of sweet and slightly boozy syrup. Admittedly, this …

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Blackberry Pate de Fruit are soft, melt-in-your-mouth jelly candies made with real blackberry juice. The candies are rolled in vanilla sugar for a pretty and tasty finish. Pate de Fruit is a wonderful introduction to candy making. The french name sounds fancy, but they are, basically, fruit jellies. As long as you use real fruit …

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Chocolate Covered Brown Sugar Toffee is sweet, crunchy, chocolatey and surprisingly easy to make at home. Can you believe you only need 4 ingredients and less than 30 minutes to make homemade toffee? Disclaimer: I have received products from sponsor companies to use in my recipes. All opinions and recipes are mine. You may be …

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Homemade marshmallows are in another league from store bought. Fresh mint leaves give these marshmallows a lovely natural flavor and color. Here’s another great “gift from the kitchen” idea. If you’ve never tasted homemade marshmallows you’re in for a real treat. Homemade marshmallows are billowy soft and melt into a lovely gooey mess when toasted …

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