It’s fun and easy to make homemade gummy candy. Your kids can safely make their own gummy bears, gummy worms, and gummy fish at home using a Nostalgia Electrics Gummy Candy Maker. How to make Gummy Bears, Worms, Fish and more! How fun would it be to make your own homemade gummy candy? I think…
Homemade Candy Recipes
Marshmallow Penguins
Warm up this Christmas with a cup of hot cocoa served with the most adorable Marshmallow Penguins. Each penguin is made using homemade marshmallows dipped in dark chocolate and decorated using candies. Homemade marshmallows have never looked so sweet. Don’t you just love these cute little marshmallow penguins with their tiny orange star shaped sprinkle feet,…
Christmas Pretzels – Snowmen, Santa, Rudolph, Gingerbread Men, Polar Bears, Penguins, Walrus, Christmas Mouse
Chocolate Christmas Pretzels never looked so cute. Make one or all of these adorable designs including Snowmen, Santa, Rudolph, Gingerbread Men, Polar Bears, Penguins, Walrus, and a Christmas Mouse. Christmas is such a magical time of year and I am so blessed to spend my days during the holidays in the kitchen creating sweet treats…
White Chocolate Candy Bar Popcorn
Use all that left over Halloween candy to make some amazing White Chocolate Candy Bar Popcorn. You can package it up and give it as Christmas gifts or enjoy it as a movie night snack. Happy Halloween! Whether you raid your kid’s trick or treat bag, you have leftover candy, or you buy lots of…
Creepy Pretzel Fingers for Halloween – Video Tutorial
Learn how to paint Wilton Candy Melts® into molds to create these Creepy Pretzel Fingers for Halloween. Watch the video tutorial for instructions. This post is sponsored by Wilton. Have you ever painted candy molds using colored Wilton Candy Melts®? It is so much fun and really quite easy. During our Fun Food Blogger’s Retreat,…
Mexican Hot Chocolate Truffles – Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls
Celebrate the Day of the Dead with these Sugar Skull shaped Mexican Hot Chocolate Truffles. Each bite sized dark chocolate candy has a lusciously creamy ganache center that is spiced with cinnamon and cayenne pepper. Last week during the Fun Food Blogger Retreat’s Facebook live event I showed you the Sugar Skull shaped Mexican Hot…
Grape Gumdrop Bats with Homemade Candy Eyes
Your Halloween party guests will go batty when you serve them these Grape Gumdrop Bats decorated with black sugar and homemade candy eyes. Have you made homemade gumdrops? Over the years I’ve made some really fun homemade gumdrops using pectin as the thickening agent. Although I love how they taste, I’ve had several readers say…
Frankenstein Snack Cups filled with Welch’s Fruit Snacks
Frankenstein Candy Cups are so cute and are fun to make using bright green candy melts. Each monster cup is decorated using Tootsie Roll bolts and royal icing eyes and can be filled with Welch’s Fruit Snacks. This post is sponsored by Welch’s® Fruit Snacks. I am being compensated for this post. All comments and…
Zombie Candy Cups
Zombie Candy Cups filled with blood stained candy bones or hot and spicy blood red candies make ghoulish treats for Halloween. Zombie Candy Cups Whether you are into zombies or not, these creepy, yet cute, Zombie Candy Cups would make a fun treat for a Halloween or zombie themed party. I personally don’t have a…
S’mores Minion Lollipops – Fun snacks for your Despicable Me Party
Turn popular summertime treats into adorable S’mores Minion Lollipops. They will be fun snacks or favors for your Despicable Me Minion party. Are you or your kids excited to see the new Despicable Me 3 movie? I am! I’m not sure I’ll be in the theater the first weekend the movie opens, as I prefer…
Chocolate Caramel Cashew Clusters – Easy Handmade Chocolates
Chocolate Caramel Cashew Clusters Making Chocolate Caramel Cashew Clusters at home is super easy and these handmade candies make perfect gifts or treats for any occasion. If you are looking for a really simple chocolate candy recipe that you can make at home, these Chocolate Caramel Cashew Clusters are perfect for you. Just a few…
Peanut Butter Cracker Butterflies – Cute and Easy Treats for Kids
It’s so easy to create these beautiful Peanut Butter Cracker Butterflies using store bought crackers, candy melts, M&M’s and colorful licorice laces. Your kids will have so much fun making their very own colorful butterfly treats. Are your kids enjoying their summer holiday? At some point I’m sure they will be begging you to do…
