Who doesn't love candies? Just the picture and the sound of its name could already bring yummy thoughts to our minds. Candy has always been everybody's favorite. That makes it a staple source of delight in every celebration. Notice how they pump up our Christmas decorations and how they serve well as welcome gifts. That in itself is a living testimony of how well-loved this sweet little thing called candy is throughout the ages.
Candy making is quite an easy and simple process. Common recipes for candy would normally include the following steps: dissolve sugar in water, boil the mixture until it becomes thick and then put it in utensils of different shapes according to your desire. If you want something different you can also use milk instead of water. That way you can give a twist of flavor in your homemade candy.
Most of the time, the ingredients used and the boiling time of the mixture determine the candy's taste and look. As you can see in the market nowadays, candies have different textures. They can be soft, hard, chewy or brittle in texture. Candy recipes also have various categories such as boiled, confection, fudge, praline, truffle, hard, caramel, brittle, prickle and others. If you are the imaginative and creative type, you can even make your own personalized homemade recipe and get different flavors and colors.
On the other hand, when it comes to ingredients used in candy making, the most common ingredients used include: sugar, milk, water, chocolates, nuts and the likes. Candy flavors also vary some of which are: chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, butterscotch and a whole lot more. However, grandmother candy recipes remain to be interestingly popular among all of them.
These grandmother candy recipes include: peanut brittle, chocolate fudge, peanut butter, taffy, Halloween candy, praline and more. These types of candy recipes are affordable and very tasty. Some other recipes available are: candy bars, rock, sucking, cotton candy, candy canes and others. They also come in several flavors and shapes which are all appealing.
As what you have read, there are plenty of candies to choose from. You can either choose the best according to your preference or simply try them all. Who cares about too much sugar and damaged teeth?! Sometimes it is also fun to enjoy the greatest pleasures of the world and candy is just one of them.
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