TIP OF THE DAY: Make Easter Candy Apples

TOP: Roll a caramel apple in M&Ms (photo Amy’s Apples). Center: Turn the apple into a chick with yellow sprinkles (photo Amy’s Apples). Bottom: You can make a hard candy coating like the red Halloween apples, switching the red food color for pastels. Photo courtesy Rose Bakes.   Candy apples have a strong association with…
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RECIPE: Inside-Out Homemade Peppermint Patties

[1] Hannah Kaminsky’s Inside-Out Peppermint Patties (photo © Bittersweet Blog). [2] Conventional peppermint patties, homemade. Peppermint Patties recipeHere’s the recipe (photo © Safe Eggs). [3] Chop up some good chocolate bars for the mint centers (these are from DeBrand.com).   It’s National Chocolate Mint Day. You can make a cool chocolate peppermint pie, warm chocolate…
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FOOD FUN: Snowman Marshmallows

Chef Ingrid Hoffman created these fun marshmallow snowmen as a project for kids. All you need: Large and mini marshmallows Wooden skewers Red and black gel icings   Chef Ingrid stuck the skewers into a piece of styrofoam covered with burlap. You can use half a melon, a stale loaf of bread, or present the…
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RECIPE: Christmas Peppermint Hard Candies

Use your holiday cookie cutters to make these fun mint shapes from conventional peppermint candies. Photos courtesy Reynolds Kitchens.   We love the recipe developers at Reynolds Kitchen, who often surprise us with their creativity. Just by looking at the photos, you can see what they’ve done with an everyday bag of striped peppermint candies.…
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RECIPE: Peppermint Crunch Marshmallows

TOP PHOTOS: Minty marshmallow marvels for Christmas snacking. BOTTOM PHOTO: Buying peppermint candy crunch saves you the time of trying to evenly crush whole peppermints or candy canes. Photo courtesy King Arthur Flour. Photos courtesy King Arthur Flour.   To bring to a party or for homemade gifts, marshmallows are a delightful alternative to cookies.…
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