Homemade Lollipops For National Lollipop Day

[1] Your homemade lollipops can be free-form with inclusions, like the bits of flower petals above (photo © Sacred Sweets).   Looking for a fun activity? How about making lollipops? Today is National Lollipop Day July 20th, and Exploratorium has a recipe that lets you be a lollipop chef. You can make favorite flavors that…
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FOOD FUN: Popcorn Fudge

This popcorn fudge recipe was a hit at our Memorial Day festivities. A fun recipe from Betty Crocker, it incorporates a dulce de leche fudge layer, salted caramel and caramel popcorn. Be sure to use caramel popcorn that is really well coated to prevent your popcorn from getting soggy. Prep time is 15 minutes, total…
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PRODUCT: Gimbal’s Jelly Beans

Gimbal’s Gourmet Jelly Beans. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   We’ve been tasting lots of jelly bean brands over the past few weeks, and have decided that our favorites are Gimbal’s. What makes them the best jelly beans? To our palate, there’s less sugar and fresh, bright, natural flavors, including real fruit juice.…
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Australian Liquorice (Licorice)

Flower-like “shooters” and other specialty shapes. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE.   Today is National Licorice Day. There is much debate in the U.S. over Red Vines versus Twizzlers, but if you haven’t had English or Australian liquorice, as they spell it, you haven’t had great licorice. The natural flavors and chewy consistency…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Decorate With Sixlets

Recently a friend gave us a cache of Sixlets left over from Halloween. She didn’t want to keep them for next Halloween, and figured we could “do something for THE NIBBLE” with them. So we started to decorate desserts. None of our efforts looked as good as the examples on Sixlets’ Facebok Page, so take…
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