Homemade Lollipops Recipe For National Lollipop Day

July 20th is National Lollipop Day. It’s easy to make lollipops at home if you have candy molds and sticks. The molds are inexpensive, and the same molds can be used for chocolate. Then, just mix corn syrup, sugar, flavor and color and you’ve got pops. Molds are available with swirly designs, flower, stars, hearts,…
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It’s National Sour Candy Day: What’s Your Favorite Sour Candy?

[1] Sour balls: the original sour candy (photo © Tootsie Roll Inc.). [2] Lemon Heads, a candy to pucker for (photo © Hampton Popcorn Company). [3] Sour Patch Kids combined sour with chewy (photo © Edelweiss). [4] Sour Belts in the rainbow flavor (photo © First Choice Candy Store).   THE HISTORY OF SOUR CANDY…
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Easy-To-Make Easter Candy: A Jellybean Chocolate Bark Recipe

If you’d like to make some Easter candy, this Jellybean Chocolate Bark recipe is very versatile. You can make it with any chocolate—dark, milk, ruby, or white. You can add jelly beans for Easter, and customize the bark for any holiday or special occasion: candy corn for Halloween (photo #2), Red Hots for July 4th,…
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