Caramel Honey Popcorn (Recipes from my 2005 blog)
1-cup honey
¼ cup margarine powder
2 cups sugar (or brown sugar)
Bring to a boil for 2 minutes. Pour over popped salted popcorn.
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Homemade Lollipops
It's very hard to find lollipops made w/o corn syrup, but here's one.
2 cups sugar
2/3 cup water
1/8 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
Any desired flavoring
Appropriate vegetable coloring
Combine sugar and Cream of Tartar with the 2/3 cup water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Boil until a temp of 290 F. is reached or until a drop of mixture will become hard when dropped into cold water. Remove from heat. Add flavoring and coloring. Pour into greased pans or molds. When partly cooled insert
wooden sticks. Chill.
Sugared Nuts
3 cups walnut halves or Cashews
1 1/2 cups pecan halves
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix ingredients in heavy skillet. Cook until water disappears and nuts have a sugary appearance. Remove from heat and pour nuts onto a baking sheet. Separate quickly with 2 forks.
Peanut Clusters
1 12 oz bag of butterscotch morsels
1 6 oz bag of chocolate chips
1 c. salted cocktail peanuts
Microwave morals until smooth. Add peanuts.
drop spoonfuls onto wax paper. Cool.
Refrigerate 1 hour. Store in cool place.
CEREAL CANDY (high in fiber)
1 stick butter
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
7 cups Rice Chex cereal (high fiber)
2 cups powdered sugar
Melt the butter, chocolate chips, and peanut butter in a roaster; mix. Add cereal and coat well. Put the powdered sugar into a bowl. Add coated cereal and cover with sugar.
Cashew Brittle
2 cups salted roasted cashews
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup rice syrup or honey (boil to hard crack stage)
1 TBSP. butter
1/2 Tsp. butter flavoring
1 Tsp. real vanilla
1 Tsp. baking soda
Mix cashews sugar and corn syrup in microwavable bowl. Microwave on high for 4 min. Take out and microwave 3 more min. Take it out and add butter, butter flavoring and vanilla. Stir and return to microwave 2 min. Add baking soda. Stir and fold until mixture is fluffy. Work quickly and spread out evenly on lightly buttered cookie sheet. Let sit until completely cooled. Break into pieces and keep in an airtight bag or container. www.amandascookin.com/2011/01/easy-homemade-candy-bars.html This is a link of interest if you like graham cracker; the center is peanut butter then dipped in chocolate. Graham crackers do have some corn syrup but the rest is good for you....
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