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Candy and Treats

Homemade candy and treats recipes to make year-round and special occasions.

From 2-ingredient fudge and peanut clusters to vanilla marshmallows and candy apple slices, you'll find inspiration for different holidays, birthdays or just because you want a sweet bite.

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  • Vanilla marshmallows piled on a wooden board with hot chocolate mugs in the background.
    Homemade Marshmallows
  • Single bitter white truffle with other silver and white on bluish grey plate
    White Chocolate Coconut Truffles
  • Chocolate fudge squares in a stack with a white background.
    2 Ingredient Fudge (with condensed milk)
  • Several pieces of pistachio cranberry white chocolate fudge on a white cake stand with grey background.
    Cranberry Pistachio Fudge
  • Pile of chocolate peanut clusters on a white plate set on a pink surface with loose peanuts around.
    Chocolate Peanut Clusters
  • Three squares of peanut butter chocolate fudge on a white paper and white surface.
    Buckeye Fudge

Halloween

  • White marble with chocolate-covered Oreo spiders.
    Oreo Spider Cookies
  • Red jello shots with candy eyes and spider. Black background.
    Halloween Jello Shots
  • Brownie squares with Halloween sprinkles and candy eyes on a white surface.
    Halloween Brownies
  • Wooden board with orange and yellow jello cups with a dollop of whipped cream.
    Candy Corn Jello Shots

Fudge

  • Chocolate fudge squares in a stack with a white background.
    2 Ingredient Fudge (with condensed milk)
  • Three squares of peanut butter chocolate fudge on a white paper and white surface.
    Buckeye Fudge
  • Stacked strawberry fudge squares on a white plate with a fresh strawberry. White background.
    Strawberry Fudge (2 ingredients)
  • Pile of white chocolate fudge squares on a wooden surface.
    White Chocolate Vanilla Fudge

More recipes

  • Easter Bunny Bait (puppy chow)
  • Christmas Chocolate Covered Oreos
  • Red White and Blue Puppy Chow
  • Valentine's Chocolate Bark
  • Oreo Truffles
  • Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge
  • Dulce de Leche Fudge
  • Peanut Butter Fudge
  • Red Velvet Cake Pops
  • Easter Bark
  • Halloween Bark (very easy)
  • Microwave Fudge (any chocolate)
  • Buckeyes Recipe
  • Candy Apple Slices
  • Chocolate Cookie Bark (4 ingredients)
  • Dulce de Leche Coconut Fudge
  • Chocolate Marshmallow Fudge
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Vintage Cakes

  • Cut glazed lemon loaf cake on a white paper on a wooden surface.
    Lemon Pound Cake

  • White plate with two slices of lemon poppy seed cake, a silver fork, grey background.
    Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

  • Slice of vanilla dulce de leche cake on a white plate. More cake in the background.
    Dulce de Leche Cream Cake

  • Cake server with slice being pulled out of glazed chocolate bundt cake, white background.
    Chocolate Bundt Cake

  • Whitish background and plate with eaten slice of jam covered cheesecake with a silver fork.
    Sour Cream Cheesecake

  • Squares of vanilla cake with chocolate chips on parchment paper.
    Chocolate Chip Cake

Vintage Cookies

  • Several stacked alfajores on a grey wire rack.
    Alfajores Recipe (Argentinian alfajores de maicena)

  • Several oatmeal cookies heaped together on grey surface, color dotted white linen in background.
    Easy Oatmeal Walnut Cookies

  • White marbled surface with decorated and plain holiday cut out cookies.
    Sour Cream Cut-Out Cookies

  • Bitten snowball cookie on a wire rack with whole ones in the background.
    Snowballs (Mexican Wedding Cookies)

  • Close up of gingersnap crackled cookies on white surface
    Gingersnap Cookies (one-bowl recipe)

  • Close up of glazed strawberry jam thumbprint cookies on a wire rack.
    Strawberry Jam Cookies (thumbprints)

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