Espresso Brittle

1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons espresso beans, crushed with a rolling pin or
    chopped in a food processor to medium-fine crumbs
2 tablespoons ...

Butterfinger Candy

1 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup water
Melted chocolate

Cook corn syrup, sugar and water to 310 degrees F. Remove from heat, ...

Peanut Butter Snickers Candy

1/2 cup Karo syrup
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter
2 cups Special "K" cereal

Bring sugar and syrup to a boil. Remove from heat and add pe ...

Blind Dates

1/2 cup lightly salted cocktail peanuts
10 ounces pitted dates (about 30)
3 tablespoons granulated sugar

Stuff 2 peanuts into each date. Roll dates in sugar. Pack airtight and refrigera ...

Broken Glass Candy

Confectioners' sugar
3 3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups light Karo? syrup
1 cup water
Food coloring
1 teaspoon oil flavoring (available at pharmacy
    i ...

Old-Fashioned Hard Candy

2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup water
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1 teaspoon oil flavoring*
Food coloring as desired
Confectioners' sugar

* Oil flavoring can be purchas ...