So it appears that my obsession with candy making continues to overlap with herbalism. I just do not like herbal tea very much and wanted to come up with a non-chocolate (shocking I know) way to get some of the health benefits of an herbal tea into candy. I decided to make candy from lemon […]
Raspberry Leaf Tea Truffles
This is the first time I have ever done a post for female foodies! Why? Because I came up with an alternative treatment plan for menstrual cramps, PMS and ovary pain using raspberry leaf tea and chocolate. Now you can use this formula and procedure to make other medicinally-inspired truffles of course but I have […]
The Handwork Department & My New Candy Case
DIY Old School Caramels Recipe & Tutorial
I have been really wanted to learn how to make candy. All different kinds of candy. It started before Christmas. I wanted to give homemade caramels as little treats and I wanted to make it old school style. The Tools & Preparation For this recipe I did want to use a digital candy maker thermometer […]
Candy and Chocolate Workshop at Dickie’s Cooking School
Candy Making School: How To Make Blackberry Gummies with REAL Blackberries (Sort Of)
Anna Olson’s Irish Creamy Fudge
Halloween Sugar Glass Shards-O-Rama
White Grape Jellies & Halloween Eyeballs turned out OK which gave me to the confidence to try and make… sugared glass!!! Something I have failed at a few times but I absolutely wanted to have fun with glass shards for Halloween this year. This YouTube tutorial helped me a lot and man, did I have […]
White Grape Jellies & Halloween Eyeballs
I have been wanting to delve into the world of candy-making and these jellies were a good first experimental step. My eyeballs definitely did not turn out as amazing as the Jelly Shot Test Kitchen‘s did but I did my best! This recipe has very simple ingredients but does require a Mini Semi-Sphere Mold and a […]
How to Make Your Own Flavoured Black Tea
Recently I got very cool items from Golda’s kitchen including LorAnn flavouring oils: chocolate, peach and apricot for only $2.25 each. Why? I love flavoured black tea and can not have decaf. The only way to have it is to make it myself. So I did! Also, decaf apricot black tea is my favourite and I need some extra […]