Jackson's Snacks and Candy Recipes

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Toasted Coconut Sandies Recipe

Toasted Coconut Sandies Recipe

A Little Background on Coconut Sandies Learn how to make this coconut sandies recipe in a few easy steps. You can choose a few ways to prepare the cookies. By shaping and chilling them, you will have a thin, buttery cookie filled with coconut in every bite. Rolling them out and flattening them...

Easily Make Hard Candy without a Thermometer

Easily Make Hard Candy without a Thermometer

We love to make hard candy and soon, so will you! You can make it as a gift, for yourself or as decoration. Glass candy can flavor it to be any flavor and color. You can even make your own cough drops once you learn how to make this recipe. If you are looking for one without corn syrup, check out...

Simply Easy No-Bake Buckeye Fudge

Simply Easy No-Bake Buckeye Fudge

No-Bake Buckeye Fudge is a rich, creamy peanut butter fudge covered in dark chocolate candy that doesn't take a lot of effort and makes an excellent gift. You can have it made within 1/2 hour and freezes well for last minute desserts. You can also make it without the chocolate topping and have...

Melt Almond Bark Without a Microwave On Your Stovetop

Melt Almond Bark Without a Microwave On Your Stovetop

How to melt almond bark without a microwave is a question I asked myself after countless recipes using this confection. Online tutorials are great for using the microwave like the video from this guy, but not so much with stove top. Most insist you must use a double boiler or microwave to melt the...

Snuggle Up with Some Puppy Chow Snack Mix

Snuggle Up with Some Puppy Chow Snack Mix

So you made white trash snack mix and you are wondering what else you can make with all those left over cereals. I recommend learning how to make puppy chow snack mix! It is just like white trash in terms of ease, cheap and makes large quantities for gatherings. It is also very popular and rarely...

“Country and Proud of It” White Trash Snack Mix

“Country and Proud of It” White Trash Snack Mix

White trash is a sweet snack mix that is great for parties or to have around the house to snack on. It is similar to Chex Mix Muddy Buddies™ but without peanut butter or chocolate. There is another version often made that the same time called puppy chow. For around $10, you can make about 5 pounds...

Ready for the Trail Healthy Honey Nut Granola Bars

Ready for the Trail Healthy Honey Nut Granola Bars

Do you love granola bars? I sure do. My favorite is honey nut granola bars as it is just so satisfying, tasty and filling. This particular granola bar has coconut, dark chocolate, pecans and oats covered in a generous serving of honey. In fact, it's my favorite thing to eat throughout the week. I...

Peanut Lovers Granola Bar Recipe

Peanut Lovers Granola Bar Recipe

A Little about Peanut Lovers Granola Bars Peanut lovers granola bar is fast, easy to make and delicious. Crammed full of peanuts, peanut butter chips and a bit of chocolate, this is sure to please! By using honey instead of corn syrup, they are much healthier for you as well as superbly tasty! If...

Lightening Fast Cranberry Almond Granola Bars

Lightening Fast Cranberry Almond Granola Bars

This is a deliciously healthy snack bar packed with almonds, dark chocolate and cranberries. What's maybe just as important is how easy they are to make. Learning how to make cranberry almond granola bars is almost as fast as it is to make them. Seriously, these are so easy to make you'll wonder...

Hard Candy Without Corn Syrup or Artificial Dyes

Hard Candy Without Corn Syrup or Artificial Dyes

Hard candy can be made without corn syrup or dyes and artificial flavors with a little patience and time. If you or a loved one has sensitivities or allergies, read on. These candies are free of artificial flavors, high fructose corn syrup and dyes! This particular recipe uses all natural...

Tempering Chocolate and How to Fix Bloom

Tempering Chocolate and How to Fix Bloom

If you want to use the microwave to temper chocolate, this post that goes into depth on how to temper for each of the various chocolates. However, if you do not own a microwave, or you are having overheating issues trying that method, this tutorial is for you! It will also so you how to fix bloom...

Tempering White Chocolate Made Easy

Tempering White Chocolate Made Easy

Tempering white chocolate doesn't have to be difficult. But exactly what is it? White chocolate is cocoa butter with milk and sugars added. Some people argue it's not chocolate at all because there is only cocoa butter, not actual cocoa in the candy. That's up to you to decide. One thing that is...

Tempering Milk Chocolate Made Easy

Tempering Milk Chocolate Made Easy

Now that we've learned the basics on tempering chocolate, let's learn to temper milk chocolate. I like to practice with baking chips, pretzels and cereals to make a delicious candy bar that doesn't need much work. That way, all the chocolate is used up after practicing and you can break it up and...

Tempering Dark Chocolate Made Easy

Tempering Dark Chocolate Made Easy

Tempering dark chocolate is the process of making chocolate smooth, shiny, durable and snappy. You can read more here. In the meantime, think about how sometimes you buy a chocolate bar and it's streaked with white, is bendable and melts just touching it. That's because the chocolate became too...

A Beginners Guide on Tempering Chocolate

A Beginners Guide on Tempering Chocolate

What is tempering chocolate? You may find yourself asking this when learning how to bake. Tempering is basically making the chocolate to have a nice sheen, breaks instead of bending and slower to melt. Think of a nice candy bar that snaps as you break it. I took a few pictures below for reference....

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