Candy

Dipping strawberries in chocolate is so easy and the results are so delicious. The flavor combination can’t be beat.

A popular ingredient in many confections, candied orange peel is also delicious eaten plain or dipped in chocolate.

This unusual fudge is flavored with the same spices and other ingredients that create the warm, robust flavor of gingerbread.

This classic nougat is chock-full of almonds and candied orange peel. After you try it, you will doubtless never eat store-bought nougat again.

This chocolate-dipped nougat combines praline paste and hazelnuts. It is always a winner, especially with chocolate lovers.

This chocolate nougat has a pronounced honey flavor. It is soft and chewy, with a slight crunchy texture from the hazelnuts.

Torrone is the Italian version of nougat. The origin of torrone is uncertain, but legend has it that it was served in Cremona, Italy, during the reign of Francesco Sforza, in the fifteenth century. Torrone is full of almonds, hazelnuts, pistachio nuts, and honey.

I originally created this recipe for Bon Appétit magazine. With its deep undertones of coffee and chocolate, it is one of my favorites.

If you like cappuccino, you will love this fudge. It goes perfectly with after-dinner coffee.

The idea for this fudge came to me while I was eating coconut on the beach in Hawaii. If you like the taste of coconut and vanilla, you will love this all-white confection.

Maple and pecan are a fabulous flavor combination. Make sure to use pure maple syrup for this yummy fudge.

In these candies, two layers of natural-colored marzipan surround a rich chocolate cream filling. They are cut into squares and dipped in chocolate for a doubly delicious flavor.

This is the old-fashioned fudge remembered from childhood. It is rich and creamy with lots of chocolate and walnuts. My husband says this tastes like the fudge his grandmother used to make.

This attractive and scrumptious candy uses colored and flavored pieces of marzipan that are rolled together and then cut to form concentric multicolored circles.

This one-bite goody has chocolate both inside and out.

Natural marzipan is flavored with chopped candied orange peel and Grand Marnier, then cut into heart shapes.

Colored and flavored layers of marzipan are stacked one on top of another and cut into squares to create this yummy candy.

Chocolate and hazelnuts are a classic combination. This confection is made by dipping hazelnut butter caramel into chocolate.

Molasses adds a tantalizing depth and rich taste to this crunchy brittle.

Sugar, water, butter, and chopped almonds are cooked together until they caramelize to make this rich and chewy classic confection. Cut into rectangular shapes, dipped in chocolate, and covered with chopped almonds, these are hard to resist.