Category Archives: Candy

“Aunt Carol wasn’t a very good cook, but she could make peanut brittle.  They lived next door to us and her children always wanted to eat over at our house, because my mom’s cooking was great.” -Pat

recipe by Aunt Carol Borel

2               cups  sugar
1               cup  light corn syrup
1               cup  water
1/2          teaspoon  salt
2 1/2      cups  peanuts — raw
1               teaspoon  baking soda

Combine all ingredients except baking soda in a large sauce pan.  Boil until hard boil stage.  Peanuts will begin to make a popping sound.  If you cook it too much, the peanuts will burn.  Remove from heat and add baking soda stirring as it foams up.  Pour over buttered tin foil or parchment paper.  Cool then break apart.

Granny always made these at Christmas when Pat was a child.

by Granny–Dolores Borel

2             pounds  powdered sugar
1             cup  sweetened condensed milk
1             stick  butter
1             quart  pecans — chopped
1/2        pound  candied cherries — chopped
1             Tablespoon  vanilla

1            package  Baker’s semisweet chocolate
1/3       cake  paraffin (wax)

In a mixer, cream butter, add sugar , milk and vanilla.  Fold in cherries and pecans.  Mixture will be very stiff.  Form in small balls.

In an electric rice cooker, melt chocolate and paraffin.  Dip balls in chocolate using 2 forks. Let drip, then place on wax paper or parchment paper.

*Sometimes I cut the recipe in half because it makes so much.

These are a quick and easy treat to impress your friends. I remember unwrapping the Rolos with Dad and eating them before they even made it to the pretzels.  Mom taught me how to squish the pecan down just right.  We love eating these on vacation in Florida.

by Rebecca Savoie

1 bag of Rolos, unwrapped (good job for kids)
1 bag of mini knot shaped pretzels
1 bag pecan halves

Preheat oven to 250.  Place parchment paper over a cookie sheet.  Place a Rolo on top of each pretzel until you run out of Rolos.  Place in oven for around 5 minutes or until Rolos is softened but not melted.  Remove from oven and place a pecan half in the center of the Rolo. Squish gently as Mom has demonstrated.  Cool either at room temp or in the fridge if you can’t wait to eat them.

If placed in the fridge or freezer, Mom warns that candies may become sweaty when returning to room temperature.

We always made this for Halloween. Stuffed in clear plastic gloves, it makes great favors.  Elizabeth served it at the twins second birthday party with a circus theme.
My mom, Dolores Borel, made this for me when I was little.  I made it for my children.

contributed by Pat Savoie

4            quarts  popcorn — popped  (Any popcorn will do.  Microwave popcorn is easy.)
1             cup  brown sugar
1/2         cup  butter
1/2         cup  light corn syrup
1/2         teaspoon  salt
1/2         teaspoon  vanilla
1/2         teaspoon  baking soda

In a saucepan combine butter, sugar, syrup and salt.  Boil over low heat 5 minutes.  Remove from heat and add vanilla.  Stir in baking soda.  Mixture will foam.  Continue stirring and pour over the popcorn in a large baking pan.  Stir trying to coat most of the popcorn.  Bake 250 stirring every 15 minutes for about 1 hour (If you can wait that long).  Pour out over counter top and cool slightly breaking large pieces apart.  Store in an air tight container.  (If there is any left over)