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Chocolate Truffle Recipes

Dazzle your friends and family with homemade truffles, from classic chocolate truffles to orange-scented & liqueur-filled confections.

How to Make Fudge

Learn how to make smooth, creamy fudge that melts on the tongue and is perfect for gift-giving!

How to Melt Chocolate (Video)

Learn how to choose chocolate—dark chocolate, white, or milk chocolate—and how best to prepare the chocolate for easy melting.

Peanut Brittle Recipes

It's just not Christmas without peanut brittle…but we also love these peppermint brittle, coconut brittle, and walnut brittle recipes!

Caramel Popcorn Recipes

Make cellophane-wrapped popcorn balls to hang from your Christmas tree or package up caramel corn for gifts with these recipes.

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Fudge of the Irish

Submitted by: cynjne

Living In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

An easy fudge with the taste of Irish cream liqueur is a must-have for your holiday cookie tray or for a special Irish treat.

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German Christmas Nougatkugeln (Nougat Balls)

Submitted by: Silvia

Living In: Boise, Idaho, USA

Hazelnuts and semisweet chocolate get an added punch of flavor from coffee in these wonderful truffles. Add rum too, if you like!

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Reindeer Poop

Submitted by: GlassArtist

Home Town: Humboldt, Tennessee, USA

Living In: Albany, Georgia, USA

Delicious light chocolate-covered peanuts look like...well, you know. Kids will love making these.

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Easy OREO Truffles

Provided by: BAKER'S Chocolate

These truffles are very easy and delicious. You can't go wrong with OREO, cream cheese and chocolate!

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Pretzel Turtles

Submitted by: Cacki

Home Town: Delmar, Maryland, USA

Living In: Fruitland, Maryland, USA

Quick and easy turtle candies! Mini pretzels, caramel covered chocolate candies, and pecans make up this delicious treat.

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My Amish Friend's Caramel Corn

Submitted by: ANITALOUISE

This recipe comes from an Amish family who package this treat for gifts to friends and neighbors every Christmas. It is truly the tastiest, easiest, and most foolproof caramel corn recipe you'll ever find!

How to Candy Fruit

Strips of candied grapefruit peel, candied orange and lemon rind, and whole kumquats are delicious Christmas sweets—whether you enjoy them plain or dipped in chocolate.

How to Make Caramel

There are two ways to turn sugar into caramel: the "wet" cooking method and the "dry" cooking method. Learn how to make a basic or flavored caramel sauce. To turn the sauce into caramel candies, cook the sugar-butter-cream mixture to the firm ball stage: 242 degrees F (116 degrees C). Pour into a buttered pan and cool before slicing.

Molded Chocolates

Beautiful, basic molded chocolates are surprisingly easy to create at home. Confectionery coating is the easiest to use—and it comes in a rainbow of colors and flavors. Couverture is high-quality chocolate that is more expensive and harder to work with because it requires tempering before you pour it into molds.