Candy
Candy is a confection that features sugar as a primary ingredient. The category, called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy. Sugar candy includes hard candy, soft candy, marshmallows, gumdrops, and jellybeans. The history of candy recipes is a long and varied one, with some recipes dating back thousands of years.
The first candy recipes were probably for honey-based confections, as honey was one of the first sweeteners available to humans. Honeycomb candy is thought to be one of the oldest candy recipes, dating back to ancient Egypt. Other early candy recipes were for fruit-based confections, such as candied fruit. These recipes were likely developed in the Middle East or Asia, and then spread to Europe via the Silk Road.
In the Middle Ages, sugar became more widely available in Europe, and candy recipes began to reflect this. Sugar-based confections, such as marzipan and nougat, became popular. Candy-making also became an important part of medieval pharmacy, as sugar was used to disguise the taste of bitter medicines.
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Recipes
Broken Glass Candy
- powdered sugar
- water
- gel coloring
- sugar
- flavoring extract
- light corn syrup
Simple Gummy Candies
- gelatin
- water
- gelatin
- cooking spray
Homemade Almond Joy Candy Bars
- sweetened
- vanilla extract
- salt
- confectioners sugar
- milk chocolate candy coating
- almond
- sweetened coconut
Turtle Candy With Pecans and Caramel
- caramel
- pecan
- chocolate
Almond and Goat Cheese Candy Bars
- salt
- confectioner sugar
- goat cheese
- almond
- almond butter
- bittersweet chocolate
- butter
- almond flour
Candy Apples
- light corn syrup
- red cinnamon candy
- water
- sugar
- apple
- cooking spray
Kentucky Cream Pulled Candy
- water
- confectioners sugar
- milk
- vanilla extract
- baking soda
- sugar
- butter
Homemade Candy Canes
- light corn syrup
- red gel coloring
- white gel coloring
- peppermint extract
- water
- sugar
- cooking spray
Martha Washington Candies
- sweetened
- paraffin wax
- semi sweet chocolate chip
- coconut
- confectioners sugar
- pecan
- butter
Maple Leaf Candy
- butter
- maple syrup
Haystacks Candy
- butterscotch chip
- peanut
- chow mein noodle
Carrot Candy
- olive oil
- cumin
- salt
- carrot
Greek Sesame Honey Candy (Pasteli)
- honey
- white sesame seed
- lemon peel
Dalgona Candy (Ppopgi)
- baking soda
- vegetable oil
- sugar
Candy Sushi
- butter
- marshmallow
- puffed rice cereal
- fruit roll ups brand
- licorice candy
Two-Ingredient White Almond Bark Candy
- almond
- white chocolate
Homemade Crunchy Buckeyes Candy
- confectioners sugar
- vanilla extract
- crisped rice cereal
- peanut butter
- butter
- chocolate
Million Dollar Candy Bars
- caramel
- chocolate
- rice cereal
Basic Divinity Candy
- light corn syrup
- water
- candied cherry
- salt
- egg white
- sugar
Make Your Own Snickers Candy Bars
- cream
- egg white
- chocolate candy coating
- milk
- water
- vanilla
- salt
- light corn syrup
- peanut
- sugar
Old-Fashioned Ribbon Candy
- light corn syrup
- peppermint extract
- water
- sugar
- green coloring
- red coloring
- cooking spray
Chocolate Potato Candy
- peanut butter
- potato
- semisweet chocolate
- confectioners sugar
Easy No-Bake Orange Balls Candy
- confectioners sugar
- pecan
- orange juice concentrate
- coconut
- vanilla extract
- vanilla wafer cookie
- butter
Sugar-Free Gummy Candy
- sugar gelatin
- water
- gelatin
- cooking spray
Caramel Candy
- nonstick spray
- dark corn syrup
- sugar
- light brown sugar
- vanilla extract
- butter
- heavy cream
- pecan
Candy Apples
- vanilla bean
- cinnamon
- light corn syrup
- salt
- sugar
- treat
- apple
Simple Fruit Jellies Candy
- corn syrup
- water
- fruit juice
- gelatin
- sugar
- food coloring
- sugar
Sweet-Tart Lemon Chews Candy
- lemon extract
- light corn syrup
- citric acid
- food coloring
- sugar
- butter
Seafoam Candy
- brown sugar
- dark corn syrup
- baking soda
- white vinegar
Caramel, Chocolate and Candy Apples
- candy
- vegetable oil spray
- bar cocoa dark chocolate
- pulp orange juice
- caramel candy
- apple
Dulce de Leche Candy
- sweetened condensed milk
- coconut
- toffee
Shredded Coconut Brittle Candy
- sugar
- butter
- vanilla extract
- coconut
- light corn syrup
- water
- baking soda
- salt
Rice Krispie Candy Sushi
- fruit roll up
- gummy worm
- fish shaped gummy candy
- miniature marshmallow
- butter
- rice cereal
Candy Apples
- nut
- corn syrup
- strawberry glaze
- water
- cherry gelatin dessert
- granny smith apple
- wooden candy apple
Halva: A Middle Eastern Sesame Candy
- all purpose flour
- water
- saffron thread
- butter
- sugar
- rosewater
Sugarplum Christmas Candy
- date
- sugar
- walnut
- cinnamon
- cranberry
- hazelnut
- prune
- clove
- cherry preserve
Soft and Chewy Caramel Candy Recipe
- sweetened condensed milk
- butter
- water
- heavy cream
- light corn syrup
- sugar
Pretzel Pumpkins Candy Recipe
- sunflower seed
- candy coating
- pretzel twist
Christmas Popcorn Candy
- brown sugar
- vanilla extract
- butter
- corn syrup
- allspice powder
- baking soda
- salt
- popping corn
- vegetable oil
- clove
- ginger powder
- almond
- cinnamon
Sponge Candy
- edible paraffin wax
- dark corn syrup
- sugar
- baking soda
- white vinegar
- semi sweet chocolate chip
- vanilla extract
Christmas Cracker Candy
- sprinkle
- chocolate chip
- salt
- butter
- light brown sugar
- saltine cracker
Spiderwebs Candy
- semi sweet chocolate chip
- white candy coating
- pretzel
Peanut Butter Pinwheel Candy
- potato
- butter
- vanilla extract
- powdered sugar
- peanut butter
Easy Candy Apples
- cooking spray
- light corn syrup
- red coloring
- sugar
- water
- granny smith apple
Chocolate Toffee Matzo Candy
- nonstick spray
- brown sugar
- salt
- vanilla extract
- salt
- semi sweet chocolate chip
- butter
- matzo cracker
Candy Canes
- essential oils flavor
- paste
- water
- vinegar
- sugar
Candy Apples
- wooden
- candy corn
- licorice
- water
- corn syrup
- red coloring
- sugar
- granny smith apple
Chocolate Cherry Candy Cake
- all purpose flour
- baking soda
- vanilla extract
- egg
- butter
- buttermilk
- dutch process cocoa powder
- sour cream
- baking powder
- salt
- sugar
- cherry
- almond extract
- gelatin
- heavy cream
- cream cheese
- semisweet chocolate
Baby Ruth Candy Bar
- light corn syrup
- butter
- milk chocolate chip
- water
- powdered sugar
- milk
- vanilla
- salt
- peanut
- unwrapped caramel
Chocolate Raspberry-Mousse Candy Cake
- all purpose flour
- sugar
- white chocolate
- baking soda
- vanilla extract
- egg
- butter
- raspberry
- buttermilk
- dutch process cocoa powder
- heavy cream
- sour cream
- baking powder
- salt
- powdered gelatin
- cream cheese
Cake Gemstones Candy Recipe
- frosting
- candy coating
- cake
- gold
Deep-Fried Candy Bars Recipe
- milk
- vegetable oil
- baking soda
- all purpose flour
- salt
- white vinegar
- candy bar
Pilgrim Hats Candy
- light chocolate candy coating
- white candy coating
- chocolate peanut butter
- round cracker
- dark chocolate candy coating
Chocolate corn chip candy
- cinnamon
- vanilla extract
- sweet chocolate chip
- corn chip
- cayenne pepper
- salt
Chocolate Macadamia Nut Candy
- hawaiian pink salt
- bittersweet chocolate chip
- papaya
- pineapple
- coconut flake
- macadamia nut
Chocolate Caramel-Creme Candy Cake
- all purpose flour
- sugar
- baking soda
- vanilla extract
- egg
- butter
- gelatin
- buttermilk
- dutch process cocoa powder
- heavy cream
- sour cream
- baking powder
- salt
- heavy cream
- sugar
- cream cheese
- milk chocolate chip
Crockpot Candy
- sweet chocolate chip
- peanut
- bar german sweet chocolate
- white almond bark
Tricolor Candies with Ricotta Cheese and Speck
- sheep milk ricotta cheese
- milk
- yolk
- triple tomato paste
- all purpose flour
- egg
- speck
- null bay leaf
- nullc grana padano cheese
- null chive
- null cornstarch
- nulloz spinach
- null salt
- null white pepper
Crockpot Candy
- semi sweet chocolate chip
- dark chocolate bar
- vanilla almond bark
- peanut
- marshmallow
- sprinkle
Elsa’s Frozen Blueberry Candy
- blue jello powder
- blueberry
Chocolate Covered Peanut Candy Bar
- light corn syrup
- butter
- milk chocolate chip
- water
- powdered sugar
- milk
- vanilla
- salt
- peanut
- unwrapped caramel
Free-Form Chocolate Candies
- bittersweet chocolate
Ube (Purple Yam) Candies
- potato ricer
- purple
- nonfat milk
- lime zest
- salt
- sugar
- sweetened condensed milk
Zoë François' Carrot Peel Candy
- carrot
- salt
- maple syrup
- orange blossom water
Boozy Grapefruit-Pomegranate Gummy Candies
- sanding sugar
- grand marnier
- grapefruit juice
- pomegranate juice
- light agave nectar
- lemon juice
- powdered gelatin
- campari
Chocolate Coconut Fudge Candy Cake
- all purpose flour
- sweetened coconut
- baking soda
- egg
- butter
- buttermilk
- sour cream
- dutch process cocoa powder
- baking powder
- coconut extract
- sugar
- coconut milk
- salt
- gelatin
- heavy cream
- vanilla extract
- cream cheese
- dark chocolate
Chocolate Covered Peanut Candy Bar
- light corn syrup
- butter
- milk chocolate chip
- water
- powdered sugar
- milk
- vanilla
- salt
- peanut
- unwrapped caramel
Chocolate-Covered Honeycomb Candy
- salt
- honey
- water
- sugar
- tartar cream
- salt
- baking soda
- dark chocolate bar
- dark corn syrup
Chocolate Irish Cream Candies
- heavy cream
- dark chocolate
- white chocolate
- irish cream liqueur
Chocolate Covered Peanut Candy Bar
- light corn syrup
- butter
- milk chocolate chip
- water
- powdered sugar
- milk
- vanilla
- salt
- peanut
- unwrapped caramel
Candy Sushi
- candy fruit leather
- rice cereal treat bar
- gummy fish
Chocolate Explosion Candies
- dark chocolate
- popping rock candy
Chocolate Coconut Candy
- coconut milk
- malibu coconut rum
- rum
- corn syrup
- bittersweet chocolate
- white chocolate
Candy Canes
- essential oils flavor
- paste
- water
- vinegar
- sugar
Ferrero Raffaello Candy Recipe
- butter
- vanilla wafer
- sugar
- almond extract
- almond
- coconut flake
- milk
- cream cheese
Irish Potato Candy
- vanilla extract
- butter
- salt
- cinnamon
- sweetened coconut
- powdered sugar
- cream cheese
Cherry Fizzy Candy
- powdered citric acid
- cherry kool aid
- sugar
- baking soda
- light corn syrup
Tamarind Jelly Candies
- Fruity Sugars
- sugar
- banana
- Tangy Sugar (optional)
- butter
- citric acid
- sugar
- lime juice
- butter
- tamarind pulp
- liquid pectin
- sugar
Stained-Glass Window Candies
- vanilla extract
- colored miniature marshmallow
- walnut
- confectioners sugar
- graham cracker crumb
- sweet chocolate chip
- egg
- butter
Cinnamon Hard Candies
- red coloring
- cinnamon extract
- sugar
- light corn syrup
Ingredient Breakdown
Insights
Staple Ingredients
- butter 21%
- sugar 21%
Common Ingredients
- water 17%
- vanilla extract 15%
Usual Ingredients
- salt 12%
- baking soda 9%
- light corn syrup 9%
Rarey Ingredients
- confectioners sugar 8%
- semi sweet chocolate chip 8%