Candy

Rock candy geodes are fast becoming a trend among bakers, making geode cakes, cupcakes, and cookies that are so Instagrammable. It’s also taking Pinterest by storm.

Every time I get the chance to drag the kids to the kitchen, I see it as an opportunity to bond with them through my passion. They enjoy cracking eggs, mixing batter, rolling some dough, and I’ve recently introduced to them how to make hard rock candy.

When I started experimenting on chocolates years ago, I messed it up so many times. The process of melting chocolates is so simple, but because it’s so simple then it’s also so easy to mess it up!

One of my favorite childhood treats is caramel popcorn. I would always sit on my grandma’s kitchen stool and just enjoy how the whole kitchen smells.

Chocolate is always a happy pill for me. I mean, who doesn’t love chocolates? It brings out the kid in me – always! I’ve always been a fan of dark chocolates, but some days I crave for milk chocolate… good thing I know how to make milk chocolate from dark chocolate!

Since today’s post is about hard caramel garnish, we won’t be doing just one – we’ll do a lot: spun sugar, bubble sugar, caramel cage, caramel spiral, caramel swirls, and caramel shards.

Sometimes I love to make a caramel sauce that doesn’t turn into a hard or chewy candy when stored. The kind of sauce that’s not too thick that I can drizzle it over desserts and drinks anytime.

Last Easter, I made several treats. My jelly beans are always a crowd favorite, and so I made a bunch of them this year. When it comes to who enjoys jelly beans, age really doesn’t matter. I hope you would agree that that is an all-ages treat.