Do you know what's better than candy? Making your own candy. There's no saying you need to wait for a holiday, either. Instead of stocking up on bags of your favorites, think about trying your hand at candy-making. It's not nearly as hard as you think, you know exactly what's going into your sweet treats, plus you wind up with candy. Win/win, yes?
1. Peanut Butter Cups
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Recipe: lastingredient.com
My grandma makes peanut butter cups and assorted other candies for the whole family at Christmas, so I can say with some certainty that homemade peanut butter cups are far superior to store-bought cups.
2. Homemade Lollipops
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Recipe: justataste.com
These are so pretty, I don't know if I could make myself eat them!
3. Your Own Candy Corn
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Recipe: shaunasever.com
If you make your candy corn yourself, maybe it will actually taste like something!
4. Twix Bars
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Recipe: the-girl-who-ate-everything.com
I cannot get over how gooey and delicious that caramel looks.
5. Caramel Apple Pops
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Recipe: lilyshop.com
I've never had DIY Caramel Apple pops, but I can only imagine that they taste like apples and heaven.
6. More Homemade Lollipops
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Recipe: tealbirdconcepts.com
These lollipops would make gorgeous wedding favors!
7. Homemade Butterfingers with Just Three Ingredients
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Recipe: kirbiecravings.com
Butterfingers! Three ingredients! You can probably make these right now!
8. Three Musketeers, DIY Edition
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Recipe: blog.candiquik.com
I'm not even a huge fan, but the DIY version looks pretty tempting.
9. Make Your Own Mallo Cups
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Recipe: howsweeteats.com
Sharing time: Mallo Cups are my favorites. I would do unspeakable things for a Mallo Cup. I am totally making these.
10. Sneaky Homemade Snickers
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Recipe: roxanashomebaking.com
These aren't really sneaky, I was just going for alliteration. Still, they look yummy, right?
11. Homemade Cadbury Crème Eggs
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Recipe: notwithoutsalt.com
Never again will you have to wait until Easter to fulfill your bottomless hunger for Cadbury Eggs!
12. White Chocolate and Nutella Truffles
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Recipe: abeautifulmess.com
No, name brand candy isn't the only candy you can make easily. Nutella + truffles = foodgasm.
13. Gumdrops
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Recipe: cookingandbeer.com
Gumdrops just make the world a little bit brighter.
14. Strawberry Leather
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Recipe: ziziadventures.com
I have to admit, these look much tastier than Fruit by the Foot.
15. Ruby Red Grapefruit Gummies
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Recipe: eathealthyeathappy.com
And these? These look too pretty and perfect to be real. I imagine it's also quite easy to substitute the fruit of your choice.
16. Homemade Black Licorice Twists
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Recipe: saveur.com
Blech. But still, this is for all my black licorice lovers.
17. Chocolate-covered Cherry Cordials
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Recipe: saveur.com
Nothing says "romantic" more than chocolate covered cherries, am I right?
So, are you going to take to the kitchen to fulfill your sweet tooth the homemade way?