Candy-Making at Home

Making real candy in a home kitchen, 1915 — fondants, caramels and taffies from Mary M. Wright's classic.

Hard Candied

4 pages in this part of Candy-Making at Home.

Hard Candied

MANY persons prefer the hard candies to the soft varieties. Most of these hard candies are boiled to the crack stage or hard crack stage…

Hard Candied: Candy

HOREHOUND CANDY Take two cupfuls of brown sugar, one cupful of corn syrup, and one-half teaspoonful of cream of tartar. Pour over this the…

Hard Candied: Taffy

CHOCOLATE TAFFY Take two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of golden corn syrup, one-half cupful of boiling water, and one-fourth teaspoonful of…

Hard Candied: Tablets

HONEY PEPPERMINT TABLETS Take one cupful of honey, one cupful of sugar and one-half cupful of white corn syrup, one-fourth teaspoonful of…

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