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Home Dessert Candy & Fudge Recipes

Candy & Fudge Recipes

I just love making delicious goodies and giving them away to family, friends, and neighbors! These candy and fudge recipes offer a variety of scrumptious treats that are great for special occasions and holiday giveaways.

Fudge: I have a few here that make great Christmas fudge recipes, ideal for the holiday season… or, let’s face it, any time of year! My mom’s classic Homemade Fudge recipe is standard, but I love this Penuche Fudge, too!.

For great toppings to ice cream and other desserts, check out my favorite Homemade Chocolate Sauce, Dulce de Leche, or my ridiculously tart Lemon Curd recipe.

There’s a bunch of great gems to handout during the holidays, too, like Christmas Crack, Pecan Rolls, and Oreo Truffles.

Caramel Candy Pecan Roll from The Food Charlatan
Green caramel apple with a stick in the center on parchment paper.

Candy & Fudge Recipes

The Only Caramel Apple I Will Eat

soft, salted caramel candy rectangle with a bite taken from it, stacked on another rectangle.

Candy & Fudge Recipes

Soft Homemade Caramel Candy

A close-up of mint chocolate chip ice cream in a bowl, with rich chocolate sauce being poured over the top.

Dessert

Homemade Chocolate Sauce Recipe

a triangle of peppermint bark with candy canes

Candy & Fudge Recipes

Homemade Peppermint Bark

Nana's Famous Fudge Brownies from The Food Charlatan

Dessert

Nana’s Best Fudgy Brownie Recipe

a lot of velvety salted caramel sauce in a glass jar.

Dessert

The Salted Caramel Sauce of my Dreams

A bowl filled with christmas chex mix, featuring cereal squares, cashew nuts, peanuts, and red and green candy-coated chocolates, with more snack mix scattered in the background.

Christmas Recipes

Christmas Crack Chex Mix

A festive dessert charcuterie board featuring assorted cookies, pretzels, chocolate candies, nuts, and three dips—white, chocolate, and pink—garnished with rosemary and cranberries on a wooden table.

Appetizers, Dips & Snacks

Dessert Charcuterie Board Ideas

heart shaped sugar cookie with pink royal icing and white details.

Dessert

Royal Icing Recipe for Beginners

My Favorite Caramel Sauce from The Food Charlatan

Candy & Fudge Recipes

The Best Homemade Caramel Sauce

Caramel Corn

Dessert

10 Minute Microwave Caramel Corn

a bite taken out of peanut butter ball covered in chocolate.

Candy & Fudge Recipes

Buckeye Candy Recipe

A close-up of thick, creamy penuche fudge, light brown in color and topped with a sprinkle of brown sugar, set on a marble surface with more brown sugar scattered around.

Candy & Fudge Recipes

Brown Sugar Fudge Recipe (Penuche)

homemade rice krispie treats

Brownies & Bars

The Absolute Best Rice Krispies Treats Recipe

A close-up view of a jar filled with creamy, swirled dulce de leche, with a knife dipped into the smooth, glossy spread. Some caramel is visible on the surface around the jar.

Candy & Fudge Recipes

Dulce de Leche from Condensed Milk

how to make puppy chow stick together in chunks (in a white bowl)

Appetizers, Dips & Snacks

Chunky Chex Mix Muddy Buddies Recipe

The Best Lemon Curd from The Food Charlatan

Dessert

Easy Lemon Curd Recipe

simple fudge recipe cut into squares

Dessert

Mom’s Easy Fudge Recipe

no bake chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies held up in hand

Cookies

No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

A close-up of gooey caramel-covered popcorn balls being pulled apart, revealing stretchy melted caramel strands. Pink and red heart-shaped sprinkles are scattered on the surface below.

Dessert

Easy Butterscotch Popcorn Balls

A close-up of an Oreo truffle cake ball coated in white and dark chocolate, with a bite taken out to reveal the rich, moist chocolate interior. Other decorated cake balls are visible in the background.

Dessert

Oreo Truffles

A fresh strawberry sliced partially open and filled with swirls of white whipped cream, creating cheesecake stuffed strawberries on a marble surface with other strawberries blurred in the background.

Appetizers, Dips & Snacks

Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries (Strawberry Blossoms)

Candy Cane Brownie Trifle from The Food Charlatan

Dessert

Candy Cane Brownie Trifle Recipe

Hard English Toffee

Dessert

Homemade English Toffee Recipe

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