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Homemade Candy for Holidays, Gifting & Sweet Tooth Fixes

These candy recipes are the kind that show up in Christmas tins, church potlucks, and family traditions that stick around for generations. Whether you're stirring up something for a bake sale or bagging up holiday gifts, there's a sweet treat here with your name on it.

Start with my sparkling Sugared Cranberries—a festive bite with a pop of tart sweetness—or whip up a batch of Mini Pretzel Turtles, a salty-sweet crowd favorite that disappears fast.

  • Stacked pieces of saltine cracker toffee bark with a caramel toffee layer, smooth chocolate topping, chopped pecans, and sea salt on a holiday plate.
    Saltine Cracker Toffee
  • Mexican Vanilla Caramels wrapped in wax paper and scattered across the countertopi
    Mexican Vanilla Caramels
  • Closeup Chocolate Covered Cherry Cordials
    Cherry Cordials
  • Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Trees piled into a sleigh serving tray
    Peppermint Christmas Trees
  • Peanut butter balls stacked high in a white bowl
    Peanut Butter Balls
  • Overhead view of Chocolate Coconut Balls - Like homemade Mounds Candy
    Chocolate Coconut Balls
  • Easy Candied Pecans
    Candied Pecans
  • Closeup of Powdered Sugar Cranberries in a cut glass dish with Christmas decorations around it.
    Powdered Sugared Cranberries
  • Patriotic Popcorn | Jennifer Cooks
    Patriotic Popcorn
  • White Trash
  • rolo-pretzel-turtles-recipe
    Mini Pretzel Turtles

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