Photos: Kimi Harris
Robin shared some wonderful choices for healthier organic candy for Halloween
last week. It made me long for candy myself! I thought I'd share 12
recipes for homemade candies that everyone can enjoy. Some of these
recipes are candy bars, some are great to serve at parties, and others
make perfect additions to lunch pails. Better yet, the recipes can be
surprisingly simple and healthy!
The following recipes use unrefined sweeteners and high quality
ingredients. It’s candy you can feel good about feeding your family.
With these around, your children will thank you and you can satisfy your
own sweet tooth on something more nutritious as well as delicious. Just
be careful with the couple of recipes that call for making a sticky
syrup out of honey or maple syrup. I use my back burner and make sure
all children are out of the kitchen as it can cause serious sugar burns.
1. Mock Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: I created this recipe for my then 3-year-old daughter. They were an instant hit with both her and her friends.
2. The Easiest, Healthiest, Most Scrumptious Fudge Ever: The
title says it all. This fudge is so much easier to make than
traditional fudge and much healthier, too. I've made it with the more
common sweetener, honey, with great results as well.
3. Nature’s Candy Bar (pictured
at top): I called these Nature's Candy Bar because they feature dates,
which are rich in natural sugar. A chocolate coating doesn't hurt
either.
4. Candy Bar:
This chocolate-covered candy bar looks amazing! I would recommend
simply substituting the agave syrup in this recipe and the next with the
less refined sweetener, honey.
5. Mock Mounds Bar: Mounds bars used to be my favorite candy bar. Now I can have a a healthier version guilt-free.
6. Cracker Toffee (pictured
above): My daughter and I made this super easy recipe last year as part
of our Christmas candy platter. They are rich, delicious and so easy.
7. Old-Fashioned Caramel Corn: I
adapted my husband's favorite caramel corn recipe from his younger
years to only include unrefined sweeteners (no corn syrup here!) It is a
certain favorite at parties.
8. Caramel Apples: This recipe uses cream and honey to create a rich caramel coating for apples. It's perfect for this time of year.
9. Dairy-Free Caramel Apples: This recipe doesn't use any dairy but a combination of honey and maple syrup. How delicious does that sound?
10. Honey-Sweetened Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nuts: These make a very special gift, and very yummy snacking.
11. Maple Magic Candy: All you need for this recipe is maple syrup. If you've ever had maple syrup candy before, you know how amazing it is.
12. Decadent Chocolate "Larabar" Truffles: (pictured above): These truffles were inspired by Larabars, but morphed into truffles; perfect as an afternoon pick-me-up.
SOURCE: MOTHER NATURE NETWORK
