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Candy recipes that are small batch and easy to make! Includes truffles, marshmallows, fudge, caramels, licorice, candy bark and more!
Oreo balls recipe, scaled down. Finally! It has happened to me–I’ve been at a cookie exchange party where no one brought the Oreo balls. It’s a little bit like Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie. It’s hard to get through, but it is…
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Toasted coconut marshmallows with a lime marshmallow layer. This post is sponsored by Vital Proteins, makers of my favorite protein powder, collagen peptides, and grass-fed beef gelatin! Thank goodness it’s s’mores season! We recently moved into a neighborhood that celebrates…
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Chocolate covered cherry fudge, a small batch of fudge for two made with just 3 ingredients! Just as we were finally done with the Thanksgiving dishes and sinking into the couch to put our feet up, my Mom realizes that…
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Vanilla mint homemade marshmallows–exactly what your mug of hot cocoa needs! As you know, my Mom is one of the big recipe testers here at Dessert for Two. She’s made pretty much everything on this site (all 680 recipes) with a…
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Chocolate caramel cookie bars are made in a bread loaf pan for a small batch of your favorite candy bar! Also, this post is sponsored by Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk, a product that is always in my pantry for baking,…
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Chocolate rice krispies treats for two. I don’t often admit my shameful eating preferences, so lean in and listen up. I love Star Crunches. You know what I’m talking about—the round chocolatey crispy things laced with caramel made by that little…
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Red wine chocolate truffles in a homemade box of chocolates! I’m not trying to make you look bad, honestly. I’m willing to admit that making my dude a homemade box of chocolates with these red wine chocolate truffles is a…
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Chocolate peanut butter truffles with a sprinkling of sea salt on top. Heart shaped truffles for a cute Valentine’s day homemade gift. I first shared these truffle recipes last year for Valentine’s Day, which I clearly made so I could stress-eat…
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Pate de fruit made with fresh strawberries. Homemade strawberry gummy candy made with strawberries and pectin. Pâte de fruits can be easy! Make yourself comfortable. We have a lot to talk about today. For the better part of two weeks,…
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Homemade marshmallows without corn syrup–use maple syrup instead! I’m thinking you have some marshmallow needs in this cold weather. Since my DNA is 50% Texan and 50% Californian, let’s just say that I am not handling the cold in the Midwest…
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Chai sugar jars, a fun homemade gift! We’re making a gift! A gift for ourselves and some to share, too. My chai obsession is pretty well-documented at this point. I drink it hot daily– yes, even in the summer. When given…
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Matcha marshmallows: A small batch of homemade marshmallow recipe flavored with matcha tea powder. Recipe makes just 8 matcha marshmallows in a bread loaf pan. Let me say first that I never intended for this to be a manifesto about…
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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Rice Krispies®. As always, all opinions are my own. Every now and then, you come across a classic recipe with a new spin that is worth noticing. When I…
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This Valentine’s Day, I’d like you give you a gift. You can hold it in the palm of your hand, it’s chewy, spicy and delicious. It’s my cold little black heart. I hope you like it! These homemade black licorice…
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Is it rose week? It just might be. I bought a big bag of edible rose buds at the Persian market. And I haven’t stopped eating them since. I decorated my White Chocolate Rose Cake with them, but I thought…
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Can we please get all hearts, stars, and lovey-dovey up in here already? I’ve been biting my nails waiting for Valentine’s Day to roll around. It’s the New Year, so we’re going to start planning! We’re only 6 weeks away from…
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I buy exactly one can of sweetened condensed milk a year. Just one. And sometimes I buy it as early as September, yet I save it for December. I make fudge once a year. In December. With sweetened condensed milk. Was…
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Is it just me, or is Costco killing it in the snack department lately? There are several aisles near the front of the store that I can’t go down for fear of spending $100 on snacks. I would walk away…
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Homemade peanut butter cups made healthy with real ingredients! This is about as Halloween-y as I get. Did someone say weenie? Moving on; it’s not that I’m above spooky homemade baked goods for Halloween. It’s the homemade part that gets me….
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So, I have a thing about candy. As in, a love affair. I can’t resist it. I can pass up dessert at any restaurant, even when they whisk the dessert tray in front of my face—I’d rather have homemade. But candy…
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With or without salt, you need a small-batch recipe for caramel in your life. You already know everything that it wants to be poured on–ice cream, cupcake frosting, whipped cream, your spoon. Heck, even your morning coffee is staring longingly in…
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I’ll admit it: I have a marshmallow problem. I used to think they were so difficult to make, so I avoided them. I paid ridiculous prices for pretty little marshmallow cubes made at bakeries. There’s just somethin’ ’bout a square…
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Let’s go back to you and all of the lovely things you want to make for your Valentine! I am loving all of your requests! When the request for chocolate marshmallows rolled in, I made them straight away. The thing…
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Let’s make a deal. For every naughty treat I post, I’ll post a nice one, ok? I might have made you Gooey Butter Cake Cookies that will single-handedly be responsible for some holiday weight gain, but then I made you…
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