The Ultimate Candy Book: More than 700 Quick and Easy, Soft and Chewy, Hard and Crunchy Sweets and Treats (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Weinstein's book, in the same style as his Ultimate Ice Cream Book, offers 100 or so basic recipes for delectable candies plus variations on the themeDmany recipes, in fact, include close to a dozen versions in all. The candies are organized into the three general categories of the subtitle and range from Fudge-in-a-Minute to Turkish Taffy (in grape, peach, and even fig flavors) to Hazelnut Brittle. There's even a recipe for homemade chewing gum. With its abundance of recipes, this is a good companion to Carole Bloom's several less-ambitious candy-making titles (e.g., Truffles, Candies, & Confections, Crossing Pr., 1996).
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If desserts aren't sweet enough or not ready quickly enough, candy provides instant gratification. Bruce Weinstein's The Ultimate Candy Book rushes to the rescue with recipes for all sorts of favorite homemade candies as well as directions for reproducing favorite commercial candies in the home kitchen. Weinstein makes plain the simple method of combining pecans, caramel, and chocolate into homemade turtles. His chocolate matzo makes the deprivations of the Passover season much more bearable. Some unexpected treats appear here, such as coconut snowballs: crisp coconut coating the outside of balls of contrastingly moist, chewy coconut. What's unusual is that they're served straight from the deep freeze. Brad Hooper
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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks (October 3, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688175104
• ISBN-13: 978-0688175108
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #110,361 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TONS of recipes to satisfy any appetite but no photos, June 2, 2001

By A Customer

The author provides alot of valuable information on what kinds of ingredients to use and what kinds of tools to use. He's included MANY clear, concise recipes. Unfortunately, there are no photos at all; there are only simple black and white drawings here and there. If you can get past the lack of photos and can do with imagining how your candy would look like, buy this book.

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An evil book. Should be banned., April 6, 2001

By	Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

Not only are there traditional homemade favorites here like divinity, but you can reproduce commercial treats like caramel turtles and chocolate cherries. Only much better.

Since a lot of commercial candy tastes full of additives, chemicals and too much high-fructose corn syrup, it's great to have recipes to make your own.

Only problem is that these are TOO good. So make them as gifts and wrap them up before too much damage can be done. Or wear a hockey mask a la Hannibal Lecter. This book is evil. These are just too good. You've been warned.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good recipes, bad for the beginner..., January 28, 2003

By	"kovert" (Purcellville, VA USA) - See all my reviews

I purchased this book as one my first to learn about the art of candymaking, before I really made much.

I got it, read through it and found the recipes looked tasty but were seemed to assume some degree of expertise despire the attempts to lay out the basics early in the book.

I ended up setting it aside in favor of other books to help me learn the art.

Now that I'm more familiar with "the art", I've gone back to this book and made a handful of the recipes with extreme success.

In short, a good book for your collection, but not the place to start.