When it comes to making holiday candy, K-State Research and Extension food scientist Karen Blakeslee says it’s a cooking process that usually turns into a food science experiment. “Candy is basically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decembmer 26 is National Candy Cane Day. They’re sugary, sweet, and not just peppermint-flavored anymore. Candy canes are a ...

Candy making is essentially an art, combining creativity, technical skill, and some science. In fact, when it comes to making your favorite sugar candies, it often boils down to temperature -- quite ...

Imagine making 2,400 candy canes by hand. The Sweenor family doesn't have to. The candy-making family does it every holiday season, the way Walter Sweenor did for this 70-plus-year-old business. They ...

A traditional candy-making process triggers an unexpected physical reaction, revealing why this sweet treat is surprisingly difficult to produce.

On the chilly Monday morning of Dec. 4, 2023, Jeremy Spindler, owner and founder of Spindler Confections, was mixing a batch of caramel over the stove, a typical part of his daily candy-making process ...