December 22, 2003
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Candy Days 2003
Photo by Mike Duffy
I’m afraid I’m a little bit behind in my blogging, so I thought I’d start out by sharing a couple shots from our recent Candy Days. Here the three of us (my mom, my sister and I) are rolling and forming coconut bon bon balls. It’s definately the least fun thing we do (besides cleaning up of course) in connection with candy days. We start with a large bowl filled with the gooey fondant filling and roll little balls about the size of a marbles until the bowl is empty. Of course, when we mix one of our favorite passtimes, which is talking, into the process it becomes a lot more fun.
Photo by Chris Duffy
We talk about anything and everything. Here we’re making the centers for the chocolate covered cherries. I think we were discussing the absurdity of us making them by hand when people can buy a box of two dozen for 99 cents. But then ours are made by hand and with love in them.
Photo by Chris Duffy
Here’s my sister Alice making peanut butter cups. The two of us have a long standing disagrement with our mother about which is the better method of making the chocolates . . . molding or dipping. We prefer dipping while mom prefers making them using plastic molds. The molds take more chocolate and more time PLUS many recipients of the candy still think that they’re not hand made because they look so perfect. Several years ago mom made the statement that we could dip the chocolates after she’s dead, but we’re gradually gaining ground. This year half the candy was dipped and half was molded. We made sure that mom’s favorites, the coconut cream bon bons, were molded. And of course the chocolate covered cherries were molded, but mainly because we haven’t been able to think of a way to dip them because they’re made with not only the ball of cherry flavored fondant, but also a cherry.
If any one has a suggestion as to how to keep the two segments together while being dipped we’d love to hear it.
Comments (4)
Looks scrumptious!! YUM!! Now I have to go candy shopping, but it’ll be a disappointment after all this.
And just think… most of that candy is on our friends hips now :lol:
Oh my goodness my blood sugar just went off the chart! I know the spice drops I ate today didn’t help. btw it isn’t the hips where mine goes! :lol:
I love all of thes posts: your sunroom looks grand, the vitorian house nice but the candy making wow- what a family tradition.
May You know peace during this holiday season.
Peace, Shalom, Salaam
Mara