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..Or maybe you US ladies call it lollies? Or is it candy?
Anyway we had fun making coconut ice and toffee and now we are into a little sweet making unit. Any other great sweet/lolly/candy recipes out there? The easier the better. 
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Leonie -- lollies are lollipops, so I think you're meaning just candy generally, huh?
Here are some fudge recipes:
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Fudge:
3 cups (18 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips (the better the chocolate, the better the fudge)
4 TBS butter
1 (14-ounce) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)
1/2 to 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1. Line 8- or 9-inch square pan with waxed paper.
2. In medium-sized heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt chips with sweetened condensed milk, and butter. Remove from heat and then add nuts (optional) and vanilla. Spread evenly into prepared pan.
3. Chill 2 hours or until firm. Turn fudge onto cutting board; peel off waxed paper and cut into squares. Store covered in refrigerator.
Carnation Famous Fudge
Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups (4 ounces) miniature marshmallows
1-1/2 cups (9 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, optional
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Combine butter or margarine, evaporated milk, sugar and salt in a medium, heavy-duty saucepan. Bring to a full rolling boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil stirring constantly for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Stir in marshmallows, chocolate chips, nuts and vanilla. Stir vigorously for 1 minute or until marshmallows are melted. Pour into a foiled-lined 8-inch square baking pan. Chill until firm.
Milk chocolate fudge: Substitute 2 cups milk chocolate chips for semisweet chocolate chips.
Butterscotch fudge: Substitute 12/3 cups butterscotch-flavored chips for semisweet chips.
Mint chocolate fudge: Substitute 11/2 cups mint-chocolate chips for semisweet chips.
Yield: 3 dozen pieces
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Here's a chocolate truffle recipe
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Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles
1/3 cup heavy cream
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
1/2 cup cocoa powder
Heat the cream almost to a boil. Put the chopped chocolate in a medium bowl, pour the hot cream over it, and whisk gently until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is smooth. (Hint: up until this point, this is just a simple ganache). Allow to cool and harden. When ganache is solid enough to manipulate, scoop into 1" balls and roll in cocoa. Yield: Makes about 24 truffles or 2/3 cup of ganache.
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another recipe for toffee
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ENGLISH BUTTER TOFFEE
1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 tbsp. white corn syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. water
1 c. chopped almonds or pecans
1 pkg. chocolate chips
Butter a cookie sheet. Melt butter over low heat. Add sugar, syrup, salt, water and cook over medium heat until a hard ball stage or 290 degrees on candy thermometer. Remove from heat. Add nuts and pour on cookie sheet. Spread and pour chocolate chips on top as they melt spread and top with another 1/2 cup of chopped nuts. Cool 4 hours and crack with a knife handle.
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and the easiest candy recipe ever:
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Pretzel Kisses ˇV preheat oven to 200
„X 1 pkg bite-size, waffle pretzels (square or round)
„X 1 bag Hersheyˇ¦s kisses or hugs
„X 1 medium bag M&Ms
Set a number of pretzels on foil-covered cookie sheet. Place unwrapped kiss/hug on each pretzel. Place in oven for 4-6 minutes (white chocolate melts faster than chocolate) ˇV or until kiss is ˇ§mushyˇ¨. Remove from oven and immediately press M&M into each kiss. Cool for a couple of minutes than place in refrigerator for 10 minutes, or until kiss is set.
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These are our favorite recipes for Christmas gift-giving but they certainly fill the "sweets" topic, don't they!
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Oh, yum, I have to try those truffles ( and work out extra hard after!  ).
I'm sure this sweet making can count as Science, right? Thanks for the recipes, can't wait to share them with the kids.
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Leonie wrote:
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Well, we always count cooking/baking as math time and the kids REALLY know their fractions and measuring etc because we do so much around here!  [HA! Can't do that in a "real" school! ]
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