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 ...

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 ...

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