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Salted Peanut Bars - a candy recipe from Joyous Home

Salted Peanut Bars | A Fall Favorite

This treat is loaded with crunchy salted peanuts, has a sweet chewy center, and is wrapped into a bite-sized bar! These salted peanut bars, a fall favorite, are simple to make and will be a yummy treat to put together on a fall afternoon. I love how these bars have a perfect balance of sweetness […]

peanut butter cups

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

Good morning everyone! Today we are making a traditional treat, loved at gatherings, our wonderful homemade peanut butter cups! Homemade Peanut Butter Cups   I made several dozen of these last Christmas for a fellowship but didn’t try one myself before we brought them. By the time I saw the tin during the fellowship, the

Quick Hot Chocolate Cups

Because the days are still cold, we are still mixing up hot drinks. Quick hot chocolate cups are not difficult to prepare and deliver the quickest, sweetest food gift ever. Your friends are going to wonder why they didn’t think of doing this! The Difference Between Cocoa and Chocolate I had never really wondered if

Eggnog Fudge

Eggnog Fudge

Eggnog fudge… what says Christmas baking more than eggnog? This eggnog fudge is light and creamy, and super fast to make! And may I say that it’s such a pretty Christmas treat too? Be ready to share some of this yummy treat… it’s super-rich! I don’t think the neighbors will mind… I do recommend using

Quick and Easy Molasses Candy

Quick and Easy Molasses Candy

Jessica made this candy years ago and put it in one of our journals. One day at the last minute, I decided to whip up a batch. It was going so well, I thought I’d get a quick video. Quick and easy molasses candy is a recipe you’ll keep. The molasses gives it a deep

Old Fashioned Taffy Pull

How to Make Homemade Taffy

Homemade taffy is a fun activity for a rainy or snowy day. It was a highlight one year when we got adventurous and gave it a go. We aren’t big taffy eaters, but it was fun to pull and pretty tasty. Below is our great attempt at how to make homemade taffy! Try some other

Chocolate Rum Balls

Rum Balls with Chocolate

Chocolate and rum seem to be a bit of a comfort treat. There are so many favorite smells and tastes that remind us of Christmas. Chocolate Rum Balls are one of the treats of our Christmas cookie days, and rum extract is one of the smells.  And, although we use real rum in the cookie,

Best Peppermint Patties

Peppermint Patties | Homemade Candy

I have a treat for you today, and I have to say that this is my favorite treat out of everything I’ve made this Christmas. If there is a candy I love to buy at Christmas it’s peppermint patties, but York peppermint patties can never compare to homemade peppermint patties. These peppermint patties are made