You may have heard that things are happening, and these things are bringing up some emotions for me. I’ve been eating my feelings over the last few days, and those feelings have been a...
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Dominate Your Kid’s Next ‘Sugar Rush’ Before It Starts
Photo: gpointstudio (Shutterstock)The scene is one so many of us are familiar with: Kids running around a birthday party or family holiday event, “hopped up on sugar,” wild with excitement, sticky with joy, fueled...
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If You Really Love Your Valentine, Buy Them Candy From the Office Supply Store
One of the perks of working in an office is access to snacks you did not pay for. When I worked at a large engineering firm, there was always a steady supply of doughnuts,...
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Make a Fluffy Frosting Out of Sweetened Condensed Milk and Butter
Photo: Allie Chanthorn ReinmannSweetened condensed milk is the ingredient behind many delicious treats, like dulce de leche, brigadeiro, Thai iced coffee, and a host of other delights. This viscous, sweet dairy is celebrated for...
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You Should ‘Cure’ Your Gummy Candy
If I have one hindrance as a food writer, it’s my textural issues—my aversion to the gelatinous and the jiggly. As a child, they were so bad that I refused to eat peanut butter...
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Shave a Chocolate Bar for an Easy, Elegant Decoration
Photo: Allie Chanthorn ReinmannSometimes the simplest decorations make the most beautiful desserts. The naked cake really leans into a minimal attempt at frosting, and you can get away with decoratively sticking candy bars into...
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Make Mini Yule Logs From a Box of HoHos
Photo: Allie Chanthorn ReinmannThe traditional yule log, or bûche de Noël, is a chocolate Swiss roll cake. It’s delicious, but making a Swiss roll isn’t easy and, if you’ve ever watched a holiday baking...
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How to Candy Nuts Without Burning Yourself Even Once
Photo: Allie Chanthorn ReinmannYou don’t have to risk life and limb messing with molten caramel to make delicious, candied nuts. There is a much quicker way to conduct this sweet business, and it doesn’t...
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Your Candy Needs Some Spice
Photo: SRMDigital (Shutterstock)One perk of moving from the Northeast to Texas was learning to add a little spice to things, like sprinkling Tajín on watermelon or enjoying a mangonada on a hot day. The...
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Rain Doesn’t Have to Make Trick-or-Treating Miserable
Photo: AlexMaster (Shutterstock)Even though I live in the Pacific Northwest, between the pandemic and having fairly young kids, we haven’t experienced a super wet trick-or-treating night yet. This year, however, rain is in the...
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