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This chocolate nougat has a pronounced honey flavor. It is soft and chewy, with a slight crunchy texture from the hazelnuts.

If you like cappuccino, you will love this fudge. It goes perfectly with after-dinner coffee.

The idea for this fudge came to me while I was eating coconut on the beach in Hawaii. If you like the taste of coconut and vanilla, you will love this all-white confection.

Maple and pecan are a fabulous flavor combination. Make sure to use pure maple syrup for this yummy fudge.

This is the old-fashioned fudge remembered from childhood. It is rich and creamy with lots of chocolate and walnuts. My husband says this tastes like the fudge his grandmother used to make.

Molasses adds a tantalizing depth and rich taste to this crunchy brittle.

This rendition of peanut brittle is enriched with butter and a dash of vanilla. The butter and baking soda make it opaque instead of clear.

Nougatine is a crisp nut brittle made by cooking sugar with no liquid. The sugar must be stirred constantly to avoid burning and prevent lumps from forming. Nougatine is eaten plain, dipped in chocolate, or used as an ingredient in other candies.

Orange zest—the orange skin, not the white pith—gives a fresh, exciting flavor to these chewy candies.

These caramels are my favorites. They are creamy, chewy, and loaded with nuts.

These caramels combine maple syrup and pecans to produce a potent flavor that is hard to surpass. Be sure to use pure maple syrup.

Fondly known as turtles because of their appearance, these classic candies are pecan clusters topped with rich, creamy caramel then dipped in chocolate. They will definitely impress your friends.

The nuts add an extra layer of both texture and flavor to the distinctive sweet flavor of honey in these delicious caramels.

The brown sugar used to make these caramels greatly heightens their flavor.

These candies resemble the candy bars I used to buy at the movies when I was a child. They are nutty, crunchy, and coated with chocolate.

Bittersweet chocolate gives these caramels their terrific flavor.

Fine sea salt lends its delicious flavor to the inside of these rich, chewy caramels and adorns the top of them after they are dipped in dark chocolate.

These are chewy caramels with the rich, mellow flavor of pure vanilla.

These are truly the quintessential caramel. They are chewy and creamy and just plain good.

Passion fruit has a sweet/tart flavor that is unique. It transports me to the tropics with every taste. It can be time-consuming to get the juice from passion fruit, so I recommend using frozen passion fruit concentrate, which can be found in some specialty markets or through some of the sources listed at the back of this book.