15 candied beet recipes

Gingered cabbage-beet salad with red cabbage, pickled beets, sweet cherries, crystallized ginger, and red wine vinegar. A vibrant make-ahead slaw that marinates overnight and keeps for 2 days.

Rum pecans candied with dark rum, instant coffee, cinnamon, and sugar in one saucepan. Only 3 ingredients beyond the nuts and ready in 20 minutes flat.

Hand-dipped chocolate truffles made with heavy cream, butter, and orange liqueur, coated in dark chocolate. A luxurious homemade candy that rivals any chocolatier.

Three-ingredient microwave fudge spiked with bourbon and a hint of orange extract, set on a bed of slivered almonds. Rich, boozy, and ready in 10 minutes.

Pecan pralines made the old-fashioned way: white and brown sugar cooked with milk and corn syrup to the medium-ball stage, beaten creamy, then spooned over pecans. A classic Southern brown-sugar candy.

No-bake bourbon whiskey balls rolled in powdered sugar with vanilla wafer crumbs, pecans, and cocoa. A classic Southern holiday treat that gets better the longer it chills.

Holiday mincemeat with chopped beef, suet, apples, sour cherries, dried fruit, and broken nuts simmered slowly with brandy and warming spices. A massive 48-serving batch for Christmas baking and gift-giving.

German Christmas stollen with rum-soaked currants, sultanas, chopped almonds, candied peel, and cottage cheese for a moist, rich holiday bread dusted in powdered sugar.

A traditional mincemeat recipe that actually has meat in it!

Traditional British Christmas plum pudding with cognac-soaked dried fruit, walnuts, suet, and warm spices, steamed in a mold and served with brandy butter sauce. A Victorian holiday classic.

Homemade peanut butter cups with just two ingredients: milk chocolate and peanut butter. Three-layer copycat candies that beat the store-bought original.

No-beat chocolate fudge with semi-sweet chocolate, marshmallows, walnuts, and candied cherries. Just stir, pour, and set. Makes three pounds of rich, smooth fudge for holiday gifting.

Homemade chocolate peanut butter Easter eggs, the kind that beat any store-bought candy. Mold creamy peanut butter centers (plus crispy rice and cream cheese variations), freeze, and dip in chocolate for a no-bake Easter treat.

Homemade peanut butter fudge cooks sugar and milk to soft-ball stage, then beats in butter and peanut butter for a four-ingredient old-fashioned candy. The classic stovetop fudge.

Coconut brownies: chewy chocolate brownies loaded with flaked coconut in the batter and crowned with chocolate chips and walnuts. The fudgy chocolate-coconut bar that beats any candy.