674 tandy recipes

Julekake is a traditional Norwegian Christmas bread with cardamom, candied fruits, and raisins, topped with confectioners icing, almonds, and candied cherries.

These are almost like a "candy" as well as a wheat-free cookie.

Mounds candy bar cake with chocolate cake layers filled with gooey marshmallow-coconut filling and covered in chocolate frosting. A semi-homemade showstopper.

Hazelnut chocolate toffee layers crunchy buttery brown-sugar candy with toasted hazelnuts and a melted-on chocolate chip topping. Holiday gift candy that breaks into rough shards.

Chewy praline cookies with brown sugar, butter, and chopped pecans. Thin, crisp-edged, and candy-like with a soft center. Just six ingredients and 20 minutes start to finish.

Chocolate silk pudding with cocoa, three types of milk, egg yolks, and gelatin. A pot de creme-style dessert that sets overnight into a dense, velvety custard.

Well-drained maraschino cherries may be substituted for candied cherries.

Nothing says comfort food like grandma's cookin'. I have simplified the process with canned beans but feel free to use a comparable amount of fresh. I also replaced the lard in Grandma's recipe with (marginally more healthy) butter.

Dried fruits taste sweeter than candy and also provide fiber and potassium.

Grilled Japanese eggplants: smoky grilled baby eggplants served with roasted red peppers, warm herbed goat cheese medallions, and candied spiced walnuts. A stunning composed salad that looks restaurant-plated.

Bourbon-pecan pumpkin pie with a spiced custard filling, candied pecan topping in brown sugar butter, and a flambeed bourbon finish. A Thanksgiving showstopper.

Make glace fruit at home with this classic four-day method, slowly saturating apples, peaches, cherries, or citrus peel in sugar syrup until candied and leathery. The spent syrup becomes a fruit-flavored pancake syrup.

No-bake snack mix of Cap'n Crunch peanut butter cereal, pretzel sticks, M&M's and salted peanuts coated in melted white chocolate. Sweet-salty cluster candy in 10 minutes.

Eggnog mousse with rum, brandy, nutmeg, and whipped cream set with gelatin. A light, airy holiday dessert topped with crushed peppermint candies that tastes like eggnog in cloud form.

These no-bake energy bars are delicious yet nutritious. They are easy to make, and handy to pick up.

Oven baked sweet plantains slice ripe plantains on the bias and roast in a hot oven until golden, caramelized, and candy-sweet. A two-ingredient, no-fry side.