Thank goodness the great chocolatiers like to make marshmallows. The “real” ones taste nothing like the spongy, cottony commercial ones. Photo courtesy of Recchiuti Confections.

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Old-Fashioned Gourmet Candy

The Best Classic Candy: Oldies But Goodies

What kind of old-fashioned candy do we review? What Grandma and Grandpa ate when they were kids...when candy was made out of natural ingredients...and now, thanks to artisan producers, has been restored to that glory. Old-fashioned caramels, caramel apples, fudge, hard candy, licorice, marshmallow, peanut brittle, peanut butter cups, pralines: We’re always on the hunt for the best. If you want to recommend the best old-fashioned candy, send us a note.

With Chocolate	No Chocolate
Bacci Peanut Butter Cups (Top Pick) April 2006 Cocoa Nuts Chocolate Pralines (Top Pick) November 2005 DeBrito’s Outrageous Caramel Apples (Top Pick) March 2006 John Kelly Gourmet Fudge (Top Pick) November 2006 Lake Champlain Classic Chocolate Confections September 2006 Momma Reiner Fudge & Fudge-Dipped Marshmallows October 2007 Organic Confections Bark May 2008 Recchiuti S’Mores (Top Pick) July 2005 The Best Salt Caramels May 2006 Translucent Chocolates October 2006	Cowgirl Chocolates: Brittle, Caramel Corn & More (Top Pick) June 2007 Crazy For Caramels: Our Favorite Classic Caramels July 2007 Das Caramelini Salted Caramels (Top Pick) November 2007 Kookaburra Liquorice September 2005 Marshmallow Madness: The Best Gourmet Marshmallows November 2007 Plush Puffs Marshmallows April 2006
	Articles & Recipes
	Caramel Trivia Quiz April 2008 Easy Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe March 2008 The History Of The Peanut Butter Cup November 2007 The Origin Of Fudge June 2007

Nibble Tip

Treat your friends to excellent cupcakes and then let them decorate the tops with old-fashioned candies. Nothing from the kids’ candy stand—go to a good candy store and buy top-quality mini-nonpareils, gum drops, and other treats (or go to Marich.com and buy direct). Old-fashioned candies and old-fashioned cupcakes are a match made in heaven.

Gum Drops Photo courtesy of MorgueFile.