50+ Fun Homemade Candy Recipes! (2024)

Deliciously decadent, this homemade fudge takes just a few ingredients and a few minutes to make. Perfect for gift giving or just satisfying that sweet tooth.

In this tutorial, we will teach you how to make nutty chocolate caramel bars: delicious candy made right in your own kitchen!

The easiest fudge recipe! It's sweet, chocolatey and melts in your mouth.

These Peanut Butter Balls are chocolate covered delights. They're perfect for homemade gifts and will thrill any peanut butter lover!

Candy Apples are a fun activity for the family, cheap & easy to
make, and are a tasty way to use some of the bountiful apples this
season.

Homemade gummy bears are an easy to make candy that’s only 3 ingredients!

Unicorn candy is a fun recipe to make with kids. These colorful candies are easy enough to make as a unicorn party activity

Did you know you can make Tootsie Rolls at home? Try out my Instant Pot Tootsie Roll recipe today for that classic candy you know and love

Homemade Jolly Rancher Candy is sweet, a
bit tart, and easy to make. Choose your own flavours and colours to
customize it as you like!

Nougat candy is a festive and colorful candy that is very popular around Christmas time. Gumdrop nougat is sweet, creamy, and so addictive. I bet you can’t eat just once slice of this sweet no-bake candy.

Sweden's favourite candy. Oat, chocolate truffles covered in coconut, pearl sugar or sprinkles.

Old Fashioned Pioneer Caramel Recipe- passed down through the family and one of the best!

Homemade Crunchie Bars! A fun way to have Crunchie Bars - one of my favs - on hand, wherever in the world you may live.

Caramel Apple Divinty- One of my all time favorite flavor combinations and absolutely Perfect for Fall!

When you’re gluten free, there’s that moment when you realize that … you can’t have traditional licorice. But then there’s that moment when you find out that you can make your own gluten free red cherry licorice at home—and it’s easy!

Old fashioned caramel candy. Only two ingredients are needed to make grandmother's hard candy.

Marzipan pig candy are made and gifted for new year's day. They bring good luck.

A very accurate replica recipe for a Canadian Favourite

Love Mounds (or Bounty if you're in the UK)? Then make this much healthier homemade version that will fool anyone that tastes them! They taste just like the original!

Rich and chocolaty peanut butter cups are treats you can easily make in your own home. They pack an impressive depth of flavor and garnished with flaky sea salt for an extra bit of zing

With just 4 ingredients and 30 minutes you can make your own Homemade Andes Mints!

These Copycat Butterfinger Candy Bites are a healthier, corn syrup free, easy to make, delicious little bite of your favorite candy bar!

If you've got some gummy candy molds, why not get weird with it? These Dill Pickle Gummy Worms are not only
hilarious, they're actually really tasty!

Salted Dark Chocolate Rocky Road Candy is easy homemade candy that comes together in minutes with a few simple ingredients!

Salted Caramel Chocolate Truffles are the easiest truffles ever, and can be made with only 3 ingredients! They’re impressive, delicious, and a fraction of the price of store bought chocolates!

A delicious no-bake treat for St. Patrick’s Day. Irish Potato Candy is made of cream cheese, coconut, sugar, butter, and cinnamon.

This old-time peanut butter candy is quick and easy to make. It is great for gift giving

Marshmallow Cones dipped in colourful sugar was a fun treat, growing up in
Winnipeg. Now, I make them a home! These look the same, but taste WAY
better - and it's fun to customize the colours used, around your tastes
or to suit a special event!

Quick, easy sour lemon gummy snacks, made with gut-friendly gelatin. With endless flavor variations, these sugar free gummies are the perfect keto snack

This delicious and easy-to-make sweet and salty chocolate bar with fruit and nuts is the perfect healthy treat for chocolate lovers! It’s naturally gluten-free, and also dairy and refined sugar free with a paleo option.

Making homemade chocolate turtles is so easy you'll wonder why you haven't done it before now! Skip the chocolate shop! Add these to cookie tins with your favorite fudge and plenty of holiday cookies.

This is my Peppermint Patties recipe, the way I learned to make it as a
kid. You will never BELIEVE the secret, base ingredient that the
filling is built on!

Martha Washington Candy is a classic candy made with chocolate, coconut, and pecans. I update and simplify the recipe without losing any of that classic taste!

A popular candy recipe with many variations throughout Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Indian, and Asian cuisines. This 3-Ingredient Sesame Seed Crunch Candy is perfectly sweet, nutty, gluten-free, paleo, optionally vegan, and top-8 allergy-free! Just toasted sesame seeds, honey, and sugar! Easy to gift or munch!

Incredibly simple Peppermint Truffles Recipe starts with a cream cheese base full of peppermint chips, rolled into balls then they're draped in chocolate.

These lollipops are made with beer and infused with hops, perfect for the beer lover in your life!

Cannoli Cream Truffles, an easy homemade candy recipe inspired by the popular Italian pastry!

Just 4 ingredients to make these super fast, no bake Espresso Oreo Truffles that are perfect for the holidays.

Rock candy is not only delicious, but it's also easy and fun for kids!

No-Bake Peanut Butter Clusters – White chocolate, crispy candy filled with chunky peanut butter, mini marshmallows, and roasted peanuts.

This fudge is gorgeous, has a great texture, takes only a few minutes to make, and has only 2 ingredients!

The combination of chocolate, peanut butter and graham crackers makes a delicious homemade candy bar.

Nut Goodie Bar Candy is an addictively sweet chocolate peanut butter candy bar famous in Midwest USA. An easy no-bake dessert candy served right from the freezer!

If you are a fan of Williams Sonoma candy, you are going to love these Homemade Sticky Paws candy. We coat almonds in caramel and then dip them in chocolate. They are a sweet and salty treat that is great for Christmas gift-giving.

Sweet, buttery toffee coated in milk chocolate and ground almonds make this Butter Toffee recipe one of the best holiday treats ever. This melt-in-your-mouth buttercrunch is absolutely AMAZING and perfect for gifts (if you can stand to give it away)!

This is a fun take on traditional peanut brittle - It has a nice warm heat, not overly spicy.

Crockpot Christmas Candy is festive, fun, and so easy to make! All that's needed are 4 simple ingredients and a few minutes of hands-on time and a crockpot to whip up these delectable candy clusters

Rock candy is easy to make and the perfect Christmas gift. Whip up any flavor or color using this recipe!

Almond Roca, homemade candy! A buttery toffee almond base. Topped with melted chocolate and crushed almonds. A great addition to a Holiday sweets table! Great homemade gifts for family and friends!

Sometimes, I like to mix things up a bit. This Ginger Molasses Sponge Toffee puts the flavours of gingersnap cookies into an airy, bubbly candy form!

Microwave Caramels are so simple to make and come out buttery and melt in your mouth delicious every time!!

Homemade mint chocolate bark swirled with mint flavored white chocolate. A perfect candy treat for Christmas or any other day!

This recipe for Homemade Snickers Bars Recipe is rich, decadent and delicious! It's easy to make and everyone will love it. Oh, and your house will smell like snickers!

Sucre à la Crème is a traditional Quebecois fudge. This recipe is from my book, "More Than Poutine", and comes courtesy of my frend Karine Charlebois!