1950s
Get the famous Can’t Fail 5-minute fudge recipe, plus 10 more fast vintage fudge recipes
Get the famous Can’t Fail 5-minute fudge recipe, plus 10 more fast vintage fudge recipes that you can easily make right at home!
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1970s
3 amazing homemade fudge recipes, minus the chocolate (1970)
Caramel! Maple! Buttermilk! When there are such amazing flavors that can be made into homemade fudge candy, why does chocolate fudge always grab the attention?
1960s
Hershey’s rich cocoa fudge recipe from the ’70s & ’80s
This is the Hershey’s rich cocoa fudge recipe your grandmother used to make! The recipe first appeared on the Hershey’s Cocoa can label in the 1960s.
1960s
Classic Christmas sweets: Homemade candy & fudge recipes (1960)
Joyous in the holiday season, homemade candy & fudge are gifts happily remembered: golden taffy nuggets sweetly flavored with molasses, white velvet creams, chocolate cream fudge and more.
1990s
Traditional Christmas fudge & vintage one-bowl holiday fudge recipes from the ’90s
These two delicious holiday fudge recipes will really make a lasting impression, whether you make the Christmas fudge with chocolate chips, or the other with unsweetened chocolate!
1980s
Christmas gifts from the kitchen: Caramel fudge balls & cut-out shortbread cookies (1981)
Here are two retro Christmas recipes for caramel fudge balls — caramelly (non-chocolate) homemade candies, and pretty cut-out shortbread cookies
1950s
Old-fashioned popcorn balls recipes (1950s)
Get classic recipes for old-fashioned popcorn balls, plus peanut brittle popcorn balls, molasses popcorn balls, caramel sugared popcorn, confetti popcorn and popcorn squares
1960s
Karo Crazy Crunch caramelized popcorn (1964)
Dig this crazy caramelized popcorn – it’s positively wild, all candy-coated and crunchy with almonds, pecans or peanuts. (Great just caramelized, too.)
1960s
Marshmallow cream fudge recipe (1963)
This super chocolatey, marshmallow cream fudge is a perfect treat for parties and special events! You can also easily substitute marshmallow cream for regular old marshmallows for the same delicious recipe.
1990s
How to make double chocolate fudge (1993)
Double chocolate fudge “It’s the simplest way to make a delicious dessert. Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk is the key ingredient in all my dessert
1980s
Homemade candy recipes for Christmas: Opera nut creams & crystallized nuts from 1981
This Christmas, give a gift that won’t last — try these two delicious homemade candy recipes for opera nut creams & sweet crystallized nuts.
1930s
Christmas gifts from the kitchen: Classic homemade candy and cookies (1936)
Who will not welcome a Merry Christmas Greeting in the form of a pretty package of your own homemade candy or cookies? Get recipes for caramels, fudge, butterscotch, marshmallow coconut squares and holiday cookies here!
1950s
Easy ways to make classic caramel candies at home (1958)
Found: The perfect recipe for the classic caramel candy, that everyone can enjoy making — and eating.
1960s
Visions of sugar plums: Recipes for 14 Christmas treats (1965)
While visions of sugar plums… Want to make even the youngest, most beautiful dreams come true? To see stars in a child’s eyes and hear
1800s
Classic chocolate candy recipes for Christmas from a century ago
Classic chocolate candy recipes for Christmas from more than a century ago It would not seem to be Christmas to the little people without candy
1800s
A collection of classic Christmas candy recipes from the early 1900s
What would Christmas be to the children — or even the grownups — without some of the special candies and good things appropriate to the
1910s
7 Christmas sweets for little ones, from the olden days (1912)
Christmas hearts cookie recipe Ingredients: Two cups granulated sugar, one-half cup cream, one-fourth cup butter, one-half cup chopped candied cherries, one teaspoon vanilla or wintergreen extract,
1960s
Two-tone fudge: Chocolate & butterscotch (1968)
Try some two-tone fudge, featuring both chocolate and butterscotch flavors! Your whole family will love both sides.
1960s
Two-flavor fudge: It’s twice as good (1965)
Two-flavor fudge: It’s twice as good Two-flavor fudge recipe Ingredients 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup evaporated milk 1 jar marshmallow creme 1
1980s
Ribbon fantasy fudge (1981)
Ribbon fantasy fudge recipe 3 cups sugar 3/4 cup butter or margarine (1-1/2 sticks) 1 pkg. (6 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate pieces 2/3 cup evaporated milk
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