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College Fudge: Vassar, Smith College, and Wellesley

The chocolate themed cookbook from 1909, Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes, by Miss Parloa has many great recipes all revolving around chocolate products such as chocolate blocks, cocoa powder, baker’s...

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Confectionery Centerpieces (Pièces Montées – Confiserie)

Everyone’s favorite stop at the dessert table or the focal point at a formal dinner is the showpiece. And the traditional pièce montée has been around a very long time. In 1864, the Parkinson’s...

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Checking Sugar Stages Using the Cold Water Test

Kitchen thermometers are about as common as skewers and are now in just about any supermarket’s kitchen supplies aisle. But what if you were making candy say 80 years ago and they weren’t so common, or...

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Chocolate Caramels

From 1908, here is a recipe for Chocolate Caramels.  

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Dakota Caramels

These caramels are flavored with molasses and brown sugar, and the recipe comes from the Rumford Complete Cookbook by Lily Haxworth Wallace, 1927. Print Dakota Caramels Author Renee Shelton Ingredients...

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