confectionery:

Bought shop sweets, lollies and candy is all well and good for an occasional treat.

But try spending a few hours with the kids making fresh coconut ice, saltwater taffy, home made sherbet, fudge etc and discover the joys on their faces, and not just from eating the end product but from the making of it, and the time spent with you.

Let them have some, but not too much, and wrap the rest up and give it away for presents.

recipes links:

• coconut ice

• fudge : basic

• honeycombe

• licorice #01

• marshmallows

• sherbet - old fashioned fizzing

• turkish delight

• candied apple or pear slices (crisps)

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