18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic, Oct 27 2004
By Autodidact - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hazel's Candies Copper Kettle Trade Secrets (Hardcover)
I never heard of Hazel's Candies, and I bought this book along with several others as I launched into home candymaking. This book contains kitchen-tested recipes -- very important -- that are easy enough and well-explained enough for the novice. Forget microwave fudge. This is the real deal. I just made a batch of the best fudge in the universe from this cookbook. It's enough to make me think of switching careers, or gaining 500 pounds, or both.
Some recipes call for items not usually found in a home cook's kitchen -- such as hard butter. I found everything I needed on-line at www.kitchenkrafts.com.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great candy recipes, Nov 23 2001
By ken - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hazel's Candies Copper Kettle Trade Secrets (Hardcover)
I am an amateur cook and love to make candy. I remember buying candy at Hazel's Candies when they had stores in the malls in Washington and Oregon. I was really excited to see that they had written a candy cookbook using their original recipes that they scaled down for home use. My favorites are the Victorian creams and the fudge recipes. This book tells you exactly what ingredients you will need and a step by step recipe. If you do have a problem it walks you through a list of questions and what you might have done that caused the problem. I would recommend this candy cookbook as a gift to ones self and also a gift for others for any occasion.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Love This Book, Mar 15 2005
By Marisa "SoCal Marisa" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hazel's Candies Copper Kettle Trade Secrets (Hardcover)
I received this book as a gift and I absolutely love, love, love it! I regret that I was not fortunate enough to actually purchase any of their candies when their stores where open. I'm a truffle lover and the truffles in this book, while few are absolutely excellent and extremely easy to make. We made caramel apples recently and used the caramel recipe in the book and I won't say how many of the apples I ate but I enjoyed each and every one of them. Buy this book; you will love all the recipes in it.