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Chocolate Covered Sponge Toffee

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I made some sponge toffee as well as the mice today so there has been major sugar consumption here today. I have wanted to make this candy forever but just never got around to it. My dad’s mum used to make it for him when he was a kid and I always thought such a feat was amazing because it looked like complicated stuff to me. It is so simple. Candy scares me sometimes because of the temperatures you need to get just right, but it was no problem. It bubbles up like crazy when you add the baking soda, so it is kind of fun for kids to watch, from a safe distance of course as it is hot. I melted a bit of milk chocolate and dipped it in that for extra tastiness. I am very pleased with how everything turned out but I probably won’t want to eat candy again for a year.

Sugar Mice Candy

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I was over at my friend’s house the other night and a group of us were discussing candy and the candy we remember from when we were kids. One of my friends mentioned sugar mice from their childhood in Ireland. I had never heard of them before and was a little curious. I looked them up online (who knew there was a whole world out there revolving around sugar mice) and I found instructions on how to make them, so I had to make them of course. I think if I try them again I will use candy flavouring oils from LorAnn because my grocery store maple flavour just didn’t do the job. I am going to drop them off for my friend as a surprise tonight as well as another treat, which I will post on in a little bit as the chocolate is still cooling on them.