World Peace Through Making Candy At Home

The world would be a sweeter place if world leaders negotiated in a kitchen rather than in some palace stateroom, making candy instead of making chaos.

Well, maybe...

But for sure the "home" certainly is sweeter and merrier when the family gets together for candy making. So if this activity can transform Mable's kitchen into a popular, fun, and truly magical place, why not the halls of world politics?

There is something about candy making that promotes the spirit of giving. You can't make a good batch of chocolate and not want to share. And when the "making it" experience is shared with others... in somebody's kitchen... the spirit of giving, like salt-water taffy, is folded, doubled, and blended into the atmosphere. It creates a generous mindset... It makes one want to "DO" something sweet. It puts meaning and action into the adage: Homemade Candy is like love, it is best when given away! Candy making can definitely be magical for friends and family... why not for principalities?

So, that's it... for peace in the home, make candy together!

For sure world harmony might not be quite so easily achieved. But it is also true that candy making can make individual pockets of the world much warmer and sweeter! If you don't believe it, gather a bunch of the neighborhood kids, and together make candy apples... You will see real joy and peace!

Fun and Joy are the Watchwords...

In fact the operative word for making home-made candy in general What conjures up the suggestion of more fun? "Let's go into the kitchen and make a meat loaf" or "Let's go into the kitchen and make some fudge"?

Dinner is suggested by the one... Sweetness and joy and giving is suggested by the other. For sure, we need dinner, but making dinner is a common, everyday kitchen event. And it's not very personal... it's more like a job... more like the business of running a home. Yes, it certainly can be joyful, but most of the time it is just ordinary... like a meeting of Heads-of-State.

Now... "Let's make fudge" screams togetherness

The joy and the magic in creating candy comes from the fact that it is not ordinary. It is special, calling for special efforts, and yielding special and sweet results. The rarity and the focused intent on fun brings the magic. Like the anticipation of Christmas or birthdays, or any other special day, a day for candy making is an event. Not that you put on the calendar six months in advance, announcing that the family will make candy on this day... (though you certainly can). The magic is that anytime, unexpectedly, will come the declaration: "Let's make cotton candy" or "Let's make candied apples" or "Let's invent a new candy today." Magic!

The only caution is not to put "fun" over safety concerns. Often when making delectable sweets in the kitchen you will be dealing with some very hot materials, and therefore if you bring young ones into the adventure, study and apply safety first.

Rocky Sanders, also known as Rocky Sweet, has been making candy at home ever since they gave him the nickname, "Hard Rock Candyman" in his 9th grade science class. Since then, he has gained a huge amount of knowledge about candy making, and has been sharing the delights of that knowledge with the world. So he'd like to share his expertise and knowledge with you, free of charge.

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