There seems to be an essential skill that isn’t taught to our kids much these days. Cooking. Who teaches their kids to cook now? Well you should, and the best place to start is with homemade candy.
If you want to teach kids to cook successfully you’ve got to get them cooking something they love to eat. All kids love to eat candy. So teach them how to make great homemade candy and they’ll be back to cook, and eat, more.
Last night I did some great cooking with my kids who are 8 and 11, and I can’t still see their faces as they licked out the bowl. Kids love cooking something that is easy to cook and yummy to eat. Homemade candy is both easy to cook and yummy to eat.
And once kids learn to cook they have a skill for life. And they graduate pretty fast from homemade candy onto other stuff.
There’s a few simple things to remember, whether they’re cooking homemade candy or anything else. Allow plenty of time, expect mess, start with a simple recipe and get them started on the simple tasks.
And always remember to keep them away from heat. Many homemade candy recipes require that you make a syrup from water and sugar, and a syrup is extremely hot, hotter than simply boiling water. So watch out, a syrup burn is nasty.
And another reason to stay away from syrups is that they are a little tricky to get right, you have to heat them to just the right temperature. There are some fantastic simple homemade candy recipes, so start with something like pralines or truffles.
But once you’re all up to skill there’s no end to the homemade candy recipes you can try. Truffles, nougats, chocolate anythings, toffees, the list goes on and on. Oh and if you try toffee make sure you do chewy toffee, it’s absolutely the best toffee ever.
Now all that has made me hungry.
Seriously though, teaching the kids to cook candy gets them on the road to cooking for life, and they learn to love to cook anything with time.
So get out there and find some hot homemade candy recipes, there’s thousands, including lots on my website. It’s cheaper to make your own candy and it makes great candy. Get the kids involved, in the future they’ll thank you for it.
Want to find some great Home Made Candy Recipes? Visit Peter’s Website Homemade Candy Ideas and find a great Homemade Candy Recipe to cook with the kids.
