Candy making isn’t just for Christmas time, it’s something you can enjoy year-round. Only for many of us, making candy isn’t that enjoyable. It can be complex, finicky, and basically make you feel ...

Imagine making 2,400 candy canes by hand. The Sweenor family doesn't have to. The candy-making family does it every holiday season, the way Walter Sweenor did for this 70-plus-year-old business. They ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Once a month Mirta loads up her car with 24 cases of H.E. Williams’ hard candy to sell at the small country store in Suffolk where she works. Her personal favorite? The pineapple ...

In the same way people complain about baking being more regimented and exacting than cooking, candy making takes anal retentiveness to a whole other level. Not that it can’t be relaxing or easy, but ...