I don't make candy much but I do want to make the most out of my candy thermometer AND Halloween is coming up. I'm going to make vegan M&M's ( with shell and shined) and a few other things soon enough. Does anyone have any other ideas on things that don't have a vegan version or could be upgraded? Thank you for your time. ^^

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Anyone know where I can find such a thing, either in bars, bulk or chips? I want to make cookies with it. I live in Canada so a store is preferable (shipping to Canada is really really expensive). I know someone mentioned they got it at whole foods once and I checked my whole foods and it isn't vegan.

Hello everyone!

My sister is having a Halloween-themed wedding, and I have been placed in charge of the candy buffet, which will serve as wedding favors for the guests. I am going to be making all the chocolate candies (it's SO expensive to buy "specialty" chocolate) and purchasing a few other vegan non-chocolate candies (i.e. hot tamales). So does ( Read more... )

(the truffle recipe is the infamous recipezaar recipe that uses cashews)
http://www.recipezaar.com/Vegan-Truffles-33995


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I'm planning on making chocolates for Halloween. I wanted to make some chocolate suckers and truffles.

Does anyone know if there is anything vegan I can use to color white chocolate? I want to make the suckers like there and I thought they would look better colored like that ( Read more... )

Would Earth Balance work in place of butter for the ganache of a truffle? I've used it in all kinds of baking with no problem, but have never tried using it for chocolates. Thanks!

I found this recipe on vegweb, and from what I can see it hasn't been posted here yet - these were easy to make, and taste incredible.

( My photo here )

1/2 c. light caro syrup (using brown rice syrup)
1/4 c. Earth Balance (using smart balance light)
1 tsp. natural vanilla extract
3 cups powdered sugar (using powdered barley malt sweetener)
1 bag semi-sweet or soy-milk chocolate chips (using grain sweetened chocolate chips)
2 tbs. vegetable shortening

**OPTIONAL**
yellow & red food coloring

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This is a great chocolate/candy recipe. I have shared it with many, many non-vegans who have all loved it, including those who have no clue what wheat gluten/seitan is.

( tasty goodness )