It's Just Not Christmas Without Candy

I have lots of memories of homemade candy and Christmas.  My Grandma Jackson used to fill #10 tin cans with homemade candies and cookies.  She would make one for each of her children's families.  She and grandpa also gave every grandchild one of those tootsie roll penny banks with $10 stuffed inside.  So every Christmas, we would get a delivery that included a big can of Christmas goodies and our tootsie roll penny bank.  I loved it!

I also remember making candy with my mom.  I remember sitting on a stool, over the stove stirring a big batch of caramels, being very careful not to get burned. 

So you see it's just not Christmas without a little candy making.  The girls have had the whole week off of school and they are enjoying their time off, but don't really want to go anywhere or do anything or even leave the house.  So....it has given me lots of time to make some candy.

This year I made English toffee, caramels and Carolyn's (Dave's mom) famous fudge.  The fudge and the toffee turned out perfectly!  The caramels are good but I wish I would have cooked them a minute less so they were a little softer, but in the end I think we will manage to still eat them.