• 3 cups sugar.
• 1 cup water
• quarter cup brown vinegar
• Hundreds and thousands and/or nuts to top

• METHOD
  

1. Line a baking tray with patty pans.
2. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Stir over a low heat until sugar has dissolved. Increase heat, boil rapidly for approx 15 mins, or until a small amount of mixture will crack when tested in coldwater.
3. Spoon toffee mixture in patty pans.
4. Sprinkle hundreds and thousands or nuts on the top of toffees before they harden (not chocolate).
5. Allow to cool and solidify in the tray.

Whisky Truffles

Truffle Ingredients Makes about 35 Truffles

• 1 cup (100 g) plain sweet biscuit crumbs
• ½ cup coconut
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• ¼ cup sultanas, chopped
• ¼ cup Irish cream liqueur
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/3 cup chocolate sprinkles
• 1/3 cup coconut, extra

1. Combine biscuit crumbs, coconut, icing sugar, cocoa and sultanas in bowl.
2. Stir in liqueur, water and honey, mix well.
3. Roll 1 tablespoon of mixture into a ball. Repeat with remaining mixture.
4. Divide truffles into two batches. Roll one batch in chocolate sprinkles and the other batch in the extra coconut.
5. Refrigerate truffles for several hours.
6. To store, keep in an airtight container in refrigerator.

Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge

A tasty choc treat made with peanut butter

Ingredients

• 350g milk chocolate chips
• 440g sweetened condensed milk
• 375g jar crunchy peanut butter

Method

1. Place chocolate chips in a microwave safe container. Microwave on High for two minutes. Stir and microwave on High for another one minute. Stir until chocolate is smooth.
2. Mix in peanut butter and condensed milk.
3. Pour in a 20cm square pan lined with waxed paper.
4. Refrigerate to chill. Cut into 2.5cm pieces.

Peanut Brittle

Peanut brittle is an old favourite! Try these delicious recipes for Microwave Peanut Brittle and Dixie

Microwave Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw peanuts
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup golden syrup
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp butter
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp bicarbonate soda

Method

1. In a large casserole dish stir together peanuts, sugar, syrup and salt.
2. Cook for eight minutes on High in microwave oven, stirring well after four minutes.
3. Stir in butter and vanilla. Microwave two minutes longer on High.
4. Add bicarbonate soda and quickly stir until light and foamy. Immediately pour onto lightly greased tray spread out very thin.
5. When cool. Break into small pieces. Store in an airtight container.

NB. Roasted peanuts may be used instead of raw but they must be added immediately before the bicarbonate soda.

Dixie Peanut Brittle

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup golden syrup
• ½ cup water
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp butter
• 3 cups raw peanuts, skins on
• 2 tsp bicarbonate soda

1. In a heavy saucepan, heat sugar, syrup, water and salt to a boil. Add peanuts.
2. Reduce heat to medium and stir constantly. Cook until syrup spins a thread in a glass of cold water.
3. Add butter, then bicarbonate soda. Beat rapidly and pour on a buttered surface, spreading to 0.5cm thickness.
4. When cool, break into pieces.

Sugared Peanuts

Sugared peanuts are those delicious red-coated sweets you see in little bags at the supermarket ...

now you can make them at home!

• 2 cups sugar
• Water
• Red Food Coloring (optional)
• 3 cups raw (skins-on) peanuts

• 2/3 cup gelatine
• 4 cups sugar
• 1.5 cups of boiling water
• 1 cup cold water
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• lemon juice (optional)
• Icing sugar or coconut for coating.

• Flat bottomed ice cream cones
• Packet of hundreds and thousands
  
• Soften gelatine in cold water.

Method

Milo Rice Crispies

This is so easy for party nibbles that even the kids will be able to make it!

• 3 cups Rice Bubbles
• 1/3 cup roasted peanuts
• 1 cup Milo
• ¼ cup (60g) butter
• 125g white marshmallows

Method

1. Combine Rice Bubbles, peanuts and Milo in a large bowl.
2. Melt butter in pan, add marshmallows, stir until melted and pour over the Rice Bubble mixture.
3. Mix quickly until combined. Gently press mixture evenly into a lined, greased rectangular shallow pan or dish.
4. Cool and cut into squares.