Kids Love To Cook. Make Homemade Candy With Them.

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.

You’ve got to start by teaching kids to cook something that they love to eat. That way they want to cook more. And kids love to eat candy, especially their own homemade candy.

Last night I was cooking a chocolate candy with my kids, 8 and 11. They loved it and I can still see the look on their face as they licked out the bowl. The enjoyment that kids get from cooking is directly related to how yummy the result is, and if you cook homemade candy the result is always yummy.

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 some basic things to remember. And it applies whether they’re cooking candy or anything else. Allow plenty of time and expect a mess. That’s normal, and part of the learning to cook process for kids. Start them on a simple recipe and start them on simple steps from that recipe, so the hard ones yourself.

And follow some basic rules for safety too. At the start keep the kids away from heat. So if you’re cooking a homemade candy recipe for example, you should always keep them away from hot stuff like syrup. Syrup is heated to a high temperature, so start with something else. No syrup burns for kids.

There’s some wonderful simple homemade candy recipes to begin with. I already mentioned syrup. I’ve suggest keeping away from making any candy that starts with a syrup to begin with. Many candies need a syrup, and getting the temperature right can be tricky, and a little boring for kids. So start with some simple candy recipes first. Pralines and truffles would be a good start.

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.

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