Comments on: Candy Recipe: Peanut Butter Hard Candy

By: lisa

lisa — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:31:57 +0000

the candy i made is soo good lol

By: Audrey

Audrey — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:32:58 +0000

My favorite candy is a peanut butter pillow which has a thin ribbon candy coating and a peanut butter candy filling.
I just tried your recipe and it came out very well, taste great but mine does not look to great. I would love to see a picture of your finished candy. I will next time pour the syrup onto the peanut butter because it became like a big ball and hard to spread. As the temp gets close to hard crack stage it rises quickly. I poured on to a marble slab and it took awhile to set up. Great recipe, thanks and will try again maybe today. It taste wonderful!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:50:34 +0000

Hi!

I tried this recipe and it turned out with a kinda grainy texture. I was hoping for a smooth recipe that I could turn into peanut butter flavored lollipops. Is that suitable with this recipe, or did I do something wrong?
The taste was divine and the kids gobbled it up. Just wondering if there is such a candy as the one I am looking for.

By: Nellie

Nellie — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:46:24 +0000

This stuff is AWESOME. I can’t say enough good things about it, and I’m not even a huge fan of peanut butter. The texture is indescribable…kind of stringy and crispy and grainy at the same time. I sprinkled mine with a little salt while it was still warm and cut it into squares with a pizza cutter as soon as I poured it out. I put each piece on a cookie sheet and drizzled each with chocolate ( I didn’t have enough around to dip each piece). I make hard candy all of the time and will definitely make this again!!! Thanks so much for the recipe!

By: julie de lara

julie de lara — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:16:37 +0000

I tried this recipe last night and it was wonderfu. I warmed up the peanut butter so that when Icombined it with the sugar syrup it didn’t harden right away. I poured it on to a marble slab and rolled it to an even thickness with a silicone rolling pin. I quickly cut it into pieces and after it cooled dipped the pieces in tempered chocolate. It tasted just like a See’s P-nut crunch. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:23:53 +0000

@ Holly
You just stirred for too long, that is what i did the first time i made it. You want to mix it as quick as possible, and as soon as you think the peanut butter is decently incorporated into to corn syrup you want to pour it onto the sheet. You should not be stirring for longer than 30 minutes.

By: RyanRN

RyanRN — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:52:26 +0000

This is an excellent recipe. It was such a hit for not only my family, but all of my friends who gave it a taste. It reminded me of the inside of a Butterfinger bar, sans the mockolate coating.

Two thumbs up.

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:56:19 +0000

this turned out to taste like bad fudge. what did we do wrong?

By: MaMa San

MaMa San — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:19:49 +0000

Just curious, how did you discover this recipe?
That adorable child had to be Robert, he is a perfect cutie!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:30:39 +0000

Hi, Josh. I’m glad you tried the peanut butter hard candy again and glad to hear it turned out good for you! It is easy to mess up if you don’t watch the thermometer closely enough. I cooked a batch just TWO degrees above hard crack and, ugh, it had a slightly burnt flavor and we couldn’t eat it.

You’re right that it tastes similar to the middle of a Butterfinger. I’d never thought of that before!