From Better Homes and Gardens

The holidays wouldn't be the same without a traditional fudge recipe. A great make ahead recipe for your Christmas platter.

Opera Fudge

From Better Homes and Gardens

These festive little candies make tempting Christmas treats to stuff into stockings or share with guests.

Soft Honey Nougat

From Better Homes and Gardens

A wonderful Christmas gift from the kitchen, this chocolate and peppermint candy is simply delicious. For easy cleanup, line the baking sheet with foil.

Candy Cane Bark

From Better Homes and Gardens

These stir-together sweet treats can be served at parties or given away as gifts.

Peppermint Sticks

From Food & Wine

F&W's Melissa Rubel Jacobson sets out bowls of flavored ganache and dishes of coatings so guests can create their own truffles to give as gifts.

Do-It-Yourself Truffles

From Food & Wine

Sticky, dried dates are supersweet, so Maura Kilpatrick simmers them with espresso to make a thick paste, which she molds and freezes. When she slices the log to serve, she tops it with pistachios and tangy Greek yogurt.

Espresso Date Log with Greek Yogurt

From Better Homes and Gardens

Make the candy in a baking pan to break in irregular pieces, similar to pretty stained glass windows. To suit the season-- Christmas, Thanksgiving, St. Patrick's Day, or Valentine's Day--make this candy recipe in molds in a variety of colors and shapes.

Crystal Candies

From Better Homes and Gardens

Layers of chocolate and caramel top chocolate crust for this simple candy recipe.

Easy Candy-Bar Treats

From Better Homes and Gardens

For variety, substitute other hard candies for the fruit-flavor candy canes.

Candy Crunch White Bark

From Better Homes and Gardens

To get a headstart on candy-making for Christmas or other special occasions, make and freeze this fudge up to two months.

Fudge

From Better Homes and Gardens

Make and store these nut-and-fruit filled candies up to 7 days before serving.

Snack Truffles

From Better Homes and Gardens

These Christmas candies can be made quickly in the microwave. For gift giving and added variety, roll caramels in festive nonpareils or nuts after you dip them in melted candy coating.

Candy-Box Caramels

From Better Homes and Gardens

These delicious bite-size candies are the perfect Christmas treat, combining white chocolate, cranberries, coconut, and cashews. The recipe also calls for brandy, but if you prefer, substitute orange juice for a nonalcoholic version.

White Cranberry-Cashew Truffles

From Smithfield

A perfect make-ahead treat to have around the house during the holidays.

Cashew Brittle

From Family Circle

Update pineapple upside-down cake by adding macadamia nuts to the gooey brown sugar topping.

Macadamia Upside-Down Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

An elegant cloak of chocolate luxuriously encloses a toasty nut and celestial marshmallow mousse in this luscious cookie recipe.

Marshmallow Truffles

From Midwest Living

Semisweet chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate create the sweet trio that flavors this melt-in-your-mouth candy. Cream cheese makes the middle sturdier than traditional truffles.

Triple-Chocolate Mocha Truffles

From Better Homes and Gardens

Follow this candy recipe, whether beginner or practiced, for a sweet treat that makes plenty to share.

Simple Fudge

From Parents

Dried fruit fills this white chocolate fudge making it pretty to give as a gift or to present on a holiday dessert table.

Christmas Fudge

From Better Homes and Gardens

This toasty almond and coconut bar imitates a favorite candy bar. A short ingredient list means it's an easy recipe.

Coconut Candy Bars

From Kellogg's

Farfingle's Candied Crunch

From Better Homes and Gardens

This creamy blonde fudge ranks at the top of the list of tried-and-true candy recipes. Be sure to use evaporated milk from a can.

Vanilla Fudge

From Family Circle

A drizzle of melted white chocolate makes a pretty decoration for this dark chocolate dessert.

Dark Chocolate Butter Toffee

From Better Homes and Gardens

For best results, choose white chocolate that contains cocoa butter for this recipe. It will create a smooth fudge that sets up nicely.

Cherry-Almond Fudge

From Midwest Living

Rum flavoring is used in these chocolate candy squares but you also could use peppermint, almond or orange extract.

Cream Cheese-Rum Fudge