2015-06-03

Wondering how to make candy at home? We’ll show you with these easy homemade candy recipes that are better than the originals! So the next time a sweet craving strikes, you’ll be more than prepared.

15 Homemade Candy Recipes For Your Next Sugar Rush




Store-bought candy is boring; these recipes are where it’s at!

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Homemade candy and sweets are the way of the future! We’ve rounded up the tastiest and wackiest DIY candy recipes to make for your next movie night, get-together, or whenever you’re feeling a little sweet and sassy.

Now you can make even more candy at home with this great Holiday Candy and Chocolate-Making Kit from Grow and Make!


1. Homemade Reese’s Chocolate Chip Brownie Bars

This candy recipe is the answer for world peace!

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This fabulous and delicious candy bar recipe will definitely be your next favorite go-to sweet treat. These Reese’s brownie bars are beyond fudgy with the perfect amount of stick-to-your-mouth peanut butter. Have a glass of milk on hand because you’re sure going to need it.

2. Delicious Crispy Candy Bars Recipe

These little bars have all the right flavors and textures.

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Who needs a Take 5 candy bar when you have this recipe?! We’re getting lost in the layers alone; imagine how this thing tastes?!

3. Homemade Peeps Bars That’ll Blow Your Mind

If you didn’t like Peeps before, you’ll love them now!

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We did say we put together some wacky recipes, didn’t we? And these peep brownie bars are about as wacky and colorful as they come!

4. DIY Vegan Heath Bars

Vegans have all the fun (and flavor) with this omnivore-friendly heath bar.

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The name says it all! This vegan-friendly candy bar recipe is everything you’ve ever wanted – sweet, healthy, and oh so nummy.

5. Copycat Almond Joy Candy Bars Recipe

Let your taste buds party with this copycat almond joy recipe.

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Almond Joys are the ultimate classic candy, so it’s always great to find a recipe that does the original justice like this one! Some might argue that this recipe is even better than the original. We’ll let you be the judge!

6. Fried Delicious Candy Bars

Let’s start a deep-frying revolution!

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What other dessert (aside from shaved ice and ice cream) screams “Summer” like this deep fried candy bar recipe? With these little treats, you won’t need to wait hours in line at your state fair. (But then again, isn’t that half the fun?)

7. Healthy Dark Chocolate and Salted Caramel Copycat “Twix” Bars

Yup, healthy candy bars exist.

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These sweet bars are layered with a gooey, sweet salted caramel sauce and then dipped in rick, dark chocolate; I repeat, DARK chocolate is used in this recipe, making it a dessert fit for the gods.

8. Homemade Peanut Butter and Candy Bar Recipe

That’s three different kinds of candy you’re looking at in there!

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We love the way this looks, tastes, and feels in our hands and mouth. Peanut butter balances the sweetness from the candy chunks, creating a dessert that’s perfect for you and everyone else!

9. DIY Holiday Candy Bar Pretzel Bites

Don’t wait until the holidays to make this recipe!

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Let’s break this recipe down: pretzels stuffed with mini chocolate bars and then dipped in a vanilla candy coating. Yup, we lost it too. This is an easy Christmas candy recipe that’s too good to wait for, so “test try” them out and make them now!

10. Far Out M&M and Oreo Cookie Bars

Well, we can die happy now knowing this recipe exists.

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How completely radical and awesome is this easy homemade candy bar? Oreo’s and M&M’s come together to create a bar that’s filled with surprises in every bite.

11. Copycat Payday Candy Bars Recipe

This is for our Payday fans!

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If you love Paydays, this is the recipe for you! The closest we’ve come across to tasting like the real thing, this is definitely a candy recipe to make and share.

12. Homemade Butterfingers Bar Recipe

It’s been unanimously decided that these are better than the originals.

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We fell in love with the Recipe Boy the second we landed on his blog. I mean, it’s a 10-year-old boy (now 14) making amazing food? How could we not love him? This homemade sweets recipe is so easy and quick to prepare; all you need are three ingredients and 20 minutes, tops. And trust us, these bars are way better than the ones you buy from the store.

13. Better-Than-The-Original DIY Twix Bars

To be betwixt a Twix and a hard place…

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These bars are the perfect balance of sweet and salty. Not to be confused for the originals, this copycat candy recipe is a modern take on a classic chocolate bar.

14. Easy Copycat Kit Kat Bites

It’s probably more responsible to portion your sweets; now you can with these awesome Kit Kat bars!

image via Shugary Sweets

I personally love Kit Kats, so of course I went gaga over these fancy little bites. They really are the perfect size to satisfy a spontaneous sweet craving (you know, the ones that occur most weeknights at around 9 PM.)

15. DIY Snickers Brownie Bites That Are Too Good To Be True

We could just stare at these bars for hours.

image via The Domestic Rebel

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold the phone. Snickers brownie bites? Uh, yes, please! These little guys are packed with fudgy brownies, peanut butter nougat, rich caramel, salty peanuts, and smothered in a smooth milk chocolate coating. So yeah, they’re basically the best homemade candies to ever exist.

The fun doesn’t stop here! Let these candy GIFs hypnotize and excite you!

Oh no, did we open up a can of raging, sweet-toothed worms? Guess you have no choice but to make more sweets! Don’t miss out on these Awesome Desserts for Dad and the Family and Rocky Road Recipes That’ll Make Your Day!

That’s all, folks! If you enjoyed our 15 Easy Homemade Candy Recipes, let us know in the Comments section below. We love hearing your feedback and comments; we also love sharing, so if you have an amazing candy bar recipe waiting to be discovered, we’d love to hear about it and try it for ourselves! HomemadeRecipes.com was founded to create an online community where foodies, epicureans and chefs can share recipes and learn new ones! We need your help, however, in creating this community where you can come, share and learn. If you love to cook, love food or have some great recipes and ideas you’d like to share with us, shoot us an email and make sure to stay in touch on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest! We’re always looking for contributors and want to hear from you.

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