confectionary
This Chocolate Mona Lisa Is 100-Percent Edible
"I can’t really give you any secret tips about how to paint the Mona Lisa in chocolate other than I went for it and hoped for the best!"
Campaigners Accuse These ‘Distressing’ Sweets of Stigmatising Mental Illness
“The product needs to be quickly withdrawn from sale and Poundland needs to apologise.”
You Can Now Get Paid to Eat Chocolate for a Living
Think you’re qualified? Well, you need a "passion for confectionary and taste buds for detection.”
Matty Matheson's Doughnuts Are Too Good to Share with Trick-or-Treaters
What’s a little egg on your garage door if it means you don’t have to give these caramel glaze creations to a kid wearing a Star Wars costume?
An NYC Candymaker Is Putting Famous Art Inside Lollipops
How many licks does it take to get to the center of an 18th century masterpiece?
How Eating Too Many Sweets at the Fun Fair Became a British Tradition
The relationship between confectionary and the fair goes beyond throwing up on the waltzers. Traditional fairground sweets like Northern Ireland’s Yellowman honeycomb or Scottish mint Hawick Balls are intertwined with social history.
You’ll Need Four Hours and a Pillowcase to Make This Dumpling
The “clootie dumpling” is a fruit-filled Scottish dessert, traditionally wrapped in a pillowcase and steamed for hours. “It will always take anyone back to their family kitchen,” says Glasgow chef Jak O’Donnell.
Britain Can’t Resist America’s Baked Goods
According to new market research, sales of traditional British baked goods are falling, as the country develops a taste for American-style cookies, muffins, and brownies.
This 200-Year-Old Marzipan Factory Makes an Entire German Town Smell Like Candy
Real-deal marzipan is still made the old-fashioned way in Lübeck, Germany, where an army of candy artisans is preparing for the holidays.