I did not get a change to download this book so could not read it to review it. I would have liked to have read it and give is a better review then I am doing at this point. Sadly I really did want to read this.

This is a great book for beginners. I have been making candy for over 20 years and did get a few new recipes. If anyone is looking to learn how to make candy this book will help.

Overall I found the book to be informative and to offer a good variety of recipes. I would have liked to see more information on candy thermometers as this is my trouble area for candy making. I wish there were some recommendations on brands rather than the "just get a candy thermometer" step. Still it is a nice beginner guide.

Karen Neugebauer is an expert, award winning candy maker. Given that, who better to write a cookbook for beginning candy makers? Candy Making for Beginners: Easy Recipes for Homemade Caramels, Gummies, Lollipops and More is an excellent book for anyone who wants to learn the basics of candy making – not just chocolate, but also brittles, caramels, chewy candies, lollipops fudge, and truffles. Neugebauer has organized the book into chapters that cover each kind of candy, and the recipes in each category are varied.

The first chapter is dedicated to equipment and tools needed. There is also information on important skills such as tempering chocolate. This chapter is excellent, and is a good primer for beginners, and a good review for veteran candy makers. There is also information on ingredients needed, most of which we have on our pantry shelves. Glucose is one I didn’t have, but was able to find at a restaurant supply store easily.

The book contains recipes for candies that most of us will want to make. Luckily, the instructions are written in an easy-to-follow format, and there are a few different recipes to choose from in each chapter. The only drawback to this cookbook is the lack of photographs. Although there are a few, this is a book that would really benefit if it had pictures of each of the candies, and also step-by-step instructions for basic skills needed to complete the recipes.

Anyone who wants to learn the art of candy making in an easy-to read and follow format will enjoy this cookbook.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

This is a great book. I really is a wonderful book for beginners interested in candy making. The whole family can have fun with the easy recipes. More photos would be nice, but what are available are great. The step-by-step instructions are very helpful. I like how easy the steps are without some of the old steps needed. Thanks for this book and the great instruction.

Exactly what it says, an easy guide for beginning candy makers. I thought the directions were quite clear and easy to follow. I took forward to trying more of the recipes!

Candy Making for Beginners Easy Recipes for Homemade Caramels, Gummies, Lollipops and More
by Karen Neugebauer from Callisto Media is a nice tutorial and cook book. There are nice easy to follow step by step photos for the tutorial. I found the book and recipes formatted for easy navigation of the book and easy to follow the recipes. For me, I would have liked more pictures of the finished recipes but still this is a great book for the beginner candy makers and even the more experience candy maker. Thank you to Campus to Media, NetGalley and author Karen Neugebauer.

This delightful book by a Master Chocolatier is an outstanding introduction to candy making. There are excellent, easy-to-follow articleas and delightful recipes. I espewcially like that many of the recipes don't require candy thermometers or boiling sugar. Without those scary techniques anyone, even children, can get a great introduction to this.

My girls and I love to bake and are looking to expand our skills with candy making. This book was the perfect way to jump into exploring making candies of all types and styles.

The introductory chapters get you well versed in what equipment you will find helpful and the basics of working with sugar and chocolate. What follows are many recipes, covering all types of sweet treats, that teach important techniques. Each one provides a wealth of information and many tips and tricks for success.

I have bookmarked many of the recipes to try and look forward to trying out our candy making skills.

Candy Making for Beginners is a recipe and tutorial collection for candymaking by Karen Neugebauer. Due out 18th Feb 2020 from Callisto on their Rockridge Press imprint, it's 176 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats (ebook available now). It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.

The book has an accessible, appealing format. An introductory chapter gives a good overview of tools, supplies and ingredients, some safety and food handling. The following chapters contain tutorials and recipes arranged roughly thematically: barks and fudge, chocolates and truffles, caramels and butterscotch, brittle and toffee, lollipops and hard candies, gummies and chews, and mints and party favors. The book includes some conversion charts and resource links as well (but no ingredient index).

Ingredients are listed in a bullet sidebar with both metric and American standard measures given (yay!). Info and tips about the ingredients or the recipes themselves are given in sidebars below the preparation information. Prep time, yields, and cooking time are given in the header info. Nutritional information and special diet concerns/allergens (nuts, celery, wheat, etc) are not given.

These are yummy and (mostly) made from easily sourced ingredients.

I am very much a visual learner and one of my concerns with several cookbooks I've reviewed recently has been the lack of photography and serving suggestions. I know that photography can increase the cost of a published book significantly but it enhances the end result so much that in my case at least, it's a necessary part of any cookbook which I buy and use. This book is somewhere in the middle. There aren't many photos, but the ones which are included are clear and appealing.

Four stars. This is a good niche cookbook with a wide variety of goodies included.

Candy making for beginners by Karen Neugebauer is an awesome book that teaches beginners how to make candy. This book is easy to read and follow.

I have been baking for a long time, but candy has always kind of intimidated me. i have dabbled here and there, but nothing too intricate or difficult. Candy Making for Beginners is full of all of the information I need to be comfortable trying my hand at candy making confidently. There is plenty of information on techniques to help make sure you are following the steps and getting everything right. I am excited to get in the kitchen with my kids, who all love to cook and bake, to make some of these treats. I also think that for many of these recipes it is possible to attempt low carb versions by replacing the sugar with better low carb options and I will definitely be giving that a try! I recommend this book to anyone who has been thinking about trying candy making or who wants some fun new sweet recipes!

I've always been a little fascinated by the process of making candy, but it intimidates me too. So this book was perfect for people like me who are ready to take their curiosity and mess around in the kitchen a bit. Karen explains all the basics and gives tips on how to be successful at the beginning of each section. Recipes are given in step-by-step increments which should make them easy to follow. I wish there were photos for each recipe, but the photos included are colorful and whimsical. I have a few recipes I am definitely going to try for Valentine's Day around my house! I'll be adding this book to our library collection too for my aspiring makers.

Candy Making for Beginners by Karen Neugebaur has written a good candy book that is probably a good starting point for beginning candy makers that are willing to try somewhat advanced beginner recipes. The reason why I write this is her recipes while clearly written, with plenty of safety tips, do require the use of some "exotic" ingredients not normally found on a grocery shelf. In fairness, the author does provide sources where you can purchase the needed ingredients.

I LOVED how the author provided many recipe tips such as how to make crystal-free fudge or how to melt chocolate the easy way.

Some of the recipes you'll find include:

Trusty Cupboard Fruit & Nut Bark
Mom's Fudge
Fancy Dipped Strawberries
Chocolate Mendiants
Strawberry-Lemonade Truffles
Honey Caramels
Rock Candy
Pate de Fruit

Recommend.

Review written after downloading a PDF galley from NetGalley.