Hard tack candy

Did y’all know January is National Candy Month? While you can celebrate by pigging out on store-bought candy, I highly recommend you give this rock candy (or as my friend Shelby calls it, hard tack candy) a try! It’s actually super easy to make, y’all, but I do encourage you round up a helper! I’ll…

This homemade hard tack candy is a classic old fashioned candy that will bring back so many memories. The brightly colored candies can by made into a variety of tasty flavors, and are surprisingly easy to make at home!

There’s a handful of recipes I remember my mom making during the Christmas holidays. I remember some Christmas cherry cheesecake bars, snickerdoodles, peanut blossoms and this hard tack candy. I’ve always been candy crazy, so when I remembered this candy, I had to make it to share with you. This brings back many memories for me and I hope it does for you too.

Learn how to make really easy homemade hard candy that you can easily customize to whatever color/flavor you want!

This Old fashioned hard tack candy recipe is a popular Christmas candy. I'll show you how to make and cut this traditional holiday candy recipe step by step.

This old-fashioned stained-glass rock candy is one that I enjoyed while growing up. My grandmother made just a few sweets during the holidays

This Old fashioned hard tack candy recipe is a popular Christmas candy. I'll show you how to make and cut this traditional holiday candy recipe step by step.

Learn how to make really easy homemade hard candy that you can easily customize to whatever color/flavor you want!

Learn how to make hard candy in your favorite flavors with this easy to follow recipe. You don't even need a candy thermometer!

Old fashioned hard candy