Cactus candy

Ahh, nothing beats a good gummy candy! Regular readers of The Small Adventurer will be well aware of both mine and my partner’s love of all jelly-related treats. You can do so much with jelly…

I'm trying to catch up on my blogging this week... I'm taking inspiration from my trip to Scottsdale, and sharing some southwest-inspired we...

It's pretty easy to turn cactus fruit into candy, and I'll show you how to make prickly pear gum drops. Easy AND delicious! Makes a fun gift idea!

A few weeks ago Jane Housham organized a fantastic giveaway on her blog. I joined in and was one of the lucky winners! I had won Cactus Candy and some of Jane's handmade cards. So, I send her my details and much to my surprise a rather big box was delivered to me last Thursday. When my daughter and I started unwrapping we discovered the most fantastic giveaway! Jane did not only send me the candy but gave me a ready made collection of tin boxes!! I was amazed, I was thrilled, I was…

About this item Delicious Prickly Pear Candy Jelly Candy Squares 12 pieces Made with prickly pear cactus juice Firm sugar outside, chewy inside! Tastes Great!

Nope, it's not bread. But I figured if I was going to make this foray into the unfamiliar world of candy-making, I'd go ahead and document the exercise. In the effort to try to make a desert Southwest-specific type of culinary treat to send out to certain parties for Christmas, I decided to look up recipes for prickly pear candy. After some searching, I decided upon this one, called Prickly Pear Delight, (the Junior Taste-Tester suggested "Desert Delight" would sound more alliterative) as…

Maybe not baking but a candy cactus works anyway ;-)

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