Browse through the collection of Wilton’s favorite candy recipes and creative ideas for candy making. From mouthwatering molded chocolate candy and truffles to delicious lollipops and other sugary treats, learning how to make candy is fun with these simple recipes from Wilton.
Using candy molds adds even more fun to candy making! You’ll find a variety of unique shapes and ideas for every occasion or celebration. Don’t have a candy mold? Be sure to check out the Candy Shop at the Wilton online store to find the perfect one.
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Banana Flip Cereal Treat
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
A candy monkey’s up a tree with nary a banana in sight! But happily, there’s plenty of good eats within reach. A candy-coated cereal treat shaped with our Round Comfort Grip™ Cutter stands as the base for a pretzel trunk topped with jelly spearmint leaves.
Pegasus Party Cake
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Promote flights of fancy with a color-bright confection. Add fondant wings to a candy plaque formed in a Rocking Horse Pan and turn a Half Round Pan cake into a rainbow with piped-icing stripes and pretty fondant flowers.
Snowflake Lollipops
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Wrap your snowflake lollipops for stocking stuffers! Keep the snowflakes white but change the background to the recipient’s favorite color.
Like a Duck To Water Candy
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Use a candy-clay rim and candy-clay ball feet to turn a candy-coated Mini Egg Pan cake into a bathtub. Make the scene even sweeter with a duck formed in our Rubber Ducky Candy Mold.
Jungle Gems Cupcakes
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Get the wildlife started at your next party with these jungle-inspired cupcakes. Lifelike toppers add the perfect finishing touches.
Lots of Love Lollipops
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
There’s a surprise inside every one of these Lollipops! They’re made in the Wilton Cookie Candy Mold with a delicious sandwich cookie inside.
Candy Celebration Plaque
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Serve a cake made from candy as a special-day surprise. Use melted candy and our Cake Stencils Variety Pack to decorate a candy plaque shaped in an 8 in. x 2 in. Round Pan.
Candy Critters
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Mold the cute critters’ bodies using the Truffle Mold, add facial features and body markings using melted candy and assorted sliced nuts and candies.
Heading for Truffles!
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Your sweet tooth should have you Heading for Truffles. Deep Heart Truffle Mold lets you mold a candy shell that leaves plenty of room for a creamy truffle filling in the center.
Mr. Monster Candy Pretzel Pops
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
He’s alive! This candy creature doesn’t take hours in the lab to make—just use the Wilton Halloween Candy Kit for Pretzels and add his perky personality to your party in a few easy steps.
Candy-Coated Mini Cakes
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
There’s a surprise at the base of a tasty tower topped with candies shaped in our Party/Birthday Large Lollipop Mold. The overturned candy shell (formed in a White Jumbo Baking Cup place in a Jumbo Muffin Pan) holds an icing-filled round cut from a Sheet Pan cake.
Sweet Season Gift Box
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
'Tis the season for giving, so go all out and fill candy clay gift boxes with homemade truffles! It’s sharing holiday cheer to the fullest. Great for place settings and centerpieces.
A Horn Blast Lollipops
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Transform an ordinary sugar cone into A Horn Blast. These creative party horn favors are created by coating a simple sugar cone with candy and filling it with candy star lollipops.
They'll Gobble it Up Cookies
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Why not give this symbol of the season a place of honor on your Thanksgiving dessert table? It’s a combination of what guest love, all rolled into one. Turkey body is created from a candy plaque made with Candy Melts® shaped in the Sports Ball Pan set. Feathers are made with delicious Roll-Out Cookie recipe and neck and wings take flight with Chocolate Roll-Out Cookie recipe.
Candy Tree and Treats
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Here’s the ideal holiday centerpiece! Our Candy Tree and Treats is a festive way to serve a little something sweet. Mold the tree using Wilton Candy Melts poured in a tree cookie cutter on a non-stick pan.
