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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Business is in the Red Cake
Difficulty: Medium
Creative cake centerpiece is sure to draw a chuckle or two from your guests! A stand-up “Blood Bank” is being visited by sharply dressed candy vampires.
Candy Cupcake Boxes
Difficulty: Medium
These festive candy cupcake boxes are almost too pretty to eat, but too irresistible not to.
Spell Out B-A-B-Y Truffles
Difficulty: Medium
Make revealing truffles for the Baby Gender Reveal Party or a family get-together using Truffle Candy Mold and Candy Melts? candy. One bite of these tasty truffles reveals pink or blue filling and baby’s gender!
Light up the Season Cupcakes
Difficulty: Medium
This triple treat includes everybody’s favorites! The gifts are cookies, the lights are molded candies and the Dessert Stand is stacked with iced cupcakes!
It's a Wrap Candy
Difficulty: Medium
Mummy pretzel candy mold creates the detailed base for this fun treat. Licorice hair and piped facial details are easy to add after unmolding.
Pretzel Pop Present Candy
Difficulty: Medium
Wrap up some Santa sweets for their stockings! Wilton has a variety of pretzel molds that let you make fancy holiday treats you won’t find in stores.
Reindeer Mousse
Difficulty: Medium
Decadent and delicious! We started with a molded candy cup, filled it with a rich chocolate mousse and trimmed it with a fun candy face.
Butterfly Floats Candy
Difficulty: Medium
Animate this butterfly by cutting the candy wings in half and attaching to the pre-made chocolate nougat body on an angle—the beautiful butterfly looks like it is flying.
Brilliant Easter Cookie Candy Lollipops
Difficulty: Medium
An easy sweet treat for candy and cookie lovers that’s sure to make it into Easter baskets! Create springtime, candy-coated cookie lollipops using store-bought cookies with our Easter Cookie Candy Mold and Wilton Candy Melts®.
Ghoulish Goblet Candy
Difficulty: Medium
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble! A goblet of “bubbling” green truffles. It’s all edible. Candy shell “goblet” decorated with candy creatures and filigree work. Great way to conjure up the Halloween spirit.
Playing Reindeer Games Desserts
Difficulty: Medium
Rudolph and his friends are ready to fly! These candy-coated cookie pops are standing at the ready in a crisped rice cereal treats stable.
Sweet Gifts Under the Tree Pretzel Sticks
Difficulty: Medium
It’s what’s inside that counts! Round base is a candy-coated crisped rice cereal treat. Tree is a molded candy pretzel treat!
Bear Hugs and Hearts Candy
Difficulty: Medium
A special Valentine for your favorite Valentines! This candy-coated treat features a crisped rice cereal base, solid candy teddy bear and a candy-trimmed pretzel rod.
His Sleighs Away! Candy
Difficulty: Medium
Santa drives His Sleighs Away once his elves fill them with candy packages. To make this treat even sweeter, the sleigh is made of candy and attached to candy cane runners!
Berry Balloon Candy
Difficulty: Medium
Go up, up, and away in a Berry Balloon. A candy shell balloon basket is filled with Strawberry Shortcake candies. A red balloon, with a construction paper top and stem, serves as the hot air balloon.

