Get on Amazon Sweet Memories (Candy Recipes of the 1800s)

The late 1800s are considered the heyday of “penny candy,” and the general store of yesteryear stocked a colorful assortment; yet many confections continued to be made at home, and no cookbook of that era would’ve been deemed complete without at least a few recipes for taffy, fudge, and the like. Herein are some of those wonderful old-time candies—sixty-one vintage Victorian recipes—culled straight from the pages of the past for your present enjoyment.