Homemade Butterfingers

Making Butterfingers for yourself takes a fair amount of time, but the work itself isn't actually hard if you're patient.

DIY Sugar Cubes

Sugar is just more fun in cube form. But what's really exciting about DIY sugar cubes is that you can make them in any flavor you want, so consider this recipe just a starting point.

Baking with Dorie: Chocolate-Dipped Linzer Hearts

If you haven't already whipped up something wonderful for the sweetheart(s) in your life, here's a recipe for a cookie that makes any day sweeter. It's a linzer cookie—made with flour and ground nuts and spiced with cinnamon and cloves—cut out with a cute little heart-shaped cutter and dipped in melted chocolate.

Homemade Sno Balls

Just like the original, individual chocolate cakes are enrobed in marshmallow and coconut.

Orangettes

Orangettes are a perfect, simple homage to the combination of orange and chocolate. This recipe is designed to create candied orange zest that is delightfully chewy on the inside, with chocolate the snaps between the teeth on the outside. Use a high-quality chocolate of no more than 61% cocoa solids; higher percentages can be difficult to use for dipping. I like to simmer a cinnamon stick in the simple syrup to impart a hit of cinnamon. It's not mandatory, but highly recommended.

Homemade 'Nutter Butters'

Using rice flour makes the Nutter Butters incredibly crisp and light and I actually prefer it to all purpose flour in these cookies. Of course, you needn't make a special trip to the store, all purpose flour works well too; the cookies will have just a slightly heavier texture.

Homemade Star Crunch

With gooey homemade caramel, creamy milk chocolate, and crunchy rice, these no-bake cookies are as satisfying as a candy bar, but way easier to make. Just boil up sugar water until it turns thick and golden, then add some chilled cream and simmer a few minutes more. Once it's cool, stir in chopped milk chocolate and some Rice Krispies, and you're done! The hardest part is simply waiting for the molten "batter" to set.

Boozy Caramel Bonbons

These bonbons are made with 58% couverture chocolate and filled with a boozy, vanilla caramel that runs when you bite into it. A tiny pinch of sea salt makes all of the flavors sing.

Homemade Milk Duds

Like your favorite movie theater candy, perfected.

Crispy Cereal Marshmallows

The secret to crispy marshmallows is homemade corn syrup, a less stable version of what you buy at the store. The extra work will produce crispy homemade marshmallows that are a thing of beauty for cereal.