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Childhood Favorite, Grown-Up Bliss: How to Make Candy Bars

Artisinal candy-makers Jen King and Liz Gutman re-create one of their signature confections.
Jen King and Liz Gutman of Liddabit Candy
Photo: Romulo Yanes
The Trick to Treats
Jen King (left) and Liz Gutman know that a cool room—and a cool temperament—is essential to candy-making. Here, they re-create one of the confections they sell at their handmade-candy company, Liddabit—layers of peanut-filled caramel and nougat enrobed in chocolate, which they call the Snacker.
Melted caramel being poured onto sheet pan
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Step 1
Each layer is made separately and poured into its own lightly oiled, rimmed sheet pan to cool.
Caramel laid on top of nougat
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Step 2
Gutman lays the caramel atop the nougat, then presses gently so they adhere.
Cutting nougat and caramel into bars
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Step 3
A supersharp, oiled knife and a quick hand make for neat bars.
Dipping bar into chocolate
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Step 4
Each bar is dipped in melted chocolate before being set on parchment paper.
Snacker Candy Bars
Photo: Romulo Yanes
The Finished Product
These finished snacker bars taste so amazing, you could serve them at your next dinner party.

Get the recipe: Snacker Candy Bars
From the October 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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