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Recipe by Victoria Dwek

Candy Buttons

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Candy Buttons
Parve Parve
Medium Medium
24 Servings
Allergens

Contains

- Egg
1 Hour
Diets
- Vegetarian - Gluten Free - Pescatarian

Remember button candy? Here’s how you can make these delightful, colorful peel-and-eat candies of your youth… at home in your own kitchen.

Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 1/4 cup meringue powder

  • 1/2 cup cold water

  • 4 cups confectioners’ sugar

  • Gel food coloring in desired colors

  • 1 teaspoon flavor extracts (divided into two, three, or four flavors)

  • copy paper, cut into strips

Directions

Prepare Candy Buttons

1.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the meringue powder and water until soft peaks form. Add the confectioners’ sugar and beat until stiff.

2.

Separate the icing into one bowl for each desired color and tint with gel food coloring. Add matching flavor extracts to each bowl and mix well (1/2 teaspoon if icing is divided in two, 1/4 teaspoon if icing is divided by four).

3.

Add icing into piping bags. For easy filling, insert the piping bag into a mason jar, and fold the top over the edges. Add icing to the bag with a spatula.

4.

Pipe dots onto copy paper and let harden overnight.

Tips:

  Candy Button Flavors: Orange Color—Orange Extract Red or Pink Color—Cherry or Strawberry Extract Yellow or Green Color—Lemon or Banana Extract Blue Color—Raspberry Extract White Color—Coconut Extract Use vanilla extract as a default if you are missing extract for any flavor.

Prepare Candy Buttons

Yields 50-60 strips.

Recipe tags

candy color colorful homemade homemade candy kid-friendly mishloach manos mishloach manot no-bake desserts shalach manos shalach manot sweet
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Zissy
Zissy
5 years ago

Meringue powder What is meringue powder where do I find it in my grocery? Does it have to be bought in a kosher store?

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Reply to  Zissy
5 years ago

It’ usually sold in specialty stores.

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