Fudging the Results!

December 4th - I've been doing a topic on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with my class in school (note to self never to do that again....I am absolutely scunnered of sweets!) and we decided to sell homemade sweets at the Christmas Fair. I started to worry when I asked my colleague J, who is a fab cook, about recipes and she said that sweets are notoriously difficult to make!! I immediately rated my chances of success as pretty low. Anyway I got hold of a sweet recipe book for kids- all easy, no boiling required so decided to give that a go. Microwave fudge. Didn't set. Jazzies looked a bit like dogs dinners when the kids made them. Jellies looked lovely till we sprinkled them with sugar and they melted. Buying ingredients was costing me an arm and a leg and the Fair was looming. Eventually we ended up with some sellable sweets...but as yet no fudge or honeycomb. Needs must. Had to do it myself. After a great deal of sweat I ended up with some fudge and honeycomb to sell....it there were tears and tribulations along the way. Here are the final scores. Fudge attempts 3 Fudge success 1; Honeycomb attempts 3, Ruined baking trays 2, Edible honeycomb 1. However this tale has a silver lining- all this sweet making has quite put me off sweets.....very good for the diet!