Confections and Pastry

Appears in
Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented

By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

Published 2010

  • About
My family had a candy bowl, not a dish. It was nothing extraordinary, just a nondescript and nicked soup bowl filled with candy. At various times, the bowl held Jolly Ranchers, lollipops, M&Ms, individually wrapped caramels, and Hershey’s Kisses (by far the most common bowl filler). During the holidays, the ordinary candy bowl was whisked away and replaced with a fanciful red and green holiday dish, but it reappeared on December 26. I loved that candy bowl.