Sweet treats - good for your teeth - Home Made Xylitol Candy for Halloween

It's Vampire week and Afric the Scottish vampire/fey heroine of Some Vampires Shimmy has an interview on the compelling beast blog

It's Vampire week and Afric the Scottish vampire/fey heroine of Some Vampires Shimmy has an interview on the Compelling Beast Blog 

Also with Halloween around the corner, let's talk candy. One of the things I like as much as vampires. 

Have you heard of the sugar substitute Xylitol.This stuff is not only — not bad for you teeth. It helps prevent cavities. Isn't that freaking awesome. So lets get cooking. Let’s whip up a batch of xylitol candy. 

Here's an awesome easy recipe. Yes, easy, it turns out that xylitol hard candies are even easier to make than sugar sweetened hard candies because xylitol reacts differently and has different properties from sugar. 

http://www.psifly.com/siguie/tested/generate.pgz?pick=2:0:0-xylitol_hard_candy

Chocoholics do not despair - here's a recipe for sweet xylitol chocolate coconut candy 

http://www.intoxicatedonlife.com/2012/04/16/healthy-chocolate-candy-aka-cocoa-crack/

So you don't have to take candy from a  baby to save their teeth. You can give them candy to help their teeth. And the older kids can help you make it. So for great Halloween and Holiday cooking fun check out the fabulous recipes at the links above.  

Happy Halloween,

the Celtic Romance Queen,

Cornelia Amiri