About Randy

Retired, and with a lot of free time, I wondered if maybe I could start a YouTube channel and teach people how to make candy. I wanted people to know that making candy doesn’t have to be scary. Episode one was rough. So was episode two, and a bunch after that. The episodes are still available, though, because as bad as the videography, script-writing, and presentation was, the candy was pretty darn good.

Since then I’ve published over 270 episodes of Randy Makes Candy — fudge, truffles, caramels, copycats, keto confections, Easter eggs, and some things that no one had ever heard of, just because I thought they might be tasty.

I’m not just about results, though. I want to understand why things work, not just follow steps. When you know why chocolate seizes, or what cream of tartar actually does to sugar, or why coconut oil sets a filling without refrigeration — you stop being a recipe follower and start being a confectioner. That’s the goal.

The Candy Classroom is where the deep dives live. The recipes are where the fun is. Either way, I think you’ll find that making candy is a lot less mysterious than it looks.

You really oughta try these.