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Sometimes internet recipes are too good to be true.
This is a photo of some pumpkin spice candy I made, mid-way through the process. As lovely as the bubbling brown goo looks in my saucepan, the results of this kitchen experiment were decidedly disappointing.
I expected such a simple recipe, only containing three ingredients (plus the blend of spices I added for my own personal palate), to be a total piece of cake (pun intended). However, even those of us who cook regularly and aren’t afraid to tweak and tinker in the kitchen experience epic food fail. My candies turned out dull, bitter, saccharine, and unattractive, and I ended up pitching them out after the first taste. They looked nothing like the fat, luxurious orange pumpkin blossoms from the blog post at Sugarlaws. I wonder where I went wrong.
But this is the peril of fooding–you win some, you lose some. Shame about this one. It looked delicious.
