So…I have been trying like the devil to find this one. In 1925, the See’s Candies company released a 12 page pamphlet with 8 recipes. A couple of copies have surfaced over the years and been auctioned, occasionally with pictures of PART of the pamphlet. The recipes were:
1. Butter Scotch
2. Peanut Brittle
3. Chocolate Butter Creams
4. Chocolate Nut Cream Caramels
5. Molasses Taffy
6. Plain Chocolate Cream Fudge
7. English (Victoria) Toffee
8. Grandma’s Taffy
I have the first 5; I cannot find the two missing pages that contain the final 3. There are plenty of copycats, even some that claim to be “the recipe” but thus far, no actual pages.
Now, I’m pretty good at hunting these kinds of things down but I’ve hit a wall on the final two pages.
Anyone…?
by TheRealNoctaire
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I can’t wait to try the chocolate butter creams! Thanks for sharing.
Chocolate cream fudge sounds yummy!
Absolutely amazing have you tried to look through archives you never know what random collection they may pop up in I would start to see if any schools in California have it
I just bought a box of See’s chocolates for my wife this Valentine’s Day. So good.
I sit up and beg for nougat
Epic candy. As kids if you went in the store they would give you a free sample of anything you wanted. As time went on you had to make a purchase but they give you a free piece. We’d go in there and buy the suckers just so we could get one of their Heath bar crunch
Butterscotch squares—sooo good!
If Bordeaux recipe is in there – my husband would send you a million thanks!
This is great. Thank you for sharing it. Have you ever tried calling or writing See’s? If not, here is their contact page: [https://www.sees.com/contact-us](https://www.sees.com/contact-us)
My Great Grandmother painted an illustration for one of their boxes round this time
I would check the libraries and their historical books, maybe an interlibrary loan could source it.
Ooo! This is a treasure! See’s candy is iconic!
Oh wow! This was my Holy grail when you posted these pictures of the 1st 5 pages. It’s interesting Mary See used Baker’s chocolate squares for the home cooks. In Burlingame, California; they use a blend of Guittard Chocolates. The Guittard factory smells like brownies when they produce their chocolates there.
So the factory in Los Angeles makes most of the chocolate candies. While the factory at San Bruno makes the hard candies, lollipops and peanut brittle.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa the rest of the molasses taffy recipe isn’t there! I love molasses and would have loved the recipe for a taffy.
Oh my word!! See’s candy is the end all. Thank you for posting!
We order every Xmas, custom box, family tradition! BTW, they have a peanut brittle that is sugar free and better than brittle with sugar.
I think they have some chocolate covered molasses now and i wonder if it’s close to the one in this?
My mom’s favorite candy!! Thank you for this; definitely going to try my hand
Maybe try contacting the company?