Episode
Good Eats: Tricks for Treats
Overview
Despite the fact that Americans spend billions a year on manufactured treats, truth is, great candy starts in the home. Join host Alton Brown as he explains the trick to treats like taffy, brittles, and jellies. Recipes: Chocolate Taffy Acid Jellies Peanut Brittle
Details
- Series
- Good Eats
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2003-10-26
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Tricks for Treats is Episode 10 in Season 7 of Good Eats. It aired on 2003-10-26. The runtime is 21 min.
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