There are some candy questions that seem eternal: what actually is nougat? Can you really make homemade cotton candy with Jolly Ranchers? Why is there an orange-colored, peanut-shaped candy that's ...

BRYAN, OHIO — Steve Kerr pulled apart the freshly made circus peanut and pressed his thumbs into its spongy, orange center. Not too moist or too rigid — just right. "It's all about feel," he said. He ...

Recipes for candy-based desserts are hardly a new idea, from cupcakes topped with M&M's to cheesecake stuffed with Snickers. But one candy you might be surprised to see in a cookbook is circus peanuts ...