Welcome!

Welcome to the Boredom Reversal Candy Challenge

Goal: From Now (Wednesday, November 9, 2011) until Christmas Day, 2011 I will not watch television or cruise the internet until I complete one candy/chocolate recipe a day. Each day will be a different recipe and I will blog a summary of the process and end results with pictures each day. I will take Sunday & Tuesdays off and this will work out to be 34 types of candy. Follow along with me from start to finish. I hope this inspires you not to be bored as well!

About the Blogger:

            My name is Mickey, and I’m a classically French trained Chef. I have my Bachelors of Science in Culinary Management. I have been a chef at a variety of restaurants but predominately run the Front of the House (dining room). I am currently a Culinary Arts Assistant Teacher & Dining Room Manager at a local vocational high school. In college I have never taken a chocolate, sugar, or candy course. I am not into baking though I can bake. I only took one desserts class which was required and one breads & rolls class. However in college I have worked at two different chocolate shops, one which made their own chocolates from scratch and the other which purchased all their chocolates from different purveyors. I learned a lot but I was never subject to making any of the chocolates just photography for websites or catalogs. Which is why this is going to be a fun challenge!

Monday, November 07

So I actually started while I was browsing along the Martha Stewart website looking for arts and crafts to do. Something that could inspire me for the holidays or give me a new hobby, everything I saw was too difficult, too costly, or too elementary school. So I went back to basics. I stumbled upon some candy recipes and thought this is both challenging and something I know. I can perfect recipes I already know or learn something new. The hardest part wasn’t what recipe to make, but which one to start this blog with! In these next 34 days (not including Tuesday & Sunday’s) I will make nougat, toffee, brittle, caramel, bark, jellies, and marshmallows.