Here's a sweet thought: You can get started making candy right away with this book and kit. The laminated-hardback book, with its concealed spiral binding, lies fiat on the kitchen counter as you collect your ingredients and concoct meltaway mints, tangy toffees, fabulous fruit chews, and more.Along with the book, the kit includes an absolutely indispensable candy thermometer, plus decorative candy molds, hard-to-find lollipop sticks, coloring, wrappers for individual candies, and giftwrap for the lucky recipients of a box of homemade candy.