Hercules Candy Makes Peanut Brittle

Omg! I finally found the video of Max his first day!!

1972, I grew up living next door to an older couple that owned their own cookie & candy business. They made homemade peanut brittle every year, starting in October. They paid an Amish man $500 for their peanut brittle recipe. They made it in very big pots, & only the men could make it, due to the addition of baking soda that was added at the end. It would rise very quickly, & to keep it from spilling over, it had to be stirred very quickly, then dumped onto huge metal trays. After about 30 minutes, his wife & I would kinda' twist the trays like an ice cube tray to make it come cleanly off prepared tray. We then would break pieces, & add to the prepared, labeled clear bags that had their company's name, weight, & price on it. Quite honestly, the best brittle I've ever eaten. Absolutely nothing like that Aunt Sues stuff. It was far from flat. Great video. Brought back many fond memories.

My aunt used to give me a box of home made peanut brittle every year around Christmas. She passed away a few years ago. Watching this video made me tear up a little.

Love lessons on Plumbing, brittle making, pumpkin growing and math lessons. great video. One of the most genuine videos I've ever come across keep them coming. Thank you for keeping lost art candy making from dying. Love the joy in what persons do. Thank you so much.

Does anyone else love when the kettle gets scraped?

Not only do I love watching the candy making process, I love, love, love your family dynamic. Makes me feel nostalgic for my youth for some reason. Being at home with my parents and brothers and sisters.

Hand crafted candy making is a rare art! Thank you for sharing!

Me watching this whilst eating vanilla ice cream: stands up and gets the peanut butter Mmmmmm 😋

I love the temperament and spirit of the guy making the brittle. He seems like a really nice man. The brittle looks yummy.

I had a sweet elderly neighbor teach me how to make almond Roca, peanut brittle and various others candies. I'm so grateful to have learned these skills.. but brittle will give u a definite work out! We used to stretch it out with table forks and then I bought handheld garden rakes which helped us to work faster. In the end I think stretching it out by hand works best. My little elderly friend passed away last year and her family gave me the huge marble slab she used to make all her sugar based candies. I still make candy in her honor.. especially during holidays. We can learn a lot from our elderly, I could have looked up any of those recipes online but I had so much more fun learning them from her. 😊 She is missed.

It was nice to watch this. I use to be a Candy Maker on Main Street at Disneyland back in 1997. Peanut Brittle was my favorite candies to make. I still have the candy maker forearm on my right arm, from stirring the candy. I miss doing this.

I miss Max...

Max did a great job on camera duty! Love watching you guys interact while you work. I hope you have a very successful Christmas season, this year. You certainly work hard for it.

I know this video is about candy making but that guy grew a 1600 pound pumpkin! Dang!

Nothing like homemade candy. I just found your company and as soon as the weather cools down here I’m going to make an order. Gotta try the chips!

"we need 10lbs of corn syrup" Starts adding corn syrup to the scale "So, uhhh, how do you know when enough is enough" "When the scale goes up then I know" 😂😂

Good Job Max! And great editing Craig and Amazing candy making Terry and Steve idk why I love watching just the two of you two working together you don’t need to really talk you just know and work together. It is just very cool to see a Married couple together so long and so In tune with each other.

Listening to Max's voice is very relaxing. Who will continue making candy when Steve and Terry retired?

This was one of the first videos I ever watched 6 years back! Such great memories and I love and remember the stoic type energy from pop, he reminds me fondly of my own! So glad to have been brought back to this channel

This was my daddy's favourite sweet I remember when I was young. He would buy some and share it with me, the nicest bits were the crumbs at the bottom of the bag,yummy. Thank you for reminding me of them wonderful memories of those days. Mind you it was not covered in any chocolate. Plus thanks for cheering me up today. 😊