Comments on: Divinity (Vanilla, Chocolate, Cinnamon, or Cherry)

By: Dawn-Renée

Dawn-Renée — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:04:43 +0000

Perfect. Just like I remembered from my childhood. I flavored mine with a little orange zest, orange extract and a titch of almond. Yum! Sugar coma for Christmas!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:57:02 +0000

This turned out great! I made the vanilla divinity with walnuts. This instructions are good except they get a little vague at the final beating. If this is your first time making divinity, make sure to beat the final mixture until it loses most of it’s gloss. This takes a good 5 minutes or more.

By: darbym

darbym — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:05:29 +0000

I boiled to 145 and it was still super soft and would not hold it’s shape.

Will try a second batch and cook to 160.

By: Tami Hawes

Tami Hawes — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:48:12 +0000

Fayne – Thanks for explaining why I was failing. I hadn’t read down to see your review and was wondering why I had this thing in my mixer that wasn’t getting to ‘stiff peaks’. Wonder if I could use it with some chocolate for fudge?

By: mtnpenny

mtnpenny — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:58:45 +0000

I cooked mine to the 238 degrees and it turned out wonderful. Smooth and creamy. However I did beat mine until it started loosing its gloss before I put the dollops on the waxed paper.
I also would like to attest to the shear yumminess of the cinnamon!!! Wowzers is that good.

By: Fayne

Fayne — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:54:32 +0000

I tried your recipe, as I’m a big fan of Divinity. And you might want to edit in there, that the syrup mixture should be cooked to 260 degrees, not 238. And it should be at hardball stage, not soft ball.

If you do it soft ball at 238, it never peeks and you end up with marshmallow fluff.

By: Keirelle

Keirelle — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:19:09 +0000

Mmm.. I wonder if combining the chocolate and cherry additions would work to give you chocolate cherry divinity?

By: kauai17

kauai17 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:38:00 +0000

This is pretty close to the recipe that we use. It’s very popular at Christmas time and disappears fast. Super easy to make and it definitely melts in your mouth. I’ve never tried adding the other variations so thank you for suggesting those!

By: kitchenscrapbook

kitchenscrapbook — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:39:43 +0000

Since I was yellin’ for a picture… thanks for putting on one. Yeah, that is sorta how I had them pictured. I’ll bet you could pipe them on the wax paper too, in pretty little shapes. One thing I love about these little things is the variations… I could make whichever I’m in the mood for or make a sampler platter of all 4!