Candy

Cherry-walnut bark
Bark candy is as forgiving as it gets—no need to shape the chocolate into pretty molds, just hack away at it and what you get will live up to its name. This version mixes honey-roasted walnuts and dried sour cherries into tempered white chocolate.

Scotch maple caramel
Maple cream (or maple spread) has been around for almost as long as people have been tapping trees. It’s simply maple syrup that’s boiled then cooled and stirred to the consistency of peanut butter. Splashes of Scotch serve as filling for the caramel logs.

Peach jellies
While the fruit changes according to season (Roberts is now using the last of the peaches she pureed and froze while they were at their peak), the formula for the classic French confections known as pate de fruits remains the same: Boil pureed fruit with sugar, add pectin, then stir the mix until thick and syrupy. The jellies firm up as they cool.

Cocoa nib cream
By filling a molded, bittersweet chocolate with ganache cream that’s been infused with cocoa nibs and blended with a touch of white chocolate and salt, Roberts is able to subtly mimic the foam that tops a hot chocolate once its marshmallows melt.

Pistachio brittle
Butter and pistachios are added to hot, liquid caramel, which is then poured onto a sheet pan and hand-stretched for a different take on the more common peanut brittle.

Sour candied citrus
The classier sibling of the Sour Patch Kid, these citrus peels are slowly candied in a two-day process for soft, even results and then dusted with sugar and citric acid for that addictive sweet-and-sour one-two punch.

Spiced marshmallow
Similar to the iconic Mallomar (minus the cookie), this chocolate-enrobed marshmallow gets a bit of kick from the addition of ground ras el hanout, an earthy, aromatic Moroccan spice blend.

Berry roll-up
After the strawberries, raspberries and blueberries are cooked down, the fruit “goo” is poured onto a sheet pan then dehydrated in the oven at an extremely low temperature. Roberts often cuts shark and sea-horse shapes into the fruit roll-ups to inspire grade-school nostalgia.