{"id":25,"date":"2026-02-22T22:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/fruit-candy-bars"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:19:28","slug":"fruit-candy-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/fruit-candy-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit Candy Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 envelope unflavored gelatin<br \/>\n1\/4 C. water<br \/>\n1 C. dried apricots<br \/>\n1 C. raisins<br \/>\n1 C. pecans<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. flour<br \/>\n2 Tbsp. orange peel, grated<br \/>\n1 tsp. rum extract<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sprinkle gelatin over water; allow to soften for 5 minutes. Heat and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved. Combine apricots, raisins, pecans, flour and orange peel in blender or food processor, working until finely chopped. Add to gelatin mixture. Add rum extract and stir to completely blend. Line an 8-incg square pan with plastic wrap or wax paper. Spread fruit mixture evenly into pan; set aside to cool completely until candy is firm. Turn out onto cutting board. Cut into bars and wrap individually.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;&quot;Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.&quot; (Matthew 5:6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candy<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/fruit-candy-bars\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-candy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/candy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}