My mother didn’t make candy. My sister learned to make fudge in 7th grade home ec. My grandmother made caramels. And chocolate fudge. She also made them as icing for Devils food cake
My mom didn’t make but one type of cookie. I always wanted cookies. She and dad would make dipped chocolates of all kinds and sell them around Easter and Christmas at daddy’s work. Mom was a stay at home mom and money was always tight. Their hand dipped chocolates were fantastic. I remember their old double boiler they used to melt the chocolate. And they used a little parafin to make the candy shine.