Candy-Making Day with Grandpa Mahan
The Mahan family patriarch reins over Candy-Making Day, a tradition that’s rooted in his mother’s recipes, the same ones he followed with her when he was a boy and later with his own children when they were little. Now, they are parents and professionals. And Grandpa, he’s getting older, too.
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All six of Howard Mahan's grandchildren gather in his kitchen to dip chocolates. They are: Elizabeth Mahan, Brian Mahan, Matthew Kohls, Sam Mahan, Sarah Mahan and Katherine Mahan.
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Howard Mahan pours melted paraffin into melted chocolate alongside granddaughter Katherine Kohls.
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Howard Mahan's grandchildren take turns dipping their secret family fondant recipe into melted chocolate in Grandpa's kitchen on Spokane's South Hill.
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Grandpa won't share this old family recipe. But he will tell you the secret ingredient in the shiny chocolate coating: paraffin.
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Homemade caramels are one of the Christmas candy traditions at the Mahan house.
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One of the grandkids' tasks: rolling Grandpa's homemade marshmallows in toasted coconut.
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