My Kitchenaide Mixer and the Birth of the Divinity Queen

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I have already been reminded that I became the Christmas candy Divinity Queen in recent years according to DH and his crewmen. DH made it a point to remind me that it’s getting close to time for me to stock up on the Divinity makin’ ingredients and prepare to pay attention to the humidity levels so I can pick the right day to make Divinity Candy for the Christmas and the holiday season.

He was disappointed last year because the humidity level was always too high here where we live for a successful batch or two or three of Divinity. Trust me…it ain’t gonna be Divinity if it’s too damp. A strange version of Taffy maybe, but Divinity, no.

I’ll never forget an attempt years ago by a friend to make it. She got SO aggravated after the 3rd or 4th attempt that she finally took the whole pan with the goodies and all in it and literally flung it out the front door! There was a wet snow out there and the pan kinda sizzled after it landed.

Needless to say, witnessing that episode kinda squelched any desire I ever had to give it a shot. This woman could COOK and I figured if SHE couldn’t make it, NOBODY could!

Fast forward a few years…don’t ask me WHY I did it, but I plopped down a few bucks…lotta bucks actually, for one of those heavy duty, super duper, mix/mash/mush/punch-ANYTHING-you-want-no-matter-how-complicated-it-is mixers made by Kitchenaide.

I don’t cook that much…just ask Hope. Maybe I was thinking I needed something ELSE on the countertop to make it LOOK like I do…I dunno. Anyway, I got it…thumbed through the cookbook that comes with it…found a Divinity recipe in it. And, THEN, one day I actually had a desire to attempt making Divinity. So I did.

IT WORKED! I, the let’s-go-out-to-eat or here-have-a-sandwich-and-some-chips cook, SUCCEEDED at making Divinity with this thang! Now, I had to practically stand on my head while up on a chair at the counter as I s-s-s-l-l-l-o-o-o-o-w-w-w-l-l-l-y-y-y poured the hot Divinity mixture into the mixer as the beaters swirled it around.

It has to go in as a drizzle once it has reached an EXACT temperature, and the humidity has to be JUST right for this stuff to setup. Once it was mixed, I had to pop that mixer bowl loose and run like a bat-outta-you-know-what before it setup IN the mixer bowl to the wax paper waiting patiently on the table for the spoonfuls of white stuff to be plopped onto it.

I made it! Plopped those spoonfuls of white stuff on that wax paper JUST IN TIME, stuck a pecan half on top of each mound of Divinity, and, VOILA! The Divinity Queen was born!

DH was delighted! He LOVES candy! And he LOVES to share candy…just ask the grandkids! Since the grandkids don’t live nearby he decided I needed to practice this new feat and make MORE for him to share with his train crews.

So, for ONCE I did as he wished and made more…and he shared…and now according to HIM they ask him when there’s going to be more Divinity. If he wants any other kind of Christmas goodies he’s gonna have to have a discussion with Hope, The Backseat Gourmet.

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