Twitter | Cinderella's Pear

Twitter is a wonderful place for gluten-free and food allergy or other food issue people. I have “met” so many cool people there that I hope to meet in real life someday.

One of them is Brittany Angell of Real Sustenance.

She tweeted about a Butterfinger recipe she created, which immediately drew my attention. I miss them SO much.

I bought myself a candy thermometer and the (few) ingredients I was missing, and gave it a shot. I LOVE this candy, and I have lost track of the number of times I’ve made it.

sugar, agave nectar & water

"finished" product

I put “finished” in quotation marks because I haven’t actually broken the candy into pieces, you can see that I was…impatient, and wanted the peanutbuttery goodness before it cooled all the way. This is also my stopping point. I know I’m supposed to dip it in chocolate, and I know they’re supposed to be thicker, like Butterfingers are, but I love them just like this. Seriously, so so good, and super easy. Brittany has several little alternate suggestions, which is awesome.

As you can see, I use crunchy peanut butter (Adams brand), and I use agave nectar (which I buy at Costco).

MUCH easier than you think it’s going to be! Try it! You won’t be sorry.

Today’s National Health Blog Posting Month prompt is to talk about the awesomeness of our individual communities.

Let me tell you: I have had SO much fun joining Twitter. I haven’t had an account for long, because I didn’t see a reason for it. Now that I have a business, though, there are SO many great people to connect with!

I love the gluten-free community. It seems that we all want to make each other’s lives better, richer, easier and as “normal” as possible. We all have different talents, but we all chip in. We’re online a LOT. So many people are coming up with recipes like there’s no tomorrow, and they share. People take pictures, tweet tips, offer love and support. When you’re having a bad food day, or it seems like you’re alone and going to be left out forever, we can understand that. It doesn’t matter whether they live by me or not — someone else understands. They’ve been there, too.

We research and post our findings. We blog. We call companies. We stand up for each other. We sign petitions. We help people find each other, because the more, the merrier!

Connecting with the gluten-free community via Twitter has enriched my life so much, and I couldn’t have predicted that.

Thanks, everyone. Much love.

Cristina

Cinderella's Pear

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