Turkish Delight Good Enough To Betray Your Family? ✨ The Chronicles of Narnia Recipe

Click on the links below to get 65% off your first pair of glasses at GlassesUSA.com 👇🏽

I just read 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe' to my kids and now it's time to make the White Witch's Turkish Delight and see if it's good enough to betray your family.

👩🏻‍🍳 New videos every Thursday & Saturday, 8:00 PM EST! 🥳

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
0:24 What is Turkish delight?
1:11 Today's recipe inspiration.
2:21 Syrup making.
3:58 Cornstarch mixture.
5:32 Cooking the cornstarch paste.
7:05 Adding syrup to the cornstarch paste.
8:05 Adding rose water & coloring.
8:46 Transferring to pan.
10:09 Cutting into cubes.
11:05 Rolling in starch & sugar.
11:43 Itadakimasu!

This video was made in partnership with GlassesUSA.com.

Disclaimer:
Some of the above links are Amazon affiliate links from which I receive a small commission on each sale at no extra cost to you. Thanks so much for the support. 🙏🏻

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound, and 'Sprightly' from iMovie. You've made it to the end -- welcome! Comment: "It's so squishy!"

[TaterTots]

This is really smart Emmy

By desensitizing your children to Turkish delight at home, they’re probably less likely to betray the family when offered it by a stranger.

[QOTCPcf]

Also keep in mind, this book is set during WW2, when England was hardcore rationing all the sugar. These kids probably hadn't seen a piece of candy in 3 years, and wouldn't see one again until the 1950s. Doesn't justify betraying one's family, but the psychology makes a tiny bit more sense.

[susangoodman]

I am 80 years old and my mother used to make Turkish delight for us when we were little children. I order it from Amazon for my grandchildren but I really want to watch you make it. I have never made it.

[paulinemegson]

Just remember that cheaper Turkish Delight, is made with gelatine. Real Turkish delight is made with starch as Emmy has done. The gelatine version tends to be rubbery and bouncy……real lokum is tender and smooth and melts in the mouth, nothing like a gummy sweet. Many people think they hate Turkish delight, but they’ve never tasted the real thing.

[Iamnotyourmom]

8 year old me was devastated after eating a Turkish delight for the first time. That's what you sold your family for, Edmund? A rose flavored gummy? Throw that whole child away.

[raphaelsylla]

This definitely brings back a LOT of memories! I grew up reading The Chronicles of Narnia and begged my mom for a month (as a kid) to do the candy. I remember she made something similar with coco milk and it definitely tastes good. Eventually she got a recipe from our European Neighbors (can't remember if they were Turkish) and she definitely made the candy. Eventually this became our "comfort candy" for me growing up and I still have the original recipe with me.

It's just a bit bittersweet remembering this as she's long gone for over 20 years ago. 😥

[BonnieBuggie]

another important thing to remember with edmund choosing the turkish delights over his family is that it’s not just that the white witch probably enchanted them, but also that he was a young boy who had undergone several years of sugar rationing by that time due to the war — I’m pretty sure a lot of people would betray their family for a handful of gumdrops by that point

[amandashelton]

Turkish delights is a memory from my childhood. My mom's mom gave her a recipe and she use to make me Turkish delights for my lunch. I saved my Turkish delights for after school and I shared them with my neighbor Harriet. She was my best friend. She was a 80 year old woman who I loved dearly. Her son was in the military and he got to know me through letters from his mom. When he came home I got to meet him and he was delightful just like his mom. They would have dinner with me and my mom. Harriet taught me how to crochet and knit. She would help me with my homework when mom worked late too and picked me up after school. So this brings back great memories for me. ❤️☺️

[karenfreedman]

I first had Turkish Delight when I was 16. My aunt and uncle gifted me a summer (6 weeks) in Europe with them. We went to the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul where I was introduced to the most delicious confection I had ever tasted. I tried to describe it in my journal, but couldn’t put the words together that did it justice! I’m 70 years old now, but will never forget my first taste of Delight!

[Elmasub]

Emmy you’re such a light in this community. I audibly laughed when you squished the delight and made those noises. You’re like a big sister that knows how to cheer someone up. Never change ❤️

[LizzieBoredom]

I love love love that you made this video AND that you're reading the books with your kids! My brother, Perry Moore, was the Executive Director for all of the Narnia movies and was the one who contacted C.S. Lewis' stepson, David Gresham to make the movies as authentic to the books, which he loved growing up! This warms my heart! 🥰🥰🥰

[brittneyhartman]

My mom read The Chronicles of Narnia out loud to me when I was little. My dad would always listen with me (he has dyslexia and has a hard time reading out loud) and one Saturday morning we made Turkish Delight to try because we had never heard of it before. It’s one of my most favorite memories from when I was a kid 🥰

[lumpyspiceprincess]

Emmy this is so awesome. You've made me cry bringing up precious memories from my childhood. My grandmother gifted me The Chronicles of Narnia series for my 8th birthday and I completely fell in love. I wanted to try Turkish delight so bad that she hunted up a recipe, or several recipes I imagine, and worked at it until she had produced delicious Turkish delight. I'm in my sixties so we're talking quite a while ago, but I still remember getting that sugar powder all over myself and everything because that was the step that I was most involved in, and of course, how delish it was. She tried several different flavors over the years and my favorites were pistachio and orange blossom water...two separate ones, not together. Anyway thanks for the memories and I'm so happy for your children that they have a mom that will encourage their fantasies like this. Love to you and your family❤ thank you, Susan

[sarahhudson]

A Greek restaurant I used to go to would serve homemade peppermint Turkish delight at the end of the meal. 100% would sell out my family for fresh homemade Turkish delight

[whatdoyousuppose]

I’m Turkish living in the US and always LOVE seeing you make and react to Turkish foods & treats! I love a variety of flavors of lokum (that’s what we call it in Turkish), pistachio might be my favorite, rose is also lovely (and, it’s so squishy!). Fun fact: Aslan means lion in Turkish 🦁 if I were to guess a reason for corn starch vs gelatin it would probably be bc gelatin is a pig product, corn starch makes it halal. I never ate Jello growing up because of that.

edit: that last part was just a guess and it’s most likely that the recipe honestly works better with corn starch than gelatin!

[kyliephx]

I would looove to see a book inspired recipes series! I think it would encourage people to read more. Watching this already made me want to read The Chronicles of Narnia again!

[_day_light]

This is bringing back such great memories! My grandmother used to read me this story and one time she actually pulled a real genuine tin of Turkish Delight out from her nightstand when we read “that scene” It was pure magic! 💖 Love these videos 💖

[TroyBrophy]

I grew up in rural, southern Ohio in the 1970s. I was a huge fan of the Chronicles of Narnia, and read the books often. The description of Turkish Delight always fascinated me. It might as well have been from the moon for the chances I had to try it back then. It's amazing that I can just have it delivered overnight these days.

[teesiemom]

They also do flavors in pomegranate, lemon, apricot, and a very light mint, I believe. My mom used to buy these candies called Aplets and Cotlets for Christmas that were based on the Turkish delight recipe. They had chopped nuts in them as well, and were so delicious! Recently found them on Amazon, and I can't wait to get some! 😋

[jarsofc]

I will always consider The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe book #1 in the series- the order in which they were published! 😀