Luka,
Don't bother with bread for tasters. I use drinking straws cut in half, cheap and cheerful. As for fudge Dr Stitson has posted a recipe on the forum which produces an excellent fudge but can be tricky to get right.
This recipe is foolproof, takes little time and makes a nice fudge.
1 tin condensed milk
1 lb golden caster sugar
4oz butter
2 very generous tablespoons honey
scraped vanilla bean or equivalent in vanilla paste (optional)
Line a shallow non stick tin with greaseproof paper and grease with some butter
Place all ingredients in a large saucepan and put over a low heat until butter melted and sugar dissolved. Put pan on high heat and bring to a good boil, and boil until soft ball stage is reached, 114C / 235F, stirring just occasionally.
Remove from heat and leave for ten minutes or so, then whisk on medium power steadily until the fudge becomes grainy. If you have cooled the fudge properly this takes a minute or so. Turn into prepared tin and leave to cool, then mark into small squares.
I keep a largish nonstick pan just for fudge, much better than a stainless steel jam pan.
As for candles, rolled candles go down well (look out for cheap discounted wax in T's winter sale) and Tea-lights are easy to make and very popular.
