Thanks for the feedback. the candy recipes are shown on the signs when you unlock tier 2 and 3 buildings, after you make a tier 2 or 3 ingredient it should fill in the signs with that ingredient,the rest is trial and error guessing what the recipe makes.
i know the ingredients can get a bit buggy but you should be able to pick them up if they not placed inside anything.The theme was based around poltergeists and the act of haunting objects as for the trick twist it was: Ghosts can clean up failed candies and help you haunt stuff but sometimes they trick you and steal your ingredients.
Thanks for the feedback!