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How to make delicious and healthy candies at home. Homemade chocolates. The best recipes. Step-by-step description of making chocolate fudge

We all love sweets to one degree or another. Some people simply cannot imagine their life without sweets; for others, a couple of pieces with tea or champagne are enough. And if vegetarians do not know the taste of meat, some people will never try goose liver or mussel meat in their entire lives, then every person living in the modern world on planet Earth has had to eat candy. To say that the stores have a large selection of sweets is to say nothing. It is huge, for every taste, color, and wallet.
But what’s also interesting is that some of the most experienced and best housewives, who skillfully create delicious salads, complex cakes or amazing hot dishes in their kitchens, have never tried to make ordinary sweets at home. Not because it is difficult or because some ingredients cannot be found, and not because there is not enough time or some special equipment is needed. This is all for the simple reason that you can go and buy candy in the store at any time. And although sometimes we are not always sure of the quality, naturalness, and freshness of purchased delicacies, we continue to do so.
Maybe it's worth a try? Don't know where to start and how to decide? Let's do this together. Here you will find delicious homemade candy options. Believe me, your household and guests whom you treat with your creation will not remain indifferent.

Recipe No. 1. Sweets "Lady Night"

Many of you have probably tried very tasty candies with prunes and dried apricots called “Lady Night”. We suggest you make these candies yourself. To say that you will be delighted with the result is an understatement! Homemade sweets are incredibly tasty, much better than factory-made ones! Treat yourself and your loved ones to this amazing delicacy!
The candies come out a little larger than the original ones.

TIME: 40 min.

Easy

Servings: 4

Ingredients for 8 candies:

prunes – 16-20 pieces;
dried apricots – 16-20 pieces;
walnuts - a large handful with a slide;
dark chocolate – 100-150 g;
marshmallows - several pieces (depending on size).

Preparation

Dried apricots and prunes are first thoroughly washed, scalded (it is advisable to keep the dried apricots in boiling water to soften them), and dried in the open air.
Dried apricots are chopped with a knife to make it easier to grind them into pulp with a blender.

Prunes are chopped with a knife for the same purpose as dried apricots.

The nuts are chopped with a knife or crushed with a masher.

Add half the nuts to the dried apricots, grind them all together in a blender into a paste. If the dried apricots are too harsh, then add a tablespoon of warm boiled water to the pulp to obtain a more homogeneous mass.

The prunes are mixed with the remaining half of the nuts and also ground in a blender into a paste.

Next, the candies are formed. To do this, wet your hands in warm water (so that the mass does not stick to your hands), pinch off pieces from the first mixture (dried apricots + nuts), place them in the middle of each marshmallow and form the candies in the shape of balls or ellipses so that the marshmallow is inside.
Marshmallows come in different sizes; for candies it is better to take about 1.5 by 2 cm or a little more.

These are the kind of sweets you get.

The same is done with the second mixture (prunes + nuts).

Melt the chocolate in a water bath (65 degrees).

Each candy is dipped into chocolate using a fork or a pair of chopsticks.

Place on a board covered with cling film or parchment and place in the refrigerator for an hour. Homemade sweets are ready!

You can decorate them by sprinkling chocolate or coconut shavings on top.

If you use milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate, you will have to wait about 2 hours, as it takes longer to harden.

Recipe No. 2. Candy "Toffee"

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that some confectionery products can be easily reproduced at home, especially expensive sweets that we only allow ourselves to buy on holidays. But have you noticed that many “luxury” candies in attractive packaging consist of the most ordinary ingredients that are harmoniously combined with each other? Here it is, the highlight - the manufacturers just found a successful combination of components and created an attractive aesthetic appearance of the product itself. For example, the well-known and beloved Toffee candies - a delicious delicacy in a beautiful package consists of just creamy toffee filled with hazelnut kernels and drizzled with a small amount of dark chocolate! It would seem, what's special here? But admit it, it’s really tasty and beautiful! Do you want to make this masterpiece with your own hands? Then let's get started!

Ingredients for 15 candies:

creamy toffee – 125 g;
hazelnuts – 15 pieces;
dark chocolate – 30-50 g;
sour cream or heavy cream (thick) - 3 tablespoons;
butter – 20 g.

Preparation:

Melt the toffee and butter in a water bath or in a ceramic frying pan over very low heat.

When the toffee begins to melt, add sour cream (cream).

Stir the mixture until a homogeneous caramel is obtained.

Be sure to grease the molds with butter. If you have silicone molds for candies, then you can immediately pour hot caramel into them; if you don’t have any, then you can use a plastic insert from under a box of chocolates. To prevent the plastic from melting, you need to wait until the mass has cooled to the temperature where you can pick it up with your hands. After cooling, warm caramel is plastic, you can easily roll it into small balls and press them into molds. Press a hazelnut kernel into each candy.

Melt dark chocolate in a water bath (65 degrees).

Pour the chocolate over the nut so that it covers only the kernel of the nut, and not the entire surface of the candy.

Place the chocolate in the refrigerator for an hour (you can place it in the freezer for 10-15 minutes, then it will be easy to remove them from the mold without damaging the shape of the chocolates).

That's all, all that remains is to carefully remove the wonderful and healthy candies from the molds and transfer them to a beautiful dish.

Recipe No. 3. Nut candies in tartlets

What should we do... prepare some sweets? Let's cook it and eat it. This recipe is actually easy to follow and the results are quick to eat. So, let's not deny ourselves the pleasure.

Ingredients:

ready-made tartlets – 30 pieces;
mixture of nuts (cashews, hazelnuts, peanuts) – 100 g;
cocoa powder – 2 tablespoons;
granulated sugar – 2 tablespoons;
fat sour cream – 2 tablespoons;
butter – 2 tablespoons.

How to make candy at home

It is convenient to measure all the ingredients directly into the cezve, which must be placed on the minimum heat of the burner. Stirring the contents of the Turk from time to time, bring the mixture until thick and homogeneous and the sugar is completely dissolved.

Having placed the tartlets on a flat dish, you need to fill each of them with nuts. Of course, in this recipe you can only use a certain type of nut, your favorite, but when they are different it gives the taste a little intrigue. The nuts must be prepared in advance; if they have a film on them, it is advisable to dry them in a hot frying pan (then the film will separate well) and peel them.

By this time, our thick chocolate mixture has cooled moderately. You need to pour it over the nuts in the tartlets; it’s very convenient to do this with a Turk with a spout.

Nuts that do not have a place in the tartlets must be coarsely crushed with a masher to sprinkle the candy with crumbs. You can enjoy it 20 minutes after preparation, when the chocolate mixture has completely cooled and slightly softened the wafer tartlets.

Other recipes

To prepare them you will need: raisins and flour, cocoa powder and granulated sugar, milk and butter. The candy mass is prepared in a water bath, then half of it is poured into molds, raisins are placed and the rest of the candy mass is filled on top. They are put in the freezer overnight and the candies are ready by morning.

To make such sweets you will need dried apricots and peanuts, honey and a bar of dark chocolate, a piece of butter and colored confectionery sprinkles for decoration. Dried apricots and peanuts are ground in a blender and mixed with honey. Future candies are formed from the resulting mass, which will then need to be dipped into a mixture of dark chocolate and butter melted in a water bath. The candies that have not had time to harden are sprinkled with decorating confectionery toppings and sent to the freezer to harden.

To prepare such a delicacy, you will need: a banana and a pack of cookies, walnuts and condensed milk, yogurt and cocoa (or powdered sugar) for decoration. Crushed cookies and walnuts are mixed with boiled condensed milk and yogurt. The resulting mass is laid out on cling film, leveled, half of a banana cut lengthwise is placed on top and the whole thing is rolled into a sausage. The frozen sausage is cut into sticks, each of which should be dipped in cocoa powder or powdered sugar.

For these sweets you just need nothing: dark chocolate with butter, ground cinnamon with walnut and almond kernels, cocoa powder for sprinkling. A mass of chocolate, cinnamon and butter is prepared, when it hardens a little, candies are formed from it, nuts are placed in the middle of each, the candies are sprinkled with cocoa powder and harden in the refrigerator.

To make these candies, you will need: sugar and water, a chicken egg and raisins with nuts, powdered sugar and coconut flakes. A caramel mixture is prepared from sugar and water, mixed with chopped walnuts. From the cooled mass, rafaelki are formed, in the middle of which raisins are placed. The resulting balls are rolled in a mixture of coconut flakes and powdered sugar. In 40 minutes the candies harden in the refrigerator and are ready to eat.

Here you will need chocolate and butter toffee, water, butter and instant coffee. A mixture of toffee, water, instant coffee and butter is prepared in a water bath. Then it is poured into molds. The frozen toffee is dipped into the melted chocolate mixture and cooled in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

To prepare this delicacy you need prunes, walnuts and dark chocolate. Each prune is filled with a piece of walnut, dipped in chocolate heated in a water bath and cooled in the refrigerator for an hour.

You can also use a homemade marmalade recipe. There is nothing simpler here at all. You will need fresh berries (for example, strawberries), water and gelatin, citric acid and powdered sugar. The berries are crushed in a blender with citric acid and powdered sugar, combined with swollen gelatin and poured into molds. When they have hardened, all that remains is to cover them with glaze for even more taste.

There are many more options for homemade sweets:

These can be sweets with other dried fruits, for example, figs or dates.

Homemade waffles covered in chocolate.
Homemade lollipops (remember our Soviet cockerels?).
Chocolate and honey candies.
Cranberry candies.
Apricot-coconut delicacies.
Homemade marshmallow.
Homemade Turkish delight.
Sweets "Lakomka" from baby food.

You can use powdered milk in making sweets; you can replace regular milk with it if necessary. As a last resort, if you have neither one nor the other, and by a lucky chance you are a young mother, and you have Baby formula, you can use it.

Such a masterpiece can be an excellent gift for your family and loved ones.

For many centuries now, traditions and recipes for making modern sweets have been passed on from one generation to the next. Being a wonderful family treat, they add some special warmth to any holiday or family table.

“Bird’s milk” with your own hands

Product set:

Butter (100 grams)
Dark chocolate (1 bar)
Granulated sugar (to taste)
Gelatin (15 grams)
Fresh chicken whites (4 pieces)

Cooking technique:

Pour a spoonful of gelatin with 100 milliliters of boiled water (it should be at room temperature). After waiting for swelling, place the composition on the stove and bring to a boil.
Now you need to thoroughly beat the whites with sugar (the amount of sand is adjusted to taste). Add the cooled gelatin mass in parts.
Break the chocolate bar. Add the butter and melt the sweet pieces in a water bath. If you wish, you can cook homemade glaze - it will adequately replace a store-bought dessert.
Separate half of the chocolate mixture. Spread it on the bottom of a deep baking tray lined with baking paper, and then immediately put the container in the refrigerator.
When the chocolate has hardened slightly, it’s time to add the fluffy protein mass. On top of it you need to pour the remaining glaze, preheated to a warm state.
Place the mold in the refrigerator and wait for the chocolate shell to completely harden.
Next, the dessert is cut into pieces of the desired shape. The most delicate souffles are in perfect harmony with tea and coffee!

Waffles at home

Product set:

Dry baby formula "Malyutki" type (1 cup)
Coconut flakes or cocoa powder (for dusting)
Butter (80-100 grams)
Wafers with any filling (200 grams)

Cooking technique:

Divide the waffles into layers. Carefully remove the filling: it must be combined with softened butter.
Pour in the baby formula in small portions - the end result should be a thick, dense mass. Roll into balls of the same size.
Crumble the “emptied” waffles, and use the resulting crumbs to bread the sweet rounds.
To finish, you can roll in coconut flakes or sprinkle generously with cocoa - depending on your personal taste!

Product set:

Citric acid - you can take freshly squeezed juice (half a teaspoon)
Milk (1 glass)
Honey (45 grams)
Butter (a couple of tablespoons)
Granulated sugar (one and a half to two glasses)

Cooking technique:

Boil the milk in a small saucepan.
Add 25-30 grams of butter. Add sugar at the same time.
Mix the mixture thoroughly and wait until it boils again.
Continue cooking the sweet mass until thickened. Then stir in lemon juice and honey.
After 35-40 minutes, the saucepan can be removed from the heat. Distribute the candy base into molds (a container for regular or figured ice is suitable).
Refrigerate the mold until completely frozen. When tasting homemade “Korovka”, you will certainly be amazed by the delicate texture and amazing taste of the delicacy!

Product set:

Pumpkin puree (1 cup)
Ground cinnamon (half a teaspoon)
Ginger powder (on the tip of a knife)
Butter (50 grams)
Ground nuts (half cup)
Granulated sugar (200 grams)
Salt (quarter teaspoon)
Cocoa powder (15 grams)
Milk (200 milliliters)
Vanilla sugar (1 teaspoon)

Cooking technique:

To make the puree, cut the pumpkin into slices, bake in the oven until softened and puree thoroughly in a blender.
Place the vegetable mixture in a saucepan, accompanied by sugar and vanilla. Add salt and pour in milk. After mixing, place the mixture on the stove and cook over high heat until it boils.
Now reduce the heat to low and leave the mixture to simmer for another forty minutes. From the beginning of caramelization, the mixture must be stirred continuously, otherwise it will burn.
Ultimately, the mass will begin to resemble marmalade and will begin to easily separate from the bottom of the container - it’s time to remove it from the stove.
Add a couple of tablespoons of butter and a small portion of crushed nuts. To flavor, add aromatic spices - cinnamon and ginger.
Place the homogeneous mixture into a bowl. Cool and put in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Combine the remaining nuts with cocoa powder and use for breading: separate the candy mixture with a teaspoon, roll into balls and coat generously. Dessert rounds should be stored refrigerated.

How to make lollipops at home

Product set:

Diluted citric acid (half a teaspoon)
Granulated sugar (250 grams)
Water (half a glass)
Fruit juice (1 tablespoon)
Powdered sugar (large quantities)
Food coloring of any shade

Cooking technique:

Heat sugar and water in a thick-bottomed saucepan. After the syrup has boiled a little, drop a little liquid directly into a saucer of cold water - when it begins to thicken, the dishes can be removed from the heat.
Mix in any flavoring of your choice - it could be fruit/berry juice, milk, cocoa or coffee.
Add food coloring, as well as citric acid dissolved in hot water 1:1. Stir thoroughly.
Spread the powdered sugar on the baking sheet – there should be a lot of it.
Now take any round object of suitable diameter (the size of the lollipops will correspond to it). Press into sweet powder to get a clear impression. Make indentations in a checkerboard pattern.
Place the sticks under the lollipops and fill the holes with syrup.
Expect the sweets to harden. In the future, to prevent the sweets from sticking together, they can be generously sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Product set:

Light rum (2 tablespoons)
Butter (50 grams)
Almonds (half a cup)
Cherry liqueur (20 milliliters)
Chicken egg (1 whole + 1 white)
Dark chocolate (150 grams)
Powdered sugar (half a cup)
Milk chocolate (20 grams)

Cooking technique:

Boil and peel the egg. Beat the butter until it turns white; then combine with boiled yolk and grind until smooth.
Add a tablespoon of different types of alcohol. Liqueur can be any kind, but cherry is still preferable.
Dark chocolate must be melted in a water bath (set aside a few cubes for making marzipan). Then he also joins the lineup.
After thorough stirring, the filling goes into the refrigerator for the next hour.
Meanwhile, peel and crush the nuts into fine crumbs (to easily remove the husks from the almonds, steam them with boiling water for 5 minutes). Pieces of dark chocolate also need to be crushed on a grater.
Add the remaining rum, sweet powder and raw protein. Stir the mixture with a mixer or blender for three minutes, then put it in the refrigerator for an hour.
After cooling, you need to make a neat “sausage” from the almond marzipan (be sure to spread baking paper on the countertop).
Cut the workpiece into equal parts and roll into rounds. Turn them into cakes, then spread the filling and seal the edges, forming sweet balls with filling.
Grate the milk chocolate and roll the candies one by one. The treat is ready to serve!

Homemade cottage cheese with strawberries

Product set:

Cottage cheese (250 grams)
Fresh or frozen strawberries (1 cup)
Sweet shredded coconut (a couple of tablespoons)
Butter (30 grams)
Breadcrumbs (for sprinkling)
Chicken egg (1 piece)
Granulated sugar (75 grams)
Flour (1 cup)

Cooking technique:

Beat the egg with granulated sugar. Add cottage cheese and butter, still whisking.
Add flour and knead the curd dough.
Divide the base into small parts and form them into flat cakes.
“Plant” one strawberry for each blank. Roll into round pieces, dusting your hands with flour for convenience.
Now the “koloboks” need to be immersed in boiling water so that the curd “sets”. Keep them on the stove for three minutes after surfacing.
Remove the balls using a slotted spoon. Bread each candy in a mixture of crumbs and coconut.

Product set:

Honey (half a glass)
Granulated sugar (1.5 cups)
Softened butter (100 grams)
Sour cream (one and a half cups)

Cooking technique:

Mix sugar and honey and set over medium heat. Wait until it boils, stirring the ingredients continuously.
When the mixture acquires a beautiful amber hue, remove the dishes from the stove.
In a separate container, bring the sour cream to a temperature of 80 degrees. Then add to the sugar-honey mass.
Add soft butter. After thorough mixing, return the mixture to low heat and simmer for several minutes with constant stirring.
You can test the readiness like this: scoop up some of the sweet mixture with a spoon, put it on a plate and wait a little - the toffee should soon harden. If necessary, you can add more honey or sugar.
Take baking paper and line the surface of the baking sheet. Treat the parchment with vegetable oil, lay out the candy mixture and smooth it out well.
After a quarter of an hour, all that remains is to cut the iris and serve it with fragrant tea.

Oranges at home

Product set:

Semolina (30 grams)
Peanuts (50 grams)
Orange (1 fruit)
Powdered sugar (15 grams)
Water (50 milliliters)
Sugar (80 grams)
Egg white (1 piece)
Pastry powder (optional)
Lime (1 piece)

Cooking technique:

Rinse the lime and orange thoroughly. Remove the zest from the orange fruit and squeeze the juice from the remaining pulp.
Now squeeze out the juice from the lime. In total, for dessert you will need half a glass of fresh juice - mixed orange and lime.
Pour the juice into a small saucepan or sauté pan. Add the chopped zest and granulated sugar, add a quarter glass of water.
Heat the mixture over low heat with constant stirring. After boiling, keep it on the stove for another three minutes.
Start adding semolina in small portions. Boil the mixture until thickened - usually about five minutes.
Crush the nuts with a blender and add to the manno-citrus porridge.
Roll balls of arbitrary size. Place the products on a plate and refrigerate until set.
Making a delicious glaze for homemade sweets is a couple of trifles: just beat chicken protein with sweet powder.
Additionally, colored confectionery powder will help decorate the orange balls. Read more: .

Delicious sweets for diabetics at home

Product set:

Dried figs (140 grams)
Sugar substitute (to taste)
Walnuts - optional (half a cup)
Chickpeas or lentils (1 cup)
Cocoa powder (20-30 grams)
Water – can be replaced with cognac (60-70 milliliters)

Cooking technique:

On the eve of cooking, the beans must be soaked in cool water - leave them overnight. It is advisable to do the same with the figs so that they soften well.
Pour a glass of water over the washed lentils or chickpeas. Boil over moderate heat for 50-60 minutes until fully cooked.
Drain the liquid and let the beans dry. Next you need to chop them with a blender.
When chopping dried fruits, it is recommended to leave some medium-sized slices - it will be tastier.
Nuts are added as desired. If you approve this product, it will have to be crushed carefully.
Mix chickpea base, figs and nuts. Add sugar substitute and stir everything well.
When you have a completely homogeneous mass in your hands, you can safely form the products. Give the candies any shape you want.
For greater beauty, the dessert delicacy should be generously sprinkled with cocoa.

It would seem, why do we need recipes for chocolates if these sweets are presented in abundance on the shelves? Of course, the stores are now a real paradise for those with a sweet tooth - the assortment of confectionery products will take more than a dozen pages. But are homemade chocolates comparable to store-bought ones? Firstly, you prepare them only from proven ingredients, and secondly, you make dishes with love, which undoubtedly affects the taste.

Recipes for homemade chocolates with cocoa

Candies "Chocolate balls"

Ingredients:

Vanilla crackers – 300 g
Milk – 250 g
Butter – 200 g
Walnuts – 100 g
– 100 g
Powdered sugar – 50 g
Sugar – 250 g

Preparation:

Mix cocoa powder with sugar, pour in hot milk and cook until the sugar dissolves. Pass the vanilla crackers through a meat grinder, pour the hot milk mixture over them, mix thoroughly and cool. Add softened butter, mix well until smooth. Make balls and roll them in a mixture of chopped walnuts, powdered sugar and cocoa. Place the chocolate candies with cocoa prepared according to this recipe in the refrigerator or freezer for 1 hour to harden.

Homemade chocolate candies “Sweet Tooth”

Ingredients:

Dried apricots -100 g
Raisins – 100 g
Dried figs – 100 g
Walnuts – 100 g
Sweet almonds – 100 g
Lemon – 2 pcs.
Honey – 200 g
Cocoa powder – 100 g

Preparation:

Mince dried apricots, raisins, figs, walnuts or sweet almonds and lemons. Add enough candied honey to the resulting mass to obtain the consistency of a stiff dough. Form balls and roll them in cocoa powder or powdered sugar. Let the homemade chocolates with cocoa prepared according to this recipe dry at room temperature for 3-4 hours and refrigerate.

Chocolates with almonds

Ingredients:

Butter – 100 g
Powdered sugar – ½ cup
Cocoa powder – 100 g
Almonds – 50 g

Preparation:

Before preparing these chocolates, melt the butter in a saucepan, add powdered sugar and cocoa powder, mix thoroughly, and let cool. Form into balls, place chopped sweet almonds (or raisins) inside each ball, roll in powdered sugar, and let dry at room temperature. Place in the refrigerator for final hardening.

Candies "Almonds in chocolate"

Ingredients:

200 g almonds

100 g chocolate (bitter, milk - whichever you prefer)

4 tbsp. spoons of cocoa

1 tbsp. spoon of powdered sugar

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 100°C.

1. For this recipe for homemade chocolates, you need to pour almonds onto a baking sheet and dry in a preheated oven for

30–40 minutes.

2. Melt the chocolate in a water bath, do not stir!

3. Sift cocoa onto baking paper in a thick layer.

4. Dip almonds in chocolate, roll in cocoa.

5. Place almonds in a sieve and shake lightly to remove excess cocoa.

Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar.

How to make handmade chocolates: recipes with photos

Chocolate candies "Antoshka"

Ingredients:

1 can of condensed milk with cocoa or 1 can of regular condensed milk and 3 tablespoons of cocoa,
1 cup chopped walnuts,
2 tablespoons flour or breadcrumbs,
a sheet of foil or thick parchment,
some thick berry jam.

Preparation:

Place a closed tin of condensed milk in a saucepan, add water and cook over medium heat for 2 hours. If the water boils away, add so that the can is in the inlet. Then turn off the gas, wait until the jar cools down a little, and open the jar. Place the contents in a bowl. Add a glass of chopped nuts and stir. If it was condensed milk without cocoa, add 3 tablespoons of cocoa. Place a sheet of foil or parchment on a baking sheet and sprinkle it with breadcrumbs or flour. Use one teaspoon to scoop out the candy mixture and use the other to remove it onto a baking sheet. Place at a distance of 2 cm from one another. Place a jam berry on each flatbread. Dry the handmade chocolates prepared according to this recipe in the oven over medium heat for 15 minutes. Let them cool directly on the baking sheet, then carefully remove with a knife and place on a saucer.

Recipe for nut candy in tartlets with chocolate and coconut crumbs

Ingredients:

30 pieces of tartlets, a handful of hazelnuts and peanuts, 3 tbsp. l. sour cream, 2 tbsp. l. cocoa, 2 tbsp. l. sugar, 40 g butter

Preparation:

Products, the quantity of which is indicated in tablespoons, should be taken without a slide. Among the nuts you can take walnuts, cashews, and pistachios. However, hazelnuts and peanuts are the most common nuts for confectionery.

Lightly fry the nuts over moderate heat until the brown shell peels off. Without it, the dessert will turn out tastier and more aesthetically pleasing.

How to make chocolate icing for candies

For this recipe for making chocolate candies in a cezve, you need to measure out the ingredients for the chocolate glaze. You can use a different recipe if you have your own favorite in this matter. Options using milk, condensed milk, and ready-made chocolate are possible.

Set the cezve to minimum heat. Stir the contents periodically. When the mass becomes homogeneous and produces a couple of “bubbles”, remove the chocolate glaze from the heat and let it cool slightly. Place the tartlets on a flat dish.

Hazelnut nuts are large, so one nut per tartlet will be enough. But the peanuts are too small, so we put 3 of them.

Pour the cooled (but not frozen) glaze over the nuts in the tartlets. This way the waffle will not soften and will retain its shape. The glaze does not flow, but literally slides out of the spout of the cezve in small portions. Using the edge of a teaspoon, scoop up coconut crumbs and crush them on top of the chocolate mass. The chocolate glaze will harden in the tartlets in literally 20 minutes, but will remain soft.

Look at the photos of handmade chocolates made according to these recipes - the result obtained is not inferior in appearance and taste to purchased products:

Simple recipes for making chocolates at home

Candies “Prunes in chocolate”

Ingredients:

Prunes (pitted) – 200 g
Chocolate – 100 g

Preparation:

To prepare chocolate candies according to this simple recipe, wash the prunes, pour boiling water over them for 20 minutes, drain in a colander, and drain. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and pour into a cup. Prick the prunes with a fork and dip them into the melted chocolate, then place on parchment paper to set. Repeat the procedure several times if the chocolate layer does not lie evenly.

Candies with walnuts in chocolate

Ingredients:

Walnuts – 300 g
Cookies – 100 g
Honey -100 g
Orange – 1 pc.
White wine (grape) – 20 g
Chocolate – 50 g

Preparation:

To make these chocolates at home, mix honey with ground walnuts, add grated orange zest, add orange juice and wine. Add the ground biscuits and mix thoroughly. Form small balls, roll them in grated chocolate, dry for 2-3 hours.

Candies "Grillage in chocolate"

Ingredients:

Walnuts – 1 kg
Ghee butter – 50 g
Sawed sugar – 1 kg

Chocolate glaze

Preparation:

To make your own chocolate candies, dissolve sawn sugar in a thick-walled saucepan, add finely chopped walnuts and melted butter, mix thoroughly. Place the mixture on a greased baking sheet, roll out to a thickness of 7-10 mm, cut into pieces. Cover the cooled semi-finished products with chocolate glaze.

Recipe for making chocolates on a stick

Chocolates on a stick

Ingredients:

For the recipe for chocolate lollipops, you will need 2 chocolate bars (you can use 1 milk and 1 white), lollipop sticks, foil, and ribbons (optional).

Preparation:

Melt the chocolate in a steam bath. When it melts, cool. Next, pour into molds and refrigerate. After an hour, remove from the refrigerator and insert sticks - one into each candy.

As you can see in the photo, preparing chocolate candies according to these recipes is not at all difficult, but they look very appetizing:

Recipes for making Truffle chocolate candies at home

Handmade truffles with dried cherries

Number of servings: 8

Cooking time: preparation of ingredients (8–12 hours); actual preparation – 2 hours +

You will need:

250 g of excellent quality chocolate (with at least 75% cocoa content)
250 ml cream with a fat content of at least 35%
50 g butter
35 dried cherries
75 ml French cognac
almonds, pistachios and cherries for decoration
4 tbsp. l. cocoa

Glaze:

150 g chocolate

Cooking method:

Preliminary:

1. To make chocolate candies according to this recipe, pour cognac over part of the cherries (23 berries), cover with cling film and leave for at least 12 hours to soak.

2. Chop the chocolate very finely and place in a bowl. Pour the cream into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Pour boiling cream over the chocolate and stir well until the chocolate has completely dissolved. Add butter and cool. Cover the mixture with cling film and refrigerate for 8 hours.

On the day of submission:

3. Remove the preparations from the refrigerator. It is better to take it out in parts so that the mass does not have time to melt.

4. If there is any liquid left in the cherries, drain the berries in a colander and then dry with paper towels.

5. Roll the frozen chocolate mass into balls the size of a walnut. Place a cherry in the center of each ball. To ensure the candies are the same size, use the same spoon when you pinch off the mass.

6. Place the finished truffles on plates covered with parchment or on a silicone mat and put them in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes.

7. Decorations: finely chop a few dried cherries, almonds and pistachios. Be sure to remove the dark skins from the nuts first.

8. Glaze: melt the chocolate in a water bath and cool - it should not be hot, otherwise the truffles will start to melt. Place the truffles on skewers and dip into the glaze. Transfer to a wire rack (extra glaze will drip off) and garnish with cherries and nuts.

9. Leave until the chocolate sets. This amount of icing should be enough for 20 candies. Roll the remaining chocolate mixture in cocoa. Candies with different textures look amazing in one box!

10. Place the candies in parchment-lined containers and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

11. Truffle chocolate candies prepared according to this recipe in 30 minutes. Remove from refrigerator before serving.

Sweets “Sharman” – chocolate truffles with cedar condensed milk

Ingredients:

200 g walnuts;
200 g dates;
100 g figs;
50 g cocoa beans;
2 tablespoons ;
4–5 tablespoons of honey;
100 g poppy seeds for sprinkling;
2–3 tablespoons of dried apricot syrup;
100 g cedar cake;
lemon zest.

Preparation:

To prepare chocolate candies at home according to this recipe, grind the walnuts in a mortar, food processor or meat grinder until they form coarse crumbs. Break some of the nuts into small pieces with your hands. Add chopped dates and figs. If the sweetness is not enough, add honey to taste, as well as cocoa butter and lemon zest. Grind the cocoa beans in a coffee grinder or high-speed blender to a flour and add to the candy dough. Knead thoroughly, form balls and roll them in poppy seeds. Using your finger, make indentations in the top of the candy.

Prepare the cream. Beat the cedar cake with dried apricot syrup in a blender or wooden spoon. Add honey to taste. Mix until thick condensed milk forms. Place the finished cream into the recesses of the candies.

Candies "Chocolate truffles"

Ingredients:

A glass (with top) of granulated sugar,
5 tablespoons of cream (you can use milk or water),
4 tablespoons butter,
1 egg white,
half a glass of cocoa,
half a glass of dry milk;

For sprinkling:

1 tablespoon of powdered sugar.
1 tablespoon crushed roasted walnuts.

Preparation:

Pour cream into a saucepan and add sugar. Place the pan over low heat, stirring occasionally, heat to a boil, and boil for 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, turn off the gas. Add butter, cocoa (leave two tablespoons), and dry milk to the hot mixture. Mix everything well. Beat the protein into a strong foam and add it to the mixture. Grind the mixture for 10 minutes until smooth. To thicken the mixture, place it in a warm place for half an hour. Prepare the topping by mixing powdered sugar, walnuts and the rest of the cocoa. Cool the thickened mass in a cool place. Use a teaspoon to scoop out the mass and, helping with a knife, form candies (you can put pieces of nuts or jam cherries inside), rolling them in sprinkles. When all the candies are ready, put them in the cold (but not in the cold or in the refrigerator). The candies are ready tomorrow!

Here you can see photos for the homemade chocolate candy recipes suggested above:

Recipes for making sesame chocolates

And finally, learn how to make chocolates at home with the addition of sesame seeds.

Chocolates with sesame seeds

Ingredients:

300 g sugar
50 ml water
50 g cocoa powder
75 g butter
2 tbsp. spoons of baby formula (“Malyutka” or “Baby”)
2 tbsp. spoons of sesame

Chocolate candies with sesame recipe are prepared as follows:

1) Pour water into a stainless saucepan and add sugar. Place on medium heat. Stirring, bring to a boil, then cook for 5 minutes;

2) Add butter to the boiling syrup. Let the mixture simmer for 1 minute;

3) Add cocoa powder to the hot mixture and mix thoroughly;

4) Add the dry milk mixture;

5) Fry sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until golden brown, add to the candy mass;

6) Cover the saucepan with a lid or put it in a bag. When the mass has cooled, take a teaspoon of the mixture and form candies.

Look at the selection of photos for DIY chocolate candy recipes presented on this page:

Increasingly, nowadays, we have begun to pay more attention to what we eat. Perhaps people have finally begun to understand how much truth there is in the saying “you are what you eat.” Either they have poisoned their body to such an extent that it makes itself felt more and more often, or due to the ever-increasing fashion for proper nutrition, sports and control over one’s health. Whatever the reason for this, we monitor our health, but the love for sweets is ineradicable! In order not to torture yourself by giving up sweets and chocolate and at the same time not to harm yourself and, especially, your children with store-bought chocolates, which necessarily include thickeners, flavors and preservatives, you can make sweets yourself using only natural products!

I’ll tell you a recipe that my raw foodist friend, who is very sensitive to his health, once “treated” me to. The recipe is absolutely simple and does not require any specific products, a lot of time, or even a stove or oven! It is suitable for those who always carefully monitor their diet and eat exclusively healthy, vegetarians, raw foodists, and people who simply want to please their loved ones with their man-made miracle.

All you need is a blender or coffee grinder, dishes and a minimum amount of ingredients. The sweets are much tastier than store-bought ones, very nutritious and healthy! Moreover, all products are completely natural, not expensive and available to everyone in any country.

So let's get started. To prepare you will need:

1. Cashew nuts, almonds or hazelnuts (you can use any of them or all together) – 150 gr.
2. Raisins (can be replaced with dates - it will be sweeter) – 100g.
3. Coconut flakes or sesame seeds – 50g.
4. Cinnamon – a pinch
5. Bananas – 2 large, ripe ones
6. Cocoa powder – 4 tbsp. spoons
7. Honey – 1 teaspoon

From all this you can make two types of candies - one “chocolate”, using cocoa powder. The second, very nutritious, is honey. The total number of candies, the size of a large cherry, will be about 35-40 pieces.

1. Grind the nuts in a blender (or coffee grinder).

2. Grind raisins/dates with a blender.

3. Grind the bananas with a blender until pureed.

4. Mix in two different vessels:
A) for “chocolate” sweets – ground nuts, raisins, coconut flakes, cinnamon, bananas and cocoa. Mix it all well until the mixture is homogeneous.

B) for “honey” sweets - the same ingredients, only we replace cocoa with 1 teaspoon of honey. Mix thoroughly too.

Tip: The “honey” mixture is usually thinner, while the “chocolate” mixture is made with thick cocoa powder. Therefore, I recommend more nuts in the “honey” one, and more banana in the “chocolate” one.

On two different plates, pour a little cocoa powder into one and coconut flakes into the second.

From the resulting two mixtures, roll and “sculpt” small even balls with your hands (try not to make large ones, as they will be uncomfortable to eat). Roll chocolate candies in cocoa powder, honey candies in coconut flakes or sesame seeds.

Chocolate is one of the most favorite treats of many people. Both adults and children love him. It's so nice to treat yourself to a chocolate candy for tea or coffee. Today, store shelves are bursting with an abundance of sweets.

But all people know or guess that store-bought sweets contain many different preservatives and harmful substances. But few people know that chocolate candies can be made with your own hands at home from simple ingredients. We suggest you fix this and try this recipe for homemade cocoa chocolates.

Imagine yourself as a real chocolatier. Let this recipe become the first basic one, and then try different options and proportions. Find yours and your loved ones' favorite flavors. Get creative and experiment.

Making homemade chocolates is a pleasure! Firstly, you yourself are able to choose the shape of the candies. They can be round, rectangular, square or poured into molds. Secondly, you can choose any filling to your liking. It can be nuts, dried fruits, jams and marmalade, coconut flakes, citrus zest, condensed milk. It all depends on your imagination and the availability of ingredients.

This way you can make different candies according to this recipe for your family and guests. Just be sure to buy quality products. The better they are, the tastier the candies will be.

You can invite children to participate in the cooking process. They will definitely enjoy this activity together in the kitchen. And then it’s so nice to eat homemade chocolates together.

The process will not take much of your time and effort. The recipe with photo is very simple, but also incredibly tasty. So, let's prepare delicious chocolates with cocoa at home. Get started soon!

Ingredients:

Butter - 60 g
Water – 90 ml
Cocoa powder - 60 g
Sugar - 300 g
Powdered milk - 150 g
Any nuts - 1.5 cups
Coconut flakes - 0.5 cups

The process of making chocolates from cocoa

1. Pour sugar into a saucepan. Regular white can be replaced with cane brown. Then the candies will become even more healthy and tasty.

2. Pour in water and put on low heat. Cook the sugar syrup after boiling for 1 minute.

Advice. Pour in water strictly according to the recipe. If there is more of it, then the excess liquid may prevent the candy from forming, and when you take them out of the refrigerator, they will quickly melt and become covered with perspiration.

3. While the syrup is cooking, measure out the butter.

4. Now you need to measure out the cocoa powder. If you like dark chocolate, add more cocoa and less sugar.

The more cocoa in chocolates, the harder and richer it will be.

5. And also powdered milk.

6. When the syrup is ready, it will look like this.

7. Now you can add milk powder, butter and cocoa powder one by one. Stir and bring to a boil. Leave to cool, preferably for 10-12 hours.

9. Add chocolate to them.

10. Mix the chocolate mass.

11. Pour coconut shavings into a plate where we will roll the candies.

12. Make balls from the chocolate mixture with nuts, which need to be rolled in coconut flakes. Before you start shaping the candies, grease your hands with butter. This way the candies won't stick to your hands.

You can also use a silicone candy mold, ice cube tray, or even a chocolate box holder. In this case, the mixture should be applied with a spoon.