DIY healthy candy recipes. Homemade cocoa chocolates

In the article you will find recipes for delicious homemade sweets that are not inferior to store-bought ones.

Homemade sweets are the favorite treats of many people. These candies have a rich, sweet and soft taste that store-bought desserts do not have. You can make sweets at home from any available products: milk, condensed milk, sugar, dried fruits, nuts, honey and jam. Such treats are completely safe and harmless for both adults and children, and their sweetness can always be adjusted independently.

Homemade cow candies: recipe from boiled condensed milk and milk powder

Cow is one of the most popular and favorite types of candies. Of course, you can make this sweetness yourself at home. The candy is prepared in one whole piece, and then it should be cut into portions.

What you will need:

Boiled condensed milk - 0.5-1 can (you need to look at the consistency).
Powdered milk - 1 package (approximately 200-300 g).
Vanillin – 1 sachet (can be replaced with a sachet of vanilla sugar).
Butter - 50-80 gr. (high fat content and only from cream, without admixtures of vegetable fats).

How to do:

Butter and condensed milk must be at room temperature.
Mix the butter and condensed milk evenly (you can use a whisk or mixer).
Add vanillin and gradually add dry milk, adding it in small portions until the mass becomes viscous and dense.
Form a “bun” from the dense milk mass (it should be as thick as plasticine).
Wrap the mixture in cling film, press with a rolling pin and place in the refrigerator for several hours.
The cooled mass can be cut into portions and wrapped in foil or food packaging.

Delicious homemade “Cow”

Homemade sweets from baby formula, condensed milk: recipe

Dairy-based baby food is perfect for making homemade candies. “Malyutka” (or any other mixture based on milk powder and sugar) is sweetish and has a rich milky taste.

What you will need:

“Malyutka” milk – 1 package
Vanillin – 1 sachet (or vanilla sugar)
Powdered sugar - 1 package (200-250 gr.)
Condensed milk (regular) – 180-200 gr. (not boiled, without cocoa)

IMPORTANT: After forming the candies, they can be rolled in any other ingredient to your taste: milk powder, crushed nuts, cocoa, coconut and other “dessert” ingredients.

How to cook:

Add condensed milk to a bowl (it must be at room temperature, not cold).
Pour vanillin into it and add baby food in small portions, kneading a kind of “dough”.
After the mixture stops kneading with a spoon, start doing it with your hands.
Then form balls from the already dense mass and roll them in powdered sugar (you can give them any other shape).

“Malyutka” (sweet milk mixture) - the basis for making sweets

Homemade candies made from nuts, cocoa and butter: recipe

Nut candies are very tasty. To prepare them, you can use one type or assortment of crushed nuts. The “breading” of candy can be anything: cocoa, coconut or powdered sugar.

What you will need:

Peanut – up to 200 gr. (fried and peeled)
Almonds – up to 200 gr. (fried, but you can also raw)
Walnut - up to 200 gr. (raw or roasted)
Cocoa - several tbsp. l. (for rolling finished candies)
Butter - 1-3 tbsp. l. (high fat content)
Honey (natural) – 1-2 tbsp. l.
Powdered sugar - at your look
Black chocolate - 20-30 gr. (for decorative watering)

How to do:

All three types of nuts should be detailed; for this, use a hammer or rolling pin. Pour the nut crumbs into a bowl, season with melted butter and honey.
Mix the mass thoroughly and look at the consistency; if the mass is too loose, you can add a little more “gluing” ingredient (honey, oil).
If the candy is not sweet enough for you, add a packet of powdered sugar.
Using your hands, form the candies into balls and then roll them in cocoa.
Place the candies on a platter
The chocolate should be melted (it should be liquid). Scoop the chocolate with a spoon or pour it into a cooking bag and decorate the candies with chocolate painting.

Crushed nut mass - the basis for making sweets

Homemade sweets from dried fruits and honey: recipe

Dried fruit candies are not only tasty, but also very healthy.

What to prepare:

Dried apricots – 150 gr. (use "Uzbek")
Raisin - 100 gr. (sweet and light, pitted)
Prunes - 100 gr. (dense, elastic)
Walnut - 100 gr. (can be replaced with any other nut).
Powdered sugar - about 100 gr. (for deboning)
Honey – 2-3 tbsp. (natural)
Butter - 1-3 tbsp. l. (look at the consistency)

How to cook:

All dried fruits do not need to be soaked; they should retain their density.
Finely chop the dried fruits with a knife and pour into one bowl
Chop the nut and add to the dried fruits
Heat a few tablespoons in the microwave. l. honey and oil
Pour the liquid mixture over the dried fruits and form into balls – candies.
Roll the finished candies in powdered sugar or nut crumbs.

Finely chopped dried fruits are the basis for “homemade” sweets

Homemade Raffaello candies, coconut bounty: recipe

These candies are very reminiscent of popular desserts and are practically in no way inferior to them.

What you will need:

Coconut flakes – 400-500 gr.
Sugar - several tbsp. l.
Vanillin – 1 package (or vanilla sugar)

How to prepare a bounty:

Prepare sugar syrup in advance
To do this, heat 0.5 cups of water and dissolve a few tablespoons in it. l. Sahara.
Mix the syrup with coconut flakes and add 2-3 tbsp. l. soft butter.
Visually, looking at the consistency of the mass, form balls.
Leave the finished balls in the refrigerator
During this time, melt a bar of dark or milk chocolate, bringing the chocolate to a liquid state.
The cooled balls need to be pricked onto wooden kebab sticks.
Dip each candy into chocolate and carefully remove, leave the sticks in the glass to cool (for the fastest effect, leave in the refrigerator).
When the chocolate “sets” the candies can be removed from the skewers

How to make Raffaello:

Pour the shavings into a salad bowl, season with 1-2 tbsp. l. butter and sugar syrup, mix thoroughly and bring the mass to a dense state.
Form a ball and stick an almond inside each one, roll the finished ball in the shavings again.

Homemade chocolate truffles made from cocoa: recipe

You will need:

Butter - 1 package (up to 200 gr.)
Cocoa - 300-400 gr. (adjust to taste and consistency)
Vanillin – 1-2 packs (can be replaced with vanilla sugar)
Chocolate – 1 tile (milky or black)
Powdered sugar - 1 package (200-250 gr.)

How to cook:

The butter and chocolate must be melted in advance.
Mix butter with chocolate, powder and cocoa
Mix the mixture thoroughly, add vanillin and add cocoa as it becomes liquid.
Form small balls from the dense chocolate mass and roll each additionally in cocoa.
Ready-made truffle sweets can be additionally decorated with chocolate painting if desired.

DIY jelly candies with gelatin or agar-agar: recipe

When agar-agar hardens, it makes the mass denser, similar to chewy jelly candies; more gelatin is required and it takes longer to harden.

You will need:

Apple juice - 1 liter (you can use any rich compote or even dissolved jam).
Lemon juice - several tbsp. l.
Sugar - 300-400 gr. (the sweetness of the candies can be adjusted independently).
Powdered sugar - several tbsp. l. (for deboning only)
Agar-agar or gelatin - 1 package

How to cook:

Pour gelatin into 0.5 cups of water, leave for a while so that all the granules swell.
Heat the apple juice and melt the sugar in it, you can add vanillin.
After this, add lemon juice and dissolve the gelatin in the juice (best in a steam bath or over low heat).
Cool the finished liquid and refrigerate for 8-10 hours (it will become dense and jelly-like).
The finished mass must be removed from the mold, cut into cubes and rolled in powdered sugar.

Simple DIY candies made from biscuit crumbs: recipe

IMPORTANT: Bake the sponge cake in advance, which is necessary for making sweets. For the sponge cake, you need to beat 4 egg whites with a glass of sugar, add 4 yolks and a glass of flour. Bake for 25-3 minutes at 170-180 degrees.

What you will need:

Biscuit - 1 baked sponge sheet (as described above).
Condensed milk – 1 can (you may need less, check the consistency).
Cocoa - several tbsp. l. (needed for deboning)
Almonds – a small handful (can be replaced with any other nut).

How to cook:

The baked and cooled biscuit should be melted and poured into a bowl.
The biscuit is seasoned with condensed milk and mixed into a homogeneous “dough”.
Roll this “dough” into a ball and put a nut inside
Roll the resulting candy in cocoa

DIY cheese candies made from cottage cheese: recipe

IMPORTANT: You can use ground homemade cottage cheese or any curd mass as a base for candy.

What you will need:

Curd mass (grated cottage cheese) – 300-400 gr.
Vanillin – 2 sachets (can be replaced with vanilla sugar)
Dried apricots or nuts - needed for filling
Condensed milk – several tbsp. l. (can be replaced with honey)
Cocoa -

How to cook:

Grind the cottage cheese or prepare a curd mass
Add vanillin and grind the mixture thoroughly
You can sweeten the mass with powdered sugar or condensed milk (honey, as an option).
Roll the mixture into a ball and place a piece of dried apricot (or nut) inside.
Roll the resulting ball in cocoa powder and decorate in any way you wish.

Curd sweets are tasty and healthy

DIY sesame candies: recipe

Sesame seeds have a very rich taste and aroma. That is why they can be an ideal ingredient for making sweets.

What you will need:

Butter - 100-150 gr. (without admixture of vegetable fats).
Cocoa - 1 pack (200-250 gr.)
Powdered sugar - 200-250 gr. (can be replaced with sugar, which is ground with butter).
Sesame seeds – up to 100 gr. (fried)
Walnut - 100-150 gr. (for deboning)

How to cook:

Bring butter to softness and room temperature
Add sugar and cocoa into it, mix everything thoroughly and beat.
Add sesame seeds and continue thickening the cocoa.
Roll the finished balls in nuts, previously crushed with a rolling pin.

DIY white truffle candy: recipe

What you will need:

White chocolate - 1 tile (it is better to use a porous one, it is rubbed into neat fine crumbs).
Condensed milk (regular) – several tbsp. l. (you need to look at the mass, condensed milk is the main “holding” ingredient).
Almond flour - 200 gr. (look at the consistency and add flour depending on the density of the mass).
Powdered sugar - several tbsp. l. for deboning

How to cook:

Grate the chocolate into a bowl, mix with almond flour
Add a few tbsp. l. add condensed milk to the mixture
Mix everything thoroughly and bring to a homogeneous “sticky” mass.
Roll into balls and form candies
Dip the candies in powdered sugar
The candies can be decorated with melted dark chocolate (then keep the candies in the refrigerator so that they “set”).

Homemade truffles

DIY bird's milk candies made from cream: recipe

What you will need:

Heavy cream - 400-500 ml. (25-30%, store-bought or homemade).
Gelatin – 1 sachet (small)
Sugar - 200-300 gr. (sweetness can be adjusted independently).
Chocolate – 0.5 tiles (melt into liquid mass)
Vanillin –

How to cook:

Let the gelatin swell in cold water
Then heat the cream, but do not let it cool
Dissolve the gelatin in the cream (use a steam bath or dissolve the gelatin in advance and pour it into the warm cream in a stream).
Pour the cream into a container and leave to set in the refrigerator overnight.
Cut the finished mass (“bird’s milk”) into portioned rectangles.
Melt a chocolate bar
Thread each piece of frozen cream onto a wooden skewer and dip it into the chocolate one at a time until it covers each piece completely.
Then place the skewers in a glass and put it in the refrigerator so that the chocolate “sets.”
Once hardened, remove the candies from the skewers.

Bird's milk with berry puree

Sugar lollipops: recipe

What you will need:

Sugar - 500-600 gr.
Lemon juice - 2-3 tbsp. l.
Vanillin – 1 sachet (can be replaced with vanilla sugar)

How to cook:

In a saucepan, heat the sugar into caramel.
Add vanilla and lemon juice
For sweets, prepare molds (you can use shaped molds for freezing ice).
Insert a toothpick or skewer into each
Keep until completely cool and hardened.

Homemade prune and walnut candies: recipe

What you will need:

Prunes - 400-500 gr. (dense, not soft)
Walnut - 300 gr. (look at the mass, try, achieving the desired consistency).
Powdered sugar - several tbsp. l. (to add sweetness to candies).
Honey – several tbsp. l.
Cocoa - several tbsp. l. (for deboning)

How to cook:

Prunes should be scalded, but not soaked in boiling water (you just need to wash off excess dirt).
Then chop the prunes finely and place them in a bowl.
Finely chop the nut and add to the prunes
Add powdered sugar and honey, 1-2 tbsp. l. cocoa, mix the mixture thoroughly and form into balls.
Roll the balls in cocoa again

Homemade sweets from dried apricots and raisins: recipe

What you will need:

Dried apricots – 250-300 gr. (it is better to use a small and elastic “Uzbek”).
Raisin - 100 gr. (light, sweet variety)
Walnut - 100 gr. (can be replaced with any other)
Powdered sugar - several tbsp. l.
Almond flour - several tbsp. l.
Honey – several tbsp. l.

How to cook:

Scald dried apricots and raisins
Remember the nut into crumbs
Mix these ingredients in a bowl and season the mixture with honey, add powdered sugar if it is not sweet enough.
Add almond flour to thicken the mixture
Form balls and roll them in almond flour

Homemade prune sweets

Homemade date and peanut candies: recipe

What to prepare:

Date fruit - 300-400 gr. (scald)
Peanut – 200 gr. (peeled, fried)
Honey – several tbsp. l.
Cocoa - several tbsp. l.
Vanillin – 1 sachet
Powdered sugar -(to add sweetness to candies if they seem bland to you).

How to do:

Finely chop the dates and chop the peanuts
Mix these two ingredients in a bowl and season with honey
Add vanillin and knead into a thick, homogeneous “dough.”
If the mass is too viscous, you can add 1 tbsp. l. cocoa
Form balls and roll them in cocoa

DIY sweets with sugar and poppy seeds: recipe

What to prepare:

Steamed poppy – 250-300 gr. (steam in advance and drain excess water).
Powdered sugar - 400-500 gr.
Vanillin – 1 sachet (can be replaced with vanilla sugar)
Walnut - 250-300 gr. (fine crumbs)

How to cook:

Place steamed poppy seeds in a bowl
Add vanillin and powder to it
Grind the nut very finely into crumbs
Mix all ingredients; if the mixture is a bit runny, thicken with almond flour.
Form into balls and roll in nut crumbs again.

Homemade fudge candies: recipe

What you will need:

Powdered milk (or “Malyutka”) – 100 gr.
Milk (any fat content) – 80-100 ml.
Sugar or powdered sugar - up to 200 gr. (adjust the sweetness yourself).
White chocolate - 1 tile
Nuts – 100-120 gr. (any)

How to cook:

In a saucepan, combine sugar with dry milk (or formula).
Pour in the milk and put on the fire, you need to mix everything thoroughly and melt so that the mixture is homogeneous.
Grate the chocolate and add to the mixture
Stir the mixture constantly so that it does not stick to the bottom or burn.
When everything dissolves and begins to boil, turn off the heat and add the nuts, mix well and pour the mixture into silicone ice cube trays. After cooling, easily remove the candies.

DIY candy bars: recipe

What you will need:

Chocolate with nuts (crushed) – 2 tiles of 100 gr.
Butter - 1 pack (200 gr.)
Powdered milk or “Malyutka” mixture - 1 stack

How to cook:

Melt the butter
Melt the chocolate
Mix butter with chocolate
Add dry milk and mix everything thoroughly.
Form a mass, roll it into a sausage
Leave in the refrigerator for several hours until hardened.

DIY carrot, beet and pumpkin candies: recipe

You will need:

Carrot - 2 pcs. (medium size, in the case of pumpkin or beets, take 400 grams of pulp and cook it in the same way as this recipe with carrots suggests).
Sugar - 250-300 gr. (the sweetness of the candies can be adjusted independently).
Coconut flakes - 100-120 gr.
White raisins without seeds - 70-80 gr.
Dried apricots (any) – up to 50 gr.
Nuts – up to 50 gr. (you can take any)

How to cook:

Finely grate the carrots
Place the grated carrots in a dry Teflon frying pan and fry for 3 minutes (stir all the time).
Add shavings, fry for another 2-3 minutes
Add sugar and simmer until it turns into caramel.
Chop dried apricots and raisins, add to the total mass
Chop the nuts, mix everything, form into sweets, you can additionally roll them in coconut flakes.

Video: “A la Snickers: homemade sweets”

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 already 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 take care of 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). We 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.

13. Place the finished candies in the refrigerator for several hours. Take them out before serving so they are chilled.

Invite guests or household members for tea. They will definitely love these chocolate treats. Bon appetit!

Some psychologists associate the love of sweets with instability, stress and lack of love. We, sweet tooths, will not enter into discussions with embittered people, but will simply smile and unwrap a delicious chocolate candy. Let unromantic lovers of pickles know that we are ready to give our loved one the last piece of chocolate. Sometimes we are so filled with warm feelings for our loved ones and ourselves that we can make our own chocolates at home.

Chocolate psychotherapy

New Zealand psychotherapist Murray Langham has been studying the chocolate issue for many years and even wrote several books about it. According to the author, you can determine a person’s character by his favorite type of chocolate.

Chocolate therapist Murray Langham is a qualified doctor, but for many years he worked as a chef and his conclusions have a practical basis. Landham now has his own candy company. Here are a few secrets from a hypnologist-chocolate therapist.

Candy Shape:

If you like round-shaped candies, you are an outgoing extrovert.
Balanced, honest and reliable people choose squares.
Those who prefer oval candies easily get along with people, feel great in a new society and often become the life of the party.
- Lovers of rectangles know how to listen to their interlocutor and always remain calm.
- Can't take your eyes off the strange candies twisted in a spiral? This shows that you are a very energetic, but disorganized person.
- Diamonds attract those who dream of wealth.
- Triangle people have little interest in the feelings of others, but they are easy-going.

Type of chocolate:

Milk chocolate is created for sentimental romantics.
Dark chocolate lovers strive for innovation in all areas of life.
Those who prefer white chocolate are endowed with a heightened sense of justice, but at the same time they lack courage.
Gourmets and connoisseurs of comfort cannot resist dark chocolate.
If you are not too worried about the type of chocolate, then you are a flexible person and always ready to compromise.

Candy filling:

Tactful people with a developed sense of style like nuts in the filling.
Passionate and dreamy people will not refuse coconut flakes.
Lovers of mint flavor have a vivid imagination.
Coffee filling for the impatient.
The reliable and faithful love sweets with orange jam.
Spirituality manifests itself in the love of Turkish delight or jelly filling.
Sensitive individuals will appreciate chocolate fudge.

The good thing about homemade chocolates is that you can choose the color, shape and filling yourself. Sweetness, prepared with your own hands, will allow you to express yourself and show off your culinary skills.

Secrets of making homemade chocolates

Making chocolates is not a difficult task, you just need to know a few rules:

Chocolate does not like heat and temperature changes

The room temperature should not exceed 20 o C. It is also necessary to observe the temperature regime when melting chocolate, otherwise the candies will be dull and “gray”. The ideal temperature for dark chocolate is 32 o C, for milk chocolate - 30 o C, for white chocolate - 28 o C. When the candies are ready, leave them to harden at a temperature no higher than 20 o C. If the room is warmer, put it in the refrigerator for 10 minutes, but not in the freezer.

Not a drop of water

The molds must be completely dry. Water in the melted mass will cause crystallization and the candies will be spoiled.

Correct melting

Homemade chocolates can be made from cocoa, drops or chocolate bars without fillers. Drops are easier to melt; the tiles should be crushed by hand or grated on a coarse grater. You can melt chocolate in the microwave or in a water bath, but in the first case it is difficult to control the temperature. It is not recommended to heat the mixture in a saucepan over a fire, as the chocolate will burn and everything will be ruined. Heat the chocolate in a bathhouse to about 45 o C and lower the temperature by adding cold drops or crumbs.

Use molds

Dry silicate or polycarbonate molds are ideal. The candies will be attractive and glossy. You can pour chocolate into the packaging left over from the finished sweets, but you won’t get a spectacular gloss. You can give it shape without molds, and provide shine with glaze.

Choice of filling

Chocolate goes well with prunes, dried apricots, nuts, nougat, ganache, and marzipan. Ganache is made from chocolate, cream, rum or cognac. Before filling, the nougat must be heated to 25 o C. Too hot a filling will spoil the chocolate.

You can also put fresh berries inside, but it’s better to use jam. In combination with ganache, the filling will be very tasty. Ganache does not harden like chocolate; it always retains a plastic consistency.

Storage conditions

The shelf life of homemade sweets depends on the filling. If you used dried fruits, the finished candies can be stored in the refrigerator for no longer than a month. The ganache filling may spoil faster. If the candies contain nuts, the shelf life increases, but the fresh fruit filling cannot be stored even for a couple of days.

Homemade chocolate recipes

Making candies with your own hands is not difficult, it all depends on the chosen recipe and your confectionery experience. Start with the simplest recipes, and pretty soon you will be making chocolate masterpieces.

Cocoa candies “Balls”

Compound:

100 g cocoa powder
300 g dry cookies
250 ml milk
200 g butter
100 g walnuts
250 g sugar
50 g powdered sugar

Preparation:

Mix cocoa with sugar.
Pour in warm milk, stir and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Grind the cookies in a meat grinder, coffee grinder or by hand.
Pour hot cocoa over cookie crumbs. Mix thoroughly so that there are no lumps. Leave to cool.
Add soft butter and knead into a homogeneous mass.
Form balls and roll them in crushed walnuts. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Chill in the refrigerator for an hour.

These simple candies are similar to Potato cake. Even a child can prepare them, but adults and children love this delicacy.

Cocoa candies with almonds

Compound:

100 cocoa powder
100 g butter
Half a glass of powdered sugar
50 g peeled and roasted almonds

Preparation:

Melt the butter.
Add powdered sugar. Gently add cocoa, stirring constantly.
Let the mixture cool and form the candies.
Place a nut in the middle of each.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar
When the candies have cooled, place them in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Candies with condensed milk and powdered milk

Compound:

Powdered milk - 150 g
Boiled condensed milk - 200 ml
Kakaya powder - 100 g
Powdered sugar - 50 g
Butter - 50 g
Walnuts - 150 g
Banana - 1 pc.

Make sweets from powdered milk at home to please yourself and your children. From this quantity of products approximately 30 candies are obtained.

Preparation:

Heat the oil in a water bath and dissolve the powdered sugar in it.
Mix with boiled condensed milk.
Add milk powder and cocoa. Mix the mixture with a mixer in a container with high edges. Place in the refrigerator.
Fry the nuts in a dry frying pan. Walnuts can be replaced with any others. Select some of the nuts for the filling, and make crumbs from the rest to roll the candies.
Cut the banana into slices about 2 cm thick and divide each into three parts.
Grease your palms with butter so that the chocolate mass does not stick to your hands.
Take a teaspoon of the mixture and roll into balls using your palms. Flatten the ball with a flat cake, add a piece of banana and a nut. Seal and roll into a ball.
Roll the candies in crushed nuts and place in a cool place for several hours.

Sweets made from milk powder with banana at home will be delicious, but you don’t need to store them for a long time and cook them for future use. Sweets with fresh fruit can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days.

Prunes in chocolate

Everyone's favorite chocolate-covered prunes made at home will be even tastier. Prepare prunes in advance: rinse, pour boiling water over them for 20 minutes, remove the pits, and place on a board to allow the fruits to dry.

Compound:

200 g pitted prunes
100g dark chocolate bar
Roasted almonds, peanuts, walnuts or any other nuts - approximately 150 g

Preparation:

Roast the nuts in a dry frying pan.
Place a nut into each swollen and dried prune.
Melt the chopped chocolate in a water bath.
Prick the prunes with a fork and dip into the chocolate.
Place the candies on the parchment.
When the first layer of chocolate hardens, repeat the procedure.

Homemade truffle sweets with drunken cherries

Compound:

Dark chocolate (at least 75% cocoa) - 250 g + 150 g for glaze
Heavy cream - 250 ml
Butter - 50 g
Dried cherries - 35-40 pieces
Cognac – 75 ml
Almonds or walnuts for garnish
Cocoa - 4 spoons

Preparation:

12 hours before preparing the sweets, pour cognac over the cherries and cover with a lid or film.
Grind the chocolate.
Boil the cream, add the chocolate and stir until it has dissolved.
Add butter, cool and refrigerate for several hours.
Remove the cherries from the cognac and dry them with paper towels.
Roll the cold chocolate mixture into balls the size of a walnut. Place a cherry in the middle.
Place the finished candies on a plate and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes.
Chop the peeled and toasted nuts. Finely chop the remaining cherries.
Melt the chocolate for the glaze in a water bath and let it cool.
Prick the truffle onto a fork or skewer, dip into the cold glaze, place on a wire rack and garnish with nuts and cherries.
There is not enough glaze for all the candies; roll the remaining ones in cocoa. On one dish or in a box, candies with different surfaces will look interesting.
Ready truffles should cool in the refrigerator for at least an hour.

Truffles made from cocoa and milk powder

Compound:

Glass of sugar
100 ml cream
100 g butter
Egg white - 1 pc.
Cocoa - 100 g + 25 g for sprinkling
Powdered milk - 100 g
A tablespoon of powdered sugar and crushed nuts for sprinkling

Preparation:

Add sugar to the cream, heat over low heat and cook for three minutes.
Remove from heat, add butter, milk powder and cocoa. Stir until smooth.
Beat the chilled whites into a thick foam.
Mix with chocolate mixture and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes. During this time the mass should thicken. After that, put it in the refrigerator.
Mix a sprinkle of crushed nuts, powdered sugar and cocoa.
Form the candies into traditional truffle mounds or balls. To prevent chocolate from sticking to your palms, grease them with butter. If desired, you can put filling in the middle of each candy.
Truffles should stand in a cool place for several hours.

Candy "Bird's milk" at home

Everyone knows delicious sweets from childhood. “Bird's milk” prepared with your own hands will be even better, although you will have to tinker.

Compound:

180 g sugar
150 g condensed milk
100 g butter
3 egg whites
15 g gelatin
100 ml water
300 g dark chocolate

Preparation:

Pour water over sugar and gelatin and place on low heat. Stir until everything is dissolved. Do not bring to a boil.
Beat the warm butter with a mixer, gradually pouring in the condensed milk.
Beat the whites into a thick foam.
Pour gelatin into the whites in a thin stream and continue whisking.
Add condensed milk with butter. Beat until smooth.
Pour the mixture into molds and place in the refrigerator for 3 hours.
Melt the chopped chocolate in a water bath and cool to room temperature.
Prick the frozen soufflé onto a fork and dip it into chocolate. Place the candies on a plate.
Bird's milk will be ready when the chocolate hardens and becomes hard.

The idea of making truffle sweets or “Bird's milk” at home may seem strange - the choice of chocolate in stores is huge. Each chocolate maker has her own arguments - some like to come up with their own recipes and find new tastes, others want to be sure of the composition of the products, and still others are not satisfied with the traditional design of candies. Experiment and delight yourself and your loved ones!

In modern stores you can find sweets for every taste - cakes, sweets, cookies. However, what could be tastier than a delicacy prepared at home with your own hands? In this article you will find several interesting recipes on how to make candy at home. All of them are quite simple and do not require special cooking skills or financial expenses for purchasing ingredients. Your family and friends will definitely love this treat.

Ingredients for Raffaello sweets

Everyone loves the delicate taste of the snow-white, airy “Raffaello”. And you can get even more pleasure from this delicacy by preparing sweets at home.

The photos in the article will prove that such a dessert is no worse in appearance than one purchased in a store. To prepare you will need:

100 g almonds;
200 g condensed milk;
200 g coconut flakes;
100 g white chocolate;
200 g butter;
vanilla sugar to taste.

Making "Raffaello" with your own hands

To make "Raffaello" (candies) at home, you need to melt or knead the butter with a spoon, gradually adding condensed milk, 50 grams of coconut flakes, and vanilla sugar. The resulting mass is mixed well or whipped with a blender until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. Then it should be put in the refrigerator for a day to harden.

The frozen mass is scooped up with a teaspoon. Almonds are placed inside and a ball is formed. Then the candy should be dipped in melted chocolate and rolled in coconut flakes. The standard color of “Raffaello” is white, but shavings of different shades can be used for decoration if desired.

What to make Iris candies from

A favorite childhood delicacy - sweet milk toffee - can be easily prepared by yourself. A homemade candy recipe does not require a lot of time and money.

The ingredients needed to make toffee are:

one and a half glasses of sugar;
one glass of milk;
three tablespoons of honey;
25 grams of butter;
half a teaspoon of citric acid.

How to make toffee in half an hour

To cook candy at home, you will need a saucepan with a thick bottom. First, milk is brought to a boil in it. Then sugar and butter are added there. The resulting mass should be cooked over low heat, stirring constantly. When it thickens a little, add citric acid and honey. All ingredients are mixed well and cooked for about 30 minutes.

When the mass has darkened and thickened, you should pour it into previously prepared molds greased with butter and put it in the refrigerator to harden.

What are “Truffles” made from?

Candies called “Truffle” appeared in the 19th century and were considered a delicacy for the rich. Despite the abundance of their varieties, real truffles have a rich chocolate taste.

To prepare you will need the following components:

150 g dark chocolate;
3 spoons of cocoa;
70 ml high fat cream;
1 teaspoon vanilla essence;
2 tablespoons of powdered sugar;
1 tablespoon of rum or cognac.

Stages of preparing truffles

If you plan to make truffle candies at home, you need to finely chop the chocolate. Then it is melted in a water bath. The cream is mixed with powdered sugar and brought to a boil. Chocolate is poured into cream and stirred until smooth. The resulting cream is called "ganache". Vanilla essence and alcohol are added to it, and everything is mixed well again.

The mixture is covered with cling film and placed in the refrigerator for one hour to harden. When the ganache acquires the consistency of plasticine, you can begin to form truffle candies at home. Small balls are rolled out of the mixture, which should then be put in a cool place for 20 minutes. Cocoa is scattered onto a plate, in which you need to roll the frozen sweets.

Ready truffles can be stored for some time in the refrigerator, after hiding them in an airtight container. For decoration, in addition to cocoa, you can use coconut flakes, chopped nuts, cookie or chocolate crumbs.

Ingredients for Turkish Delight

Lovers of oriental sweets can prepare wonderful Turkish sweets at home. To make Turkish delight with citrus flavor, you will need the zest of one orange or lemon, 3 drops of orange or lemon oil. You also need 5 tablespoons of powdered sugar, 5 cups of sugar, half a cup of starch, 2 cups of water.

Oriental delicacy recipe

Making sweets at home is carried out in several stages. The starch is diluted in one glass of water so that there are no lumps left. Sugar is mixed with the remaining water. Then the syrup is brought to a boil. After this, it cooks for about 15 minutes. The diluted starch is poured into the sugar syrup. Zest is also added to it. The mixture should be cooked over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. If the resulting mixture lags behind the walls of the dish, you can add oil and stir.

Turkish delight is laid out on parchment paper in a layer of 2-3 cm and placed in a cold place to harden for 5 hours. Then it is cut into cubes and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Ingredients for Chocolate Fudge Dessert

If you love chocolates, and even with nuts, this recipe is what you need! The rich taste of cocoa will bring unforgettable pleasure, and the nuts will give you a sea of energy.

To make these delicious candies at home, you will need the following products:

170 g dark chocolate;
200 g condensed milk;
1 cup nuts (walnuts, almonds or peanuts);
20 g butter.

You can use several different types of nuts at the same time, or replace them with cookies or candied fruits. This article provides a recipe for almond fudge.

Step-by-step description of making chocolate fudge

Before you start making chocolates at home, you should prepare the almonds. Pour boiling water over it and let stand for 15 minutes. Then the skins are removed from the nuts. Peeled almonds should be dried for 15 minutes in an oven preheated to 180°C or in a frying pan, and then cut into small pieces.

You need to put chocolate, condensed milk, butter in a saucepan and put it on fire. When all the ingredients have melted, the mass is thoroughly stirred until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. Then add almonds and mix well again.

The resulting fudge is laid out in a layer of 2-3 cm in a mold covered with parchment paper and placed in the freezer for 2 hours to harden. Ready-made candies should be cut into pieces.

Ingredients for preparing Bird's Milk

A delicate soufflé in chocolate called “Bird's Milk” is quite simple to prepare. A homemade candy recipe involves using the following ingredients:

100 ml milk;
100 g chocolate;
4 tablespoons sugar;
15 g gelatin;
2 eggs;
2 tablespoons butter.

We brew the most delicate “Bird's milk”

First you need to pour 50 g of cold milk into the gelatin and leave for 15 minutes so that it has time to swell. Next, break 2/3 of the chocolate into small pieces, melt it in a water bath, grease the inside of the candy molds and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour to harden.

The eggs must be carefully separated. The whites are placed in the refrigerator. Beat the yolks with sugar using a mixer for 2-3 minutes until a light cream is obtained. After this, the remaining milk is poured in and the mass is whipped further until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.

The mixture must be boiled in a water bath until thickened, stirring constantly. Then the cream can be removed from the heat, add oil to it and stir thoroughly. Gelatin with milk is placed in a water bath and boiled, stirring, until a homogeneous liquid is obtained. Without bringing to a boil, the mixture can be removed from the heat and left to cool.

When the gelatin is a little warm, pour it in a thin stream into the custard and stir. The whites are whipped with a mixer into foam and added to the previously obtained mass. Next, the cream is distributed into molds greased with chocolate and left in the refrigerator for a minute so that the soufflé can set. The remaining chocolate is melted and the candies in the molds are covered with it. After Bird's Milk has been in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours, it will be completely ready.

Sugar candies - a treat from childhood

Who among us did not try sugar candies as a child? A little forgotten, but such a tasty delicacy you can prepare yourself and please your family with it. For preparation you will need special molds. If you don’t have any, you can use any, after lubricating them with oil. To make candies you will need the following components:

150 g sugar;
130 ml water;
1 teaspoon lemon juice;
5 drops of vegetable oil.

Making sugar candies

To make your own sweets at home, add water to sugar, put on fire, and bring to a boil. Then the syrup is cooked over low heat until it begins to darken. You should carefully monitor the boiling mass so that it does not burn, otherwise the candies will taste bitter. When the syrup is ready, you need to add lemon juice to it and stir.

The molds are greased with vegetable oil, and hot caramel is poured into them. You can insert skewers or toothpicks into them to create lollipops. After complete cooling, the candies will harden and be ready for use. By the way, to obtain different tastes and aromas, instead of lemon juice, you can add vanilla extract or any fruit juices to the syrup.

If you have a sweet tooth in your family, be sure to please them with homemade sweets. Firstly, they will be more useful than store-bought ones, because no harmful ingredients are used in their preparation. And secondly, a delicacy prepared at home is always much tastier. The recipes given in this article are quite simple. Even an inexperienced cook can master them.