TOP 10 Easy Homemade Candy Recipes
Easy Candy Recipes That Make the Holidays Sweeter
1. Candied Ginger
I love to give jars of this Candied Ginger as Christmas gifts. I’ve always loved the idea of giving food as a gift and what could be better than preparing homemade food gifts for the food lovers in your life? This candied ginger recipe is really easy to make and…
Ingredients for Candied Ginger :
6 cups Fresh ginger
6 cups Water
4 cups Granulated sugar
1 cup Cane sugar
2. Chocolate Turron for Christmas
Chocolate Turron for Christmas is traditionally Spanish sweet candy that is mostly found in stores and eaten at Christmas time. We would compare something similar to a harder version being nougat or something softer like peanut butter, Turron is somewhere in between. Made with almonds giving a unique, rich and…
Ingredients for Chocolate Turron for Christmas:
8 ounces (227 g) Semisweet chocolate
8 ounces (227 g) Dark chocolate
2 1/2 ounces (70 g) Vegetable shortening
2.8 ounces (80 g) Puffed rice cereal
3 ounces (85 g) Almonds
3. Mint Truffles
This Mint Truffles recipe is so simple – you won’t believe it! I have a sweet tooth and for that reason I like to always have a homemade sweet treat on hand to tackle sugar cravings. I make a batch of these every few weeks and I find that one…
Ingredients for Mint Truffles:
1 cup (6 ounces) Chocolate chips
¾ cup Whipped topping
¼ tsp Peppermint extract
2 tbsp Cocoa powder
4. Bavarian Mint Fudge
This is a moreish Bavarian Mint Fudge recipe which makes a delicious sweet treat or homemade gift. This is one of my family’s oldest and most treasured recipes. It has been loved through the generations and now I am passing it on to you. I make batches of this every…
Ingredients for Bavarian Mint Fudge:
1 tbsp Butter
12 ounces Semisweet chocolate
12 ounces Milk chocolate
1 can (14 ounces) Condensed milk
1 tsp Peppermint extract
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 ½ tsp Butter
5. Coconut Bonbons
These Coconut Bonbons make great homemade gifts for the people in your life who have everything! A bonbon is a sweet which is coated in chocolate. In the past, it was a French tradition to visit friends and relatives on New Year’s Day with gifts of bonbons. In the lead up to …
Ingredients for Coconut Bonbons:
2 2/3 cups Coconut flakes
2/3 cup Powdered sugar
1/2 cup Condensed milk
1/4 cup Almonds
2 tbsp Butter
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
2 cups (12 ounces) Chocolate chips
1 tbsp Shortening
Colored sprinkles
6. The Perfect Newfoundland Snowballs
The Perfect Newfoundland Snowballs recipe is here! My favorite sweet treat when I was a kid was a snowball. If you’re not familiar, snowballs are soft chocolate treats which are covered in desiccated coconut. They are sweet and sticky and children love them! To make these snowballs, start by boiling…
Ingredients for The Perfect Newfoundland Snowballs:
3 cups Sugar
1/3 cup Unsalted butter
1 cup Milk
3 cups large Rolled oats
1 cup Shredded coconut
12 tbsp Cocoa powder
1½ cups extra Shredded coconut
7. Walnut Bliss Balls with Chia, Coconut and Carob
I love a good healthy treat and these Walnut Bliss Balls with Chia, Coconut and Carob are the perfect winner! Ready in just minutes, I use walnuts, oats, dates and carob powder, processed and rolled into balls and dipped in coconut flakes, carob powder and chia seeds. …
Ingredients for Walnut Bliss Balls with Chia, Coconut and Carob:
FOR THE BALLS:
1 cup Walnuts
½ cup Oats
1½ cups Dates
2 tbsp Carob powder
1 dash Salt
½ tsp Vanilla extractFOR THE COATINGS:
1 tbsp Coconut flakes
1 tbsp Carob powder
1 tbsp Chia seeds
8. Dark Chocolate Walnut Pomegranate Clusters
These Dark Chocolate Walnut Pomegranate Clusters are a total match made in heaven of little love bites. There aren’t any better ingredients to add to this recipe with bitterness from the creamy dark chocolate, sweetness from the pomegranate seeds and rich, crunchy and chunky flavors and textures from the walnuts….
Ingredients for Dark Chocolate Walnut Pomegranate Clusters:
8 ounces Dark chocolate
¾ cup Walnuts
¾ cup Pomegranate seeds
9. Almond Rum Chocolate Truffles
Once you have made these Almond Rum Chocolate Truffles, mouth watering delicacies, you will be hooked and dying to make your own and before you know it, your friends will be inviting themselves around with one thing in mind! There is something extremely special about handing your friends or serving…
Ingredients for Almond Rum Chocolate Truffles:
12 ounces Chocolate
1 cup Heavy cream
1 tbsp Butter
pinch Salt
½ tsp Vanilla extract
½ tsp Almond extract
¼ cup Rum
Amaretti cookie crumbs
10. Keto Chocolate Truffles
These Keto Chocolate Truffles epitomize the idea of how I am trying to make every cooking or baking experience as keto friendly as possible and I really promote non-restrictive diet plans to eliminate any cravings. That is where I came up with these dainty and delicious high fat, no carb,…
Ingredients for Keto Chocolate Truffles :
1 cup Dark chocolate
1 medium Avocado
1 tsp Vanilla extract
¼ tsp Kosher Salt
¼ cup Cocoa powder