Nuts are not only tasty, but also healthy. And if you add chocolate to them, you will get an exquisite and original culinary masterpiece - chocolates with nuts.
Content:
To prepare this dessert, you can use a variety of imagination, since you can use absolutely any nuts and different chocolates. For example, hazelnuts, almonds, cashews or walnuts are suitable for nuts, and milk, white or black chocolate. In this recipe, I want to bring to your attention a recipe for very tasty chocolates with walnuts and dark chocolate, which are quite easy and quick to prepare at home.
The benefits of sweets
The combination of these products creates an amazing symphony of taste, worthy of the attention of the most demanding and true gourmets. In addition, this delicacy is very useful for brain function, because... it contains many vitamins and beneficial minerals, and also promotes the production of serotonin, the so-called happiness hormone. For example, walnuts are a reliable protection for the heart, play an active role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, prevent the occurrence of cancer, enhance male potency and much more.
Dark chocolate, in turn, normalizes blood pressure, reduces the level of bad cholesterol, prevents blood clots and blockage of blood vessels, is very useful for diabetes, strengthens the heart muscle, and prevents stroke and heart attack.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 49.9 kcal.
- Number of servings - 150 g
- Preparation time: 10 minutes to cook and 30 minutes to cool
Ingredients:
- Walnuts - 15 pcs.
- Dark chocolate - 50 g
- Butter - 25 g
Making chocolates with nuts
1. Using a nut cracker, remove the shell. Try to do this carefully so that the kernels remain intact.
2. Place the chocolate in a container, which you place on a steam bath and melt the chocolate.
3. Keep the chocolate in the steam bath so that the container with it does not touch the boiling water, and there is a distance of at least 1 cm between them.
4. Place the peeled nut kernels in a container with melted chocolate.
5. Mix them well so that they are covered with chocolate glaze on all sides.
6. Spread baking foil or culinary parchment on the table and place it on it, the nuts are coated in chocolate. Place the chocolates in the refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes to allow the chocolate to set. But if you have limited time, you can put the candies in the freezer, where they will freeze within 10 minutes.
Prepare such original sweets and delight your loved ones and children with a delicious treat made by yourself.
Homemade candies with nuts
Today we want to tell you a recipe for sweets with nuts and orange zest. A very good combination. The recipe will also contain chocolate. Chocolate candies have many recipes, so we will offer you one of them. And you tried it. You'll probably want to try other versions of this dessert. After all, we don’t all eat mousses and New Year’s kiwi desserts.
Ingredients for preparing the dish “Homemade sweets with nuts”:
Nut mixture – 300 grams;
Sugar – 170 grams;
Chocolate – 100 grams;
Zest of one orange and one lemon;
Honey – 100 grams.
Recipe for making homemade candies with nuts:
Immediately zest the orange and lemon. This must be done carefully so as not to remove the “zest” from your fingers.
Dry the nuts in the oven. For the candy, I used a mixture of hazelnuts, cashews, peanuts and almonds. I didn't peel the almonds. And hazelnuts and peanuts, after drying, easily got rid of the husks. Grind the nut mixture with a blender. You can chop the nuts with a knife if you want the pieces to be larger.
Now take a saucepan with a thick bottom. Put honey and sugar there. Keep it on low heat until it boils, after boiling, cook for another three minutes, stirring all the time. The sugar should completely dissolve. We need honey so that the candies keep their shape and taste, of course. But if you are allergic to honey, use more sugar and replace the honey with half a serving of butter.
Remove the mixture from the heat and add the broken chocolate. Mix well. That the mass has become homogeneous.
Add nuts and zest to the chocolate mixture. Mix well. Wet your hands with water and roll the candy into walnut-sized pieces. Scoop out the candy mixture with a spoon. Place the candies on parchment paper and place in the refrigerator to harden completely.
Now you can pack the candies without forgetting to try a couple.
Nut candies
At one time, lollipops were popular; many mothers made them, and children would run out into the yard and brag to each other about a beautiful bunny or cockerel on a stick. Those days are gone forever and now you can hardly find such a candy anywhere. Children are increasingly walking around with imported sweets in bright, colorful packaging, and they are no longer bragging about sweets, but rather about the achievements of the technical industry. But our mothers were golden housewives, they preferred to tinker with syrup and molds, but treat their beloved child with a handmade work of art. Yes, yes, after all, cooking is also a kind of art, only culinary, but no less important than all its other types. Therefore, I want to offer you a recipe for nut sweets, and you will see for yourself that preparing sweets is a real flight of fancy. You won’t need to stand at the stove for a long time or cool the product, looking at the clock, saying, “Well, when is it, when?” All you need is the most common products and nuts. In the original recipe, these condensed milk candies are called “Three Nuts.” All this is because we actually put nuts in the candy: peanuts (ground nuts), walnuts and coconut nuts (don’t be alarmed, we won’t climb into the coconut, but use only shavings, which can be purchased at any grocery store). Homemade sweets are a real godsend, because you can always come up with new additions and change the recipe to suit your preferences. In addition, you can always control the cooking process, and therefore are confident in the quality and ingredients. Such nut candies are not only tasty, but also very filling and nutritious. They can be served for tea or taken with you as a snack; they decorate any holiday (and not only) table in an original way. Nut candies are a wonderful sweet that has every chance of being liked by your whole family and becoming a favorite family treat. Spend more time with your loved ones, sweet moments and prosperity!
Ingredients for preparing the “Nut Candy” dish:
for candies:
Condensed milk – 125 g;
Butter – 25 g;
Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp. l.;
Walnuts – 50 g;
Peanuts – 3 tbsp. l.;
Coconut flakes - 3 tbsp. l.
for sprinkling:
Coconut flakes - 3 tbsp. l.;
Cocoa powder – 2 tsp.
Recipe for making nut candy:
At the very beginning, we will prepare the nuts for homemade sweets. Fry the peanuts in a dry, hot frying pan. But be careful, you need to turn the nuts often so that they cook evenly.
Peel the walnuts. Also let the peanuts cool and peel them.
Let's prepare the nut component for condensed milk sweets. You need to combine coconut flakes, roasted peanuts and walnuts.
Grind all the nuts using a food processor.
Now let's make the base for the nut candy. Combine condensed milk and butter. Add cocoa powder. Mix everything thoroughly in a saucepan or ladle and place over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly for 7-8 minutes.
When the mixture of condensed milk and cocoa thickens over the heat and comes away well from the sides of the dish and the bottom, remove it from the heat.
Add prepared nuts to the chocolate mixture.
Mix all ingredients thoroughly until smooth. Cool.
Using a teaspoon or by eye, scoop out the chocolate and nut mass and form round candies with your hands.
Roll some of the nut candies in coconut flakes.
The other part is in cocoa powder.
Homemade nut sweets are ready for tea drinking. Bon appetit!
Candy with nuts is a delicious homemade delicacy that can be prepared from time to time, for example, for the holidays. Making your own chocolates is a great way to spend time with your kids this New Year's Eve.
New Year is an excellent occasion to serve quality homemade sweets to your guests. Of course, you can buy not only sweets, but also a wide variety of cakes. But a homemade dessert is something else, homemade. And, as you know, New Year is a quiet, family holiday. And chocolates at home will come in handy.
The recipe for homemade sweets is very simple. You can use different nuts as a filling: almonds, cashews, walnuts or hazelnuts. Or take dried apricots, prunes, boiler cherries. Cooking time – no more than an hour.
Ingredients
- dark chocolate (74%) – 150-200 grams,
- butter – 50 grams,
- powdered sugar (or sugar) – 1 teaspoon,
- walnuts – 10 pcs.
Recipe
- To make chocolates at home, you need to take high-quality chocolate. The cocoa bean content must be at least 70%. Break the chocolate into pieces and place in a cup or transparent saucer. Pour water into a saucepan and put it on fire. Place the cup of chocolate into the pan and wait for the chocolate to become liquid. Then add butter to the cup and stir.
- Add sugar or powdered sugar. Personally, I don’t add it because I like dark dark chocolate. Stir the chocolate mixture until the sugar dissolves.
- Take a silicone candy mold. Brush each hole with chocolate. Place the pan in the freezer for 25 minutes.
- Peel the walnuts and place in each mold.
- Now pour melted chocolate on top to completely cover the nuts. They must be inside.
- Place the mold in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. Or, if there is no time for 30 minutes. After this, carefully remove the candies from the silicone mold.
- Serve the finished homemade chocolates with nuts to the table. Guests will definitely love them. The chocolate melts in your mouth, and the nuts add sophistication to the dessert.
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 photo of handmade chocolates using 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, 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 (excess 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:
Many people like to sweeten their lives with sweets and chocolate. But if after sweet therapy your soul becomes warmer, then your teeth and skin are unlikely to thank you for such “care”. Store-bought sweets, in addition to a large amount of sugar, contain many additives in the form of flavorings, dyes and what to do? There are two options: eat store-bought goodies in small quantities or make alternative ones from nuts and dried fruits. We choose the second!
Eat candy for your health
We know how to prepare first course, second course, pastries and desserts at home, so why not learn how to make sweets yourself. There is nothing complicated about this - all the ingredients are available, and the recipe is understandable even to a schoolchild. There are a lot of variations of sweets made from dried fruits and nuts, so we will offer some of the most interesting ones. The first recipe will be traditional. For it you will need the most common prunes and black raisins - 100 grams of each type. For nuts, take walnuts (300 grams). Also, to “glue” the sweets, prepare honey, half a lemon and a drop of cognac (not needed for a child’s portion).
Let's start cooking. First you need to rinse thoroughly, soak for a while if necessary, and dry the dried fruits. Slice the lemon and remove the seeds. Next, pass all the dried fruits with lemon and a third of the nuts through a meat grinder or grind in a blender. Pour cognac, honey into the resulting mass and add another third of chopped walnuts. Using a small spoon, form balls and roll them in the remaining chopped nuts. Candies made from nuts and dried fruits are ready. Place the sweets on tracing paper and put them in a cool place. Now you have a healthy and tasty sweet for your evening tea.
Sweet fantasies
When you already know how easy it is to make sweets with nuts and dried fruits, you can try experimenting with combinations. Above it was suggested to use classic dried fruits and the most popular walnut in our country. But here is another, more interesting combination: dates, poppy seeds, raisins and These sweets are prepared in exactly the same way as described in the first recipe. The shavings are used as a topping, but you can also add them to the filling.
Here is another good combination for candy made from nuts and dried fruits: cherries, dates, almonds, cashews, raisins and sesame seeds. For a better taste, you can lightly fry the nuts and sesame seeds, and cut the cherries into pieces rather than grind them in a meat grinder. You can make sweet balls from prunes, dates and almonds, sprinkling the outside with coconut shavings and hiding a whole surprise inside. The candies will turn out even tastier if you pour them with melted black and white chocolate or roll them in cocoa powder. Then these homemade sweets will be impossible to distinguish from store-bought ones. Unless they will be hundreds of times healthier, and perhaps even tastier.
Make the right choice
Candies made from nuts and dried fruits are an ideal alternative to the sweets that we regularly buy in the store. This is a benefit, a taste, and an opportunity to make your imagination come true. You can give the candies any look, shape, and most importantly, choose the components yourself from start to finish. Team up with your kids to make cooking a fun time together. Then your child and you will eat homemade sweets made from nuts and dried fruits with even greater pleasure.
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