Chocolate Candy Recipes

We typically immediately think of commercial products when we consider chocolate candy, but you can make some rich and chocolaty treats right at home, too.

 
 
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Marbled Peanut Clusters

From Better Homes and Gardens

This no-bake treat is simple. Coat peanuts with semisweet chocolate and drizzle with candy coating.

Marbled Peanut Clusters

Peanut-Caramel Candy Bars

From Better Homes and Gardens

Kids will be impressed with this homemade dipped-candy bar recipe, and the tasty results. Deep, rich chocolate and creamy coconut centers are memorable sweet treats. Make the candy up to 1 week ahead of serving.

Peanut-Caramel Candy Bars

Fancy Liqueur Chocolates

From Better Homes and Gardens

Flavored with almond liqueur, then dipped in chocolate, these candies look and taste like expensive purchased chocolates.

Fancy Liqueur Chocolates

Chocolate-Hazelnut Truffles

From Fine Cooking Magazine

These truffles use a hazelnut-chocolate blend called gianduia. To give my gianduia more complexity, I like to use a mix of dark and milk chocolates, but you can make the recipe using just one type of chocolate if that's what you have on hand.

Chocolate-Hazelnut Truffles

Candy Cane Bark

From Better Homes and Gardens

A wonderful Christmas gift from the kitchen, this chocolate and peppermint candy is simply delicious. For easy cleanup, line the baking sheet with foil.

Candy Cane Bark

Coconut-Almond Candy Bars

From Better Homes and Gardens

This candy bar recipe makes many candy bars to wrap and share with friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors.

Coconut-Almond Candy Bars

Easy Candy-Bar Treats

From Better Homes and Gardens

Layers of chocolate and caramel top chocolate crust for this simple candy recipe.

Easy Candy-Bar Treats

Christmas Fudge

From Parents

Dried fruit fills this white chocolate fudge making it pretty to give as a gift or to present on a holiday dessert table.

Christmas Fudge

Fabulous Five-Minute Fudge

From Better Homes and Gardens

Melt and stir. It's that easy when you use your microwave for this ultra-rich chocolate dessert. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.

Fabulous Five-Minute Fudge

Chocolate Mint Divinity

From Better Homes and Gardens

This milk chocolate-flavored divinity candy recipe is spread with additional chocolate and sprinkled with crushed peppermint candies. Leave a few out for Santa and his elves!

Chocolate Mint Divinity

Chocolate Orange Truffles

From The Food Channel

Chocolate Orange Truffles are a favorite candy to treat your guests to this holiday season.

Chocolate Orange Truffles

Ice Cubes

From Parents

These white chocolate candies are chilled, then rolled in coconut. They make a pretty dessert for the holidays.

Ice Cubes

Candy Bar Pie

From Better Homes and Gardens

This chocolate pie recipe was handed down among a Midwestern family before it was shared with Better Homes and Gardens readers in 1992. Don't cut corners by substituting ordinary pastry crust; the walnut crust is what makes this pie exquisite.

Candy Bar Pie

Bittersweet Chocolate Bark with Cinnamon Candies

From Better Homes and Gardens

If you prefer, substitute crushed toffee for the cinnamon candies in this Valentine's Day treat.

Bittersweet Chocolate Bark with Cinnamon Candies

Chocolate or White Filigree Leaves

From Better Homes and Gardens

Garnish a wedge of cheesecake or a dish of ice cream or sorbet with a pair of these lacy leaf trims.

Chocolate or White Filigree Leaves

Mocha-Toffee Truffles

From Better Homes and Gardens

These dessert treats have a soft center, crisp outside, and delectable coffee flavor.

Mocha-Toffee Truffles

Dark Chocolate and Pistachio Matzo Bark

From Vegetarian Times

Forget chocolate-covered pretzels. These slightly salty slabs are much more elegant--no dipping required.

Dark Chocolate and Pistachio Matzo Bark

Marbled Nut Clusters

From Better Homes and Gardens

Arrange these dainty confections in a decorative box with waxed paper between the layers for Valentine's Day gift giving.

Marbled Nut Clusters

Peppermint Sticks

From Better Homes and Gardens

These stir-together sweet treats can be served at parties or given away as gifts.

Peppermint Sticks

Bittersweet-Chocolate Bark with Candied Orange Peels

From Food & Wine

In this smart recipe, Grace Parisi boils orange peels in water, simmers them in sugar syrup and coats them in sugar. Then she tosses them with pistachios and spreads them over chocolate for a divine bark.

Bittersweet-Chocolate Bark with Candied Orange Peels

Lucy Schaeffer
Snack Truffles

From Better Homes and Gardens

Make and store these nut-and-fruit filled candies up to 7 days before serving.

Snack Truffles

Polka Dot Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

Enlist your kids to make this colorful easy- and fun-to-make dessert. A white cake mix and candy decorations keeps it simple.

Polka Dot Cake

Banana Crunch Bars

From Better Homes and Gardens

Rum flavored bananas top a chocolate crust for these dessert bars.

Banana Crunch Bars

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