Do you want to please and surprise your family? Make homemade candy. Such an interesting activity ... And you know, surprisingly, it turns out very tasty. Previously, I often experimented, now something less often. But then in the "bottom" I came across a bar of good chocolate and a mold in the form of hearts for ice .... They just asked to do something with them. Made ... Peanut-filled candy. In the fridge was a jar of peanut butter with crispy peanut chunks. At first I wanted with dumplings (I did this before), but changed my mind. And for good reason! It turned out very tasty. And I also found not laid out photos of homemade roasted nuts, Turkish delight and figs in chocolate. That's how I spread everything to the heap.

Chocolates with delicate peanut butter filling.

100 g of chocolate (at least 55% cocoa),
- 100-150 g of peanut butter (you can boiled) I have a paste with pieces of peanuts,
- silicone mold in the form of hearts.

Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Brush on to carry the layer of chocolate into the mold. Cool in the freezer for a couple of minutes and apply another layer (otherwise they will break when taken out). Suck again in the freezer (2-3 minutes). Place the peanut butter in the middle. Pour the rest of the chocolate on top. Shake slightly so that there is no air left, and smooth with a spatula. Put in the refrigerator until it cools completely, for 1-2 hours. Then carefully remove the candies from the molds. Peanut butter itself is not sweet, you can add a spoonful or two of powdered sugar to it. But I didn't add. Sweets with delicate filling are ready!

Roasted nuts in chocolate.

2 tbsp walnuts
- 150 g sugar
- 50 ml of water,
- 100-150 g of chocolate,
- 50 g butter or cream,
- 1 tbsp of lemon juice.

Fry the nuts in the oven or skillet for 7-8 minutes. Chop with a knife rather coarsely. Boil the syrup from water, lemon juice and sugar. Cook over medium heat for 5-7 minutes, until golden brown. Add a lump of butter or heavy cream. Stir well, remove from heat. Add nuts, mix. Cool slightly and roll into walnut-sized balls. Place on baking paper and cool well. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and cover the candies with it. Cool down.

Turkish delight orange.

- 300 g of icing sugar,
- 100 g of orange jam + water, so much so that you get a 200 g glass with jam,
- 70 g starch (ideally 50 corn starch),
- juice and zest of one medium orange,
- 1 tsp gelatin,
- dusting powder,
- orange food coloring (optional).

Mix orange juice and zest, water (60 ml) with jam, powder in a saucepan with a thick bottom. Boil for 5 minutes over low heat. Dilute starch in 70 ml of water (with jam which). Soak the gelatin in the remaining 70 ml. Add the starch mixture to the syrup pan. and cook until it boils and becomes glossy (after boiling for 1 minute). Add food coloring (liquid). Remove from heat. Cool slightly and add gelatin. Stir well. Line a small rectangular shape with cling film, lay out the mixture, smooth it well and refrigerate for 4-5 hours. Remove the finished sweet from the mold, remove the film, cut into pieces, sprinkle with abundant powder. During cutting, the knife must be washed after each cutting, so the pieces will be even.

Figs and chocolate pieces.

Adjust the amount of ingredients according to your taste, the main thing is that dried figs dominate, it should be the most.
- 200 g of good chocolate,
- 150-200 g dried figs,
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon,
- 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar,
- a little bit of pistachios, hazelnuts, cranberries (together there should be no more than 100 g).

nbsp; Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Coarsely chop dried fruit nuts. Mix with powder and cinnamon. Add to the cooled chocolate. Stir well. Line the bottom of a small rectangular mold with baking paper and sprinkle with powder. Lay out the chocolate-fig mass, smooth it out, cover with paper and once again press down firmly to smooth the surface to the desired thickness or according to the size of the mold. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours. Remove paper and cut into squares. Chocolate with figs is ready! A real New Year's treat!

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

Homemade candy is a favorite of many people. These sweets have a rich, sweet and mild flavor 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 delicacies are completely safe and harmless for both adults and children, and their sweetness can always be adjusted independently.

Homemade sweets korovka: a recipe from boiled condensed milk and powdered milk

The ladybug is one of the most popular and favorite types of sweets. Of course, this sweetness can be prepared on your own at home. The candy is prepared in one whole piece, and then it should be cut into portions.

What you need:

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

How to do:

• Oil 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 milk powder, 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 mass in cling film, apply with a rolling pin and put in the refrigerator for several hours.
• The cooled mass can be cut into portions and wrapped in foil or food packaging.

Homemade sweets from baby formula baby, condensed milk: recipe

Milk-based baby food is perfect for making homemade sweets. "Baby" (or any other mixture based on milk powder and sugar) is sweetish and has a rich milky taste.

What you need:

• "Baby" dairy - 1 package
• Vanillin - 1 sachet (or vanilla sugar)
• Powdered sugar - 1 package (200-250 gr.)
• Condensed milk (regular) - 180-200 gr. (not boiled, no cocoa)

IMPORTANT: After the sweets are formed, they can be rolled in any other ingredient of your choice: milk powder, crushed nuts, cocoa, coconut and other "dessert" ingredients.

How to cook:

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

Homemade candy with nuts, cocoa and butter: a recipe

Nut candy is delicious. For their preparation, you can use one type or an assortment of crushed nuts. "Breading" of sweets can be any: cocoa, coconut flakes or powdered sugar.

What you need:

• Peanuts - up to 200 gr. (roasted and peeled)
• Almonds - up to 200 gr. (fried, but you can also raw)
• Walnut - up to 200 gr. (raw or fried)
• Cocoa - several tbsp. l. (for rolling ready-made chocolates)
• Butter - 1-3 st. 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 broken down, for this use a hammer or rolling pin. Pour the nut crumbs into a bowl, season with melted butter and honey.
• Stir the mass thoroughly and look at the consistency, you can add a little more "glue" ingredient (honey, oil) to a too loose mass.
• If the sweets are not sweet enough for you, add a packet of powdered sugar.
• Shape the candies into balls with your hands and then roll them in cocoa.
• Arrange candy on a platter
• The chocolate should be melted (it should be liquid). Spoon the chocolate or pour it into a cooking bag, decorate the candy with chocolate painting.

Homemade candies made from dried fruits and honey: a recipe

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

What to prepare:

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

How to cook:

• All dried fruits do not need to be soaked, they must maintain their density.
• Finely chop dried fruits with a knife and pour into one bowl
• Chop the nut, add to the dried fruit
• Microwave a few tbsp. l. honey and butter
• Pour the dried fruits with a liquid mass and form balls - sweets.
• Roll the finished candies in powdered sugar or nut crumbs.

Homemade rafaello sweets, coconut bounty: recipe

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

What you need:

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

How to make a bounty:

• Prepare the sugar syrup in advance
• To do this, heat 0.5 cups of water and dissolve several tbsp. l. Sahara.
• Mix the syrup with the 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 chopped onto wooden barbecue sticks.
• Dip each candy in chocolate and carefully remove, leave the sticks in the glass to cool (for the fastest effect, leave in the refrigerator).
• When the chocolate "grabs" the candies can be removed from the skewers

How to make Raffaello:

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

Homemade chocolate truffles 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:

• Be sure to melt butter and chocolate in advance.
• Mix butter with chocolate, powder and cocoa
• Mix the mixture thoroughly, add vanillin to it and add cocoa as it becomes thin.
• 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: a recipe

Agar-agar, when solidified, makes the mass more dense, similar to chewing jelly candies, more gelatin is required and it hardens longer.

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 crumbling only)
• Agar-agar or gelatin - 1 package

How to cook:

• Pour gelatin with 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.
• Then add lemon juice and dissolve the gelatin in the juice (preferably 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 taken out of the mold, cut into cubes and roll in powdered sugar.

Simple do-it-yourself candies from biscuit crumbs: a recipe

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

What you need:

• Biscuit - 1 baked biscuit sheet (as described above).
• Condensed milk - 1 can (may require less, see consistency).
• Cocoa - several tbsp. l. (needed for crumbling)
• 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 dressed with condensed milk and mixed into a homogeneous "dough".
• Roll a ball out of this "dough", and put a nut inside
• Roll the resulting candy in cocoa

Do-it-yourself cheese sweets from cottage cheese: a recipe

IMPORTANT: As a base for candy, you can use grated homemade cottage cheese or any curd mass.

What you need:

• Curd mass (grated curd) - 300-400 gr.
• Vanillin - 2 sachets (can be substituted 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 curd or prepare the curd mass
• Add vanillin and grind thoroughly
• You can sweeten the mass with powdered sugar or condensed milk (honey, as an option).
• Roll a ball out of the mass and put a piece of dried apricots (or nuts) inside.
• Roll the resulting ball in cocoa powder, decorate in any way you wish.

DIY sesame sweets: recipe

Sesame seeds have a very rich flavor and aroma. That is why they can be the perfect ingredient for making candy.

What you 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 crumbling)

How to cook:

• Bring the butter to softness and room temperature
• Stir in sugar and cocoa into it, mix everything thoroughly and whisk.
• Stir in sesame seed, keep thickening cocoa
• Roll the finished balls in a nut, previously crushed with a rolling pin.

DIY white truffle candy: recipe

What you need:

• White chocolate - 1 tile (it is better to use porous, it is rubbed into a neat small crumb).
• 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 crumbling

How to cook:

• Grate chocolate into a bowl, mix with almond flour
• Add a few tbsp. l. add condensed milk to the mass
• Mix everything thoroughly and bring to a homogeneous "sticky" mass.
• Roll balls and form candy
• Dip the candies in powdered sugar
• You can decorate the candies with melted dark chocolate (then hold the candies in the fridge so that they "grab").

Do-it-yourself bird milk candies from cream: a recipe

What you need:

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

How to cook:

• Put the gelatin to swell in cold water
• Then heat the cream, but don't let it cool
• Dissolve the gelatin in the cream (use a steam bath, or dissolve the gelatin beforehand and pour it into the warm cream in a trickle).
• Pour the cream into a container and refrigerate overnight.
• Cut the prepared mass ("bird's milk") into portioned rectangles.
• Melt a bar of chocolate
• String each piece of frozen cream on a wooden skewer and dip it in chocolate one by one so that it covers each piece completely.
• Then put the skewers in a glass and send it to the refrigerator so that the chocolate "seizes".
• After hardening, remove the candies from the skewers.

Sugar lollipops: recipe

What you need:

• Sugar - 500-600 gr.
• Lemon juice - 2-3 st. l.
• Vanillin - 1 sachet (can be substituted for vanilla sugar)

How to cook:

• Heat sugar into caramel over the fire in a saucepan
• Add vanillin and lemon juice
• Prepare molds for sweets (you can use curly molds to freeze ice).
• Insert a toothpick or skewer into each
• Keep until completely cooled and hardened

Homemade prune and walnut candies: a recipe

What you 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 sweets).
• Honey - several tbsp. l.
• Cocoa - several tbsp. l. (for crumbling)

How to cook:

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

Homemade dried apricot and raisin candies: recipe

What you need:

• Dried apricots - 250-300 gr. (it is better to use a small and firm "Uzbek").
• Raisin - 100 g (light, sweet variety)
• Walnut - 100 g (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 in the crumb
• Combine these ingredients in a bowl and season with honey, add powdered sugar if not sweet enough.
• Add almond flour to the mixture to thicken it
• Shape into balls and coat them with almond flour

Homemade date and peanut candy: recipe

What to prepare:

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

How to do:

• Finely chop the date and finely chop the peanuts
• Mix these two ingredients in a bowl and season with honey
• Pour in vanillin and knead a dense homogeneous "dough"
• If the mass is too stringy, you can add 1 tbsp. l. cocoa
• Form balls and roll in cocoa

DIY sweets with sugar and poppy seeds: a recipe

What to prepare:

• Steamed poppy - 250-300 gr. (steam in advance and drain off excess water).
• Powdered sugar - 400-500 gr.
• Vanillin - 1 sachet (can be substituted with vanilla sugar)
• Walnut - 250-300 gr. (small crumb)

How to cook:

• Pour the steamed poppy into a bowl
• Add vanillin and powder to it
• Finely grind the walnut into crumbs
• Mix all the ingredients, if the mass is "thin", thicken with almond flour.
• Form into balls and roll in nut crumbs again

Homemade candy fudge: recipe

What you need:

• Powdered milk (or "Baby") - 100 g
• 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 the sugar and powdered milk (or milk mixture).
• Pour in milk and put on fire, you need to mix everything thoroughly and melt so that the mixture is homogeneous.
• Rub the chocolate and add to the mixture
• Stir the mass constantly so that it does not stick to the bottom and does not burn.
• When everything dissolves and begins to boil, turn off the heat and add the nuts, mix well and pour the mass into silicone ice cube trays. After cooling down, easily remove the candy.

DIY candy bars: recipe

What you need:

• Chocolate with nuts (crushed) - 2 tiles 100 gr.
• Butter - 1 pack (200 gr.)
• Powdered milk or mixture "Baby" - 1 stack.

How to cook:

• Melt the butter
• Melt the chocolate
• Mix butter with chocolate
• When adding powdered milk, mix everything thoroughly
• Form a mass, roll it into a sausage
• Leave in the refrigerator for a few hours until it hardens.

DIY carrot, beetroot and pumpkin sweets: recipe

You will need:

• Carrot - 2 pcs. (medium size, in the case of pumpkin or beetroot, take 400 g of pulp and cook it in the same way as this recipe suggests with carrots).
• Sugar - 250-300 gr. (the sweetness of the candies can be adjusted independently).
• Coconut flakes - 100-120 gr.
• Pitted white raisins - 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 skillet and fry for 3 minutes (stir all the time).
• Add shavings, fry for another 2-3 minutes
• Add sugar, simmer until it turns into caramel.
• Chop dried apricots and raisins, add to the total mass
• Chop a nut, mix everything, form candy, you can additionally roll them in coconut.

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