Our shops are just overflowing with all kinds of sweets for every taste. However, we all know that excessive consumption of sugar is quite harmful for our body. People are increasingly thinking that industrial cookies and sweets are of no use, since they contain quite a lot of sugar and chemistry.

Therefore, you should think about your health and find a decent, natural substitute for store sweets.

And it exists - these are homemade candies made from dried fruits.

This healthy sugar-free candy is made from natural products: nuts, honey and dried fruits. They are ideal for healthy eating in families with small children, they will become a favorite and demanded dessert.

The benefits of dried fruits

Dried fruits are made from fresh ripe fruits, as a result of a gentle processing (drying) process, a natural and very useful product is obtained, which is rich in vitamins and microelements necessary for human health.

Eating dried fruits has a beneficial effect on all vital systems of the human body:

• The work of the gastrointestinal tract, heart, nervous system improves; In addition, the condition of the skin, hair, nails and teeth is significantly improved;
• Eating dried fruits strengthens the immune system and makes it easier for a person to cope with all kinds of infections and viral diseases, which is especially important in the autumn-winter period.

However, in case of allergic reactions or intolerance to the body, you should refrain from eating dried fruits. You should also remember that eating a lot of them is also not worth it, since they have a fairly high calorie content.

Choosing dried fruits for making homemade chocolates

To make delicious homemade dried fruit sweets, we recommend that you carefully choose the ingredients for making the treat. It is advisable to buy dried fruits by weight on the market from sellers whom you trust and are confident in the quality of the product.

It is worth paying attention to their appearance, you should not take too bright colors, since there is a high probability that they are treated with chemicals.

You will get healthy sweets without sugar if you take for their preparation:

Dates. This wonderful natural product is a good remedy for the prevention of diseases of the heart, stomach, kidneys, as well as oncology. Dates should be eaten by women who are preparing for the birth of a child, to facilitate childbirth, nursing mothers to increase lactation. For men, this healthy fruit will give energy and strength.

Raisin. It is valued for the fact that it contains a lot of iron, the use of raisins for anemia, heart disease, anemia is very annoying. It also needs to be introduced into the diet if there are problems with the respiratory system.

Dried apricots. It is very useful for diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Also, dried apricots need to be eaten by pregnant women in order to avoid a decrease in hemoglobin in the blood and anemia.

Prunes. Dried plums are recommended for stomach problems, constipation, helps in losing weight and improving the whole body. In addition, prunes have good antimicrobial properties and can help fight infectious diseases.

As you already understood, we will add nuts to our sweet treat. Let's dwell a little on their useful properties.

• Nuts contain almost all vitamins that are essential for health, as well as a lot of magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and iron;
• Improve heart function and strengthen the nervous system, help to recover from a heart attack;
• Nuts reduce blood cholesterol, prevent atherosclerosis, strokes, heart attacks, angina pectoris. Reduces high blood pressure;
• Rejuvenate the body and fight cancer;
• They are natural natural energetics, they are very good at restoring strength, after stressful situations and past illnesses;
• The nuts contain a large amount of vitamin E, which makes this product simply necessary for the beauty and health of the skin, hair, and the strength of the nails;
• For various skin diseases: eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, you need to include nuts in your menu, this will help you recover sooner;
• Amino acid - arginine contained in nuts strengthens the immune system, lowers blood sugar, helps to reduce excess weight, and strengthens sexual function.

Recipe for sweets made from dried fruits and nuts

Let's move from words to deeds as soon as possible and prepare delicious, and most importantly, very useful for the body, homemade sweets from dried fruits and nuts.

Ingredients for cooking:

• Dried fruits: raisins, dried apricots and prunes - total weight 300 grams;
• Hazelnuts and walnuts - 100 grams;
• Cocoa powder or coconut flakes to decorate our sweets.

Preparation:

1. To begin with, we will wash well and pour boiling water over the dried fruits. This must be done so that various unnecessary impurities and bacteria do not get into our dessert.
2. Grind well-washed dried fruits with a blender or using a meat grinder. You can do this with an ordinary knife, but the more homogeneous the candy mass, the better our delicacy will turn out.
3. Grind the walnuts too, and leave the hazelnuts whole.
4. We mix chopped nuts and dried fruits and proceed to the formation of sweets.
5. Take a whole hazelnut and form a neat ball of the prepared dried fruit mass around it.
6. Roll the finished ball in cocoa or coconut and put on a dish. Thus, from a given number of products, we get 15 sweets with a diameter of 2 centimeters.

Ready-made sweets can be sent to the refrigerator for several hours so that they freeze better, or you can immediately treat your kids to them.

Children will like such sweets, and parents can be calm, as the composition of the sweets is healthy and natural.

Recipe for sweets with nuts - option number 2

Ingredients:

• Raisins, prunes, dates and dried apricots - we take 100 grams each, the total weight will be 400 grams;
• Peanuts - 50 grams;
• Sesame seeds - 50 grams;
• Walnuts - 150 grams;
• Natural honey, good quality - 3 tablespoons.

It is important to know that natural dried fruits are unsightly and dry in appearance, they should be bought on the market. Soft, shiny and beautiful, not worth taking, as they are processed with chemistry or soaked in sugar syrup.

Preparation:

1. We will wash the dried fruits well, if they are hard and overdried, then you need to soak them for fifteen minutes in hot water.
2. Cut dried apricots, dates and prunes into small pieces, and then grind everything in a blender or a simple meat grinder.
3. The nuts also need to be chopped; we do this in a regular mortar with a pestle.
4. Add the nuts to the ground dried fruits and season this splendor with honey. Now everything mixes well until smooth.
5. Roll up balls from this dough to the size, like a walnut and roll them well in sesame seeds. You can put the sweets in the refrigerator for two hours for better hardening.

A delicious royal dessert is ready, this delicacy will be an excellent gift for your little sweet tooth.

Dried fruits and nuts sweets with dates

I propose a recipe for homemade sweets with no sugar, dates will add sweetness to our dessert, and this is much tastier and healthier.

Ingredients:

• Dates - 100 grams;
• Dried apricots - 100 grams;
• Raisins - 100 grams;
• Prunes - 100 grams;
• Walnuts or nut mixture - 100 grams;
• Lemon or honey, depending on taste;
• Sesame seeds, cocoa, coconut flakes, chopped peanuts - for sprinkling.

Preparation:

1. Rinse dried fruits well several times and dry. Remove seeds from dates. Then we cut them into rather large pieces with nuts.
2. After that, grind in a blender, not very much. You can use a conventional meat grinder for this purpose.
3. Add a little zest and lemon juice to the resulting mass. This will give the dessert a slight sourness and a refreshing citrus scent.
4. If you like sweets more than sour, then instead of lemon you can add a little honey.
5. Pour chopped peanuts, cocoa with sesame seeds and coconut flakes into different plates.
6. We sculpt small balls from the resulting mass and so that the candies are beautiful, roll them in a powder. After that we put it in the refrigerator for one hour.

• Recipes for sweets made from dried fruits and nuts can be changed in accordance with your taste preferences, show your culinary imagination and add various combinations of products as you wish. You can try making sweets from dried cherries, cranberries, pears, or apples;
• Walnuts and hazelnuts can be replaced with almonds, peanuts or pine nuts, and if you make a nut mix, the taste of the dessert will be just great;
• If you like sour, then you can make healthy sweets without sugar by adding zest and lemon juice, and just a little honey;
• If the candy mixture is too dry and a ball is poorly formed from it, then dilute the mass with liquid natural honey. If the "dough" is too liquid, then you can add nuts or almond flour crushed on a coffee grinder;
• As a sprinkling, in addition to coconut and cocoa, you can use grated chocolate, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, crushed sunflower seeds, confectionery sprinkles.

Dried fruit and honey sweets, in chocolate

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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