If you want to open your own small business in the future and compete with store-bought sweets with preservatives, emulsifiers, flavors and other chemical components of unknown origin, try making natural sweets.

For those who cannot live without chocolate, or simply love it, it will be interesting to learn the basics of the profession that makes sweets, tiles, decor and other miracles from chocolate. Even if you do not make sweets for sale, the issue of an unusual handmade gift for all occasions will be resolved for you.
What is the best place to start?

Step 1 Tools

Cooking thermometer.

You will definitely need a tool for the job:

1. The bowl in which you will melt the chocolate is better to use a plastic one.
2. Cooking thermometer with measuring range up to 200 degrees Celsius. Chocolate does not need to be heated above 45 degrees, but if you get carried away with the process, you may want to make caramel and other sweets. This is where such a thermometer is indispensable and it is better to stock up on it right away. Now there are many offers of inexpensive Chinese thermometers on the Internet, they are quite suitable for a start, although you can also use alcohol with the desired measurement range.
3. Spatula for tempering chocolate (we will talk about this process later). A medium-width stainless steel spatula can be selected at a hardware store.
4. A microwave oven or a small marble (granite) slab, which will also be needed for tempering.
5. Parchment, ready-made sweets are laid out on it until the chocolate has completely solidified and crystallized.
6. As you gain experience and want to make a variety of candies, you will need chocolate forks, pallets (narrow long spatulas), chocolate molds, disposable piping bags, and many other tools.

Step 2. Choice of chocolate

The next step is choosing the chocolate to work with. If you want to make exclusive sweets, try different types of professional Belgian, Italian, French chocolate, which are now easy to order via the Internet. This chocolate is sold in blocks or small tablets that are easy to work with and can cost more than bars found in stores. Since you are still a novice chocolatier and you are afraid to ruin expensive products, try melting a few shop tiles first.

Step 3. Making chocolate

Step 3.1. Introduction

Chocolate is loved by adults and children. It's no secret that a chocolate bar bought in a store contains various additives: preservatives, dyes, hardeners, etc. You can cook your favorite treat at home. True, it takes a little effort. There are several varieties of chocolate: milk and bitter. You can add nuts, cookies, it all depends on your preference and taste.

The Indians learned about chocolate thousands of years before our era, later the Mayan tribes considered cocoa fruits to be the “food of the gods” and drank chocolate during various rituals. The first European was Columbus, who tried this drink, and the Spanish monarchs rated it with the highest score. Joseph Fry in the 20th century prepared the first chocolate bar, which: improved mood, stabilized blood cholesterol, had a positive effect on the skin of the face and body, pancreas, heart muscle, strengthened the immune system. So far, bitter chocolate has clearly performed its functions.

Step 3.2. Master class for home

Let's start, without further ado, making chocolate, which requires: butter, honey or sugar, and of course cocoa. To make chocolate, you should not be stingy, buy quality products, and the result will please you. We decided on the products, the mold for chocolate can be silicone (for sweets and marmalade) or you can pour it into a mold for ice. Now about proportions. Have to take:

• 100 g cocoa or cocoa butter (if you can find it!);
• butter-50 g.
• three tablespoons of sugar;
• 5 tablespoons of water;
• 15 g of vanillin;
• two tablespoons of any liqueur (optional).

1. water is mixed with cocoa and sugar;
2. then put it on a small fire;
3. stir this mixture all the time until it boils;
4. add butter, stir, bring to a state of thick sour cream;
5. cook for another 1-2 minutes;
6. pour the finished mixture into prepared molds, greased with butter;

1. then put in the refrigerator until completely cooled. If there is a desire to add nuts, raisins, cookies, lemon or orange zest, liquor, cognac, then you need to add this at the stage of pouring into the mold. Top with any chopped nuts.
2. The chocolate poured into the mold is placed in the freezer, when frozen it will be hard, and if it is simply put in the refrigerator, it will be soft.

At home, real dark chocolate cannot be made, due to the lack of cocoa butter or grated cocoa. But it doesn’t matter, in any case, we got a tasty and healthy dessert.

Step 4. Glazing fresh fruits, nuts

You have prepared chocolate for work, what to do with it next. To get started, try glazing fresh fruits, candied fruits, nuts, apple chips in chocolate. To do this, you can simply dip them in chocolate with a fork, let the remaining chocolate drain and put on parchment. Candied fruits look beautiful, partially dipped in chocolate, when their tip is visible (in this case, forks are not needed). French chocolates - mediants also look impressive. To prepare them, you need to pour a small amount of chocolate (a tea or dessert spoon) onto parchment and decorate with nuts, pieces of candied fruits, raisins, let it harden and start tasting. All together it is very impressive, delicious in taste and makes it possible to create chocolate delights.

Now you are no longer afraid to work with chocolate, you want to learn new types of sweets, do not be afraid, experiment, look for new information, purchase literature, come up with your own recipes.

Delicious chocolates can not only be bought in the store, but also made at home on your own. In this case, they will also turn out to be useful, because the delicacy will contain only high-quality chocolate and other natural ingredients without dyes, flavors and preservatives.

Ingredients: a can of unboiled condensed milk, 4 tbsp. l. cocoa powder, 1.5 tbsp. l. high-fat butter, any topping.

1. The butter is cut into pieces and sent to the saucepan. It is brought to a liquid state on the smallest fire.
2. Unboiled condensed milk is poured into the oil.
3. All the cocoa powder is added there. The ingredients are well mixed until the mass is homogeneous.
4. The finished “dough” is poured into a bowl and left to cool for 6-7 hours.
5. Small balls are molded from the non-hot mass. This must be done with oiled hands, otherwise the mixture will stick strongly to the fingers.

The resulting sweets are crumbled in any suitable topping. To do this, you can take the usual grated chocolate or coconut.

Chocolates with dried fruits

Ingredients: 130 g each of figs and dates, 1 tsp. thick natural honey, cocoa powder, a handful of light sesame seeds, a bar of dark chocolate.

1. Dried fruits are washed well, get rid of seeds, hard tails and cut into small pieces.
2. Sesame seeds are poured into a dry frying pan and lightly fried. They should change color. After such processing, sesame seeds will have a pleasant nutty flavor and aroma.
3. Dried fruits are crushed in a blender. Sesame and honey are added to them.
4. Sweets are molded from the resulting mass. Insert a toothpick into each.
5. Sweets are cooled for a quarter of an hour, and then poured with melted chocolate.
6. The balls are laid out on parchment and again removed in the cold.

Toothpicks are removed from the resulting treat. Such chocolate candies with your own hands can be prepared from any other dried fruits.

Homemade treat with almonds and cocoa

Ingredients: 90 ml purified water, 200 g skimmed milk powder, 3 tbsp. l. peanut butter, the same amount of black sesame and almond flour, 2 tbsp. l. Jerusalem artichoke syrup, dark chocolate bar, cocoa powder.

1. Water goes into the blender bowl. 150 g of milk powder and all sesame flour are poured to it, peanut butter is added.
2. The mass is crushed, after which it is laid out in a mold and removed in the cold for solidification.
3. Almonds are roasted in a dry frying pan and cut into pieces. Nuts are combined with Jerusalem artichoke syrup and the remaining dry milk.
4. The chocolate melts.
5. A nut mixture is laid out on top of the first frozen layer and the resulting layer is cut into pieces.

Each candy is drizzled with chocolate and generously sprinkled with cocoa powder. Dessert is removed in the cold until completely solidified.

How to make Snickers at home

Ingredients: 400 g unsalted peanuts, half as much dry cream, 1 tbsp. granulated sugar, 4 tbsp. l. whipping cream, 2 tbsp. l. butter and cocoa powder, dark chocolate bar.

1. Cream is poured into the saucepan, cocoa and all the sand are added. On low heat, the mixture is brought to a boil, immediately removed from the stove and cooled.
2. Peeled peanuts are roasted in a dry frying pan. Nuts are crushed in any convenient way. You can simply chop them with a knife or use a blender.
3. Nut crumbs are poured into chocolate milk. Dried cream is gradually added. After mixing, a thick elastic mass will appear in the saucepan.
4. With wet hands, sweets are formed from the resulting composition. They are covered with a bag or cling film and cleaned in the cold.

It remains to pour the frozen sweets with melted chocolate. Chilled tea treats are served.

Sweets with condensed milk

Ingredients: a can of unboiled condensed milk, 25 g of high-fat butter, 3 tsp. quality instant coffee, a handful of whole hazelnuts (roasted), dark chocolate for icing.

1. All unboiled condensed milk is poured into a small saucepan. Pre-softened butter and dry coffee are added to it.
2. On medium or low heat, the mass is cooked until thickened. You need to stir it often. The whole process usually takes 25 to 35 minutes. The exact time depends on the intensity of the fire.
3. The mixture is poured into a plate and cooled to a dense consistency.
4. Small balls are molded from the resulting sweet mass, which are laid out on a cutting board. One roasted hazelnut is pressed into the middle of each of them.
5. Chocolate dissolves in a water bath. All candies are dipped into it one by one.

The delicacy is removed in the cool until it hardens.

Truffles made from cocoa and milk powder

Ingredients: 1.5 tbsp. granulated sugar, ½ tbsp. drinking water, half a pack of butter, 6 tbsp. l. cocoa powder, 400 g milk powder, 90 g walnut kernels.

1. Immediately all the sugar in the saucepan is poured with drinking water. The container is put on fire. After boiling, the mixture is cooked for 3-4 minutes with frequent stirring.
2. The saucepan is removed from the stove. While the syrup is still hot, the cocoa powder and butter dissolve. The ingredients are mixed, milk powder and chopped nuts are added to them.
3. The resulting mass is removed in the refrigerator for an hour. Small balls are molded from it, each of which falls into cocoa.

The delicacy can be served immediately with tea or coffee.

Cooking "Bird's milk" with our own hands

Ingredients: 3 egg whites, ½ tsp. citric acid, 200 ml of drinking water and granulated sugar, 25 g of gelatin, half a can of unboiled condensed milk, half a pack of high-fat butter, a bar of milk chocolate, a pinch of salt and vanillin, 2 tsp. milk. How to make Bird's Milk chocolates is described in detail below.

1. Gelatin is poured into 100 ml of cold water and set aside.
2. 100 g of softened butter is beaten with a mixer until fluffy and clarified.
3. Condensed milk is gradually poured into it, while beating continues. Run the mixer at medium speed for at least 2 minutes.
4. Sugar and vanilla are poured into the saucepan. They fill with the rest of the water. After 5 - 6 minutes of boiling the syrup, "lemon" is added to it, and after another 3 - 5 minutes it will be completely ready.
5. Salted squirrels are whipped until thick fluffy foam. Checking their readiness is very simple. Turn the container upside down - the finished mass should not fall out of it.
6. Syrup is poured into the lush mixture in a thin stream. The mixture is whipped with a mixer during the process.
7. The cream is processed before cooling.
8. Gelatin dissolved when heated is poured into it.
9. The oil cream is gradually shifted into the protein cream. Whipping continues.
10. The mass is poured into a silicone mold and left in the cold until solidified.
11. For the glaze, melt the chocolate with the remaining butter and milk. It is poured over the already frozen soufflé.

It remains to cool the sweets and carefully cut.

Chocolate hazelnut treat

Ingredients: 90 g dark chocolate, 35 g butter, 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, 7 hazelnut kernels, cocoa powder, 90 g almonds.

1. The almond turns into crumbs.
2. The chocolate is broken and melted with butter in a water bath.
3. The resulting mass is combined with nut crumbs and removed in the cold for half an hour.
4. The mixture is divided into 7 equal parts.
5. A cake is rolled out of each, inside of which a hazelnut nut is placed.
6. Cocoa and cinnamon are mixed on a flat plate. The candies are rolled in the resulting mixture, placed on a baking sheet, covered with a film and removed in the cold until solidified.

With fondant

Ingredients: 300 grams of dark chocolate, a can of unboiled condensed milk, 60 g of high-fat butter.

1. Condensed milk is sent to a saucepan and slightly heated.
2. It melts butter in it.
3. Broken chocolate pieces are added. It turns out a dense homogeneous mass.
4. It is poured into a silicone mold and sent to the refrigerator to harden.

The layer is cut into pieces. Sweets are immediately served with coffee.

Chocolates "Madeleine"

Ingredients: 45 g each of white chocolate and lemon and orange curd, half a bar of dark chocolate, 60 g of pitted prunes, 1 tbsp. l. rum, 1 tbsp. l. coarsely chopped almonds, 60 ml whipping cream.

1. Candy will come in two colors. White chocolate is melted, half of it is poured into silicone molds. Then the citrus curd and the remaining chocolate mass are distributed.
2. For dark sweets, prunes are finely chopped and poured with rum for 15 - 17 minutes.
3. The cream is heated but not brought to a boil. Dark chocolate is added to them and a homogeneous mass is kneaded.
4. Dark candies are poured into silicone molds according to the principle of white ones. Chocolate mass is added in two layers, between which are prunes and almonds.

A delicacy of two colors is sent to the freezer to freeze.

Easy Recipe with Nutella

Ingredients: 2 dark chocolate bars (bitter), 10 pcs. hazelnuts, 10 pcs. any candied fruits to taste, 2 tbsp. l. Nutella.

1. Chocolate bars are melted in a water bath. You can also do this in the microwave.
2. Melted chocolate is smeared with a form for sweets and removed for 6 - 7 minutes in the cold.
3. Candy base filled with Nutella. Also, a nut or candied fruit is pressed into it.
4. The form must be knocked on the table so that excess air comes out of the filling.
5. The rest of the chocolate is poured on top. The delicacy is removed in the cold.

This recipe for chocolates can be improved to your liking. For example, instead of candied fruits, add pieces of fresh fruit or m & m's inside the treat.

With liquid filling

Ingredients: 220 g raspberries, 160 g dark chocolate (over 56%), 1 tbsp. brown sugar.

1. Raspberries are laid out in a saucepan. You can take both fresh and frozen berries. They fall asleep immediately with all the sugar. Jam is cooked over high heat for 8 - 9 minutes with frequent stirring. Then the mass is removed from the stove and rubbed through a fine sieve.
2. The jam goes into the fridge. There it should acquire a jelly-like consistency.
3. The chocolate melts. Its temperature must be at least 50 degrees. If you do not follow this rule, then white stains may appear on the finished candies or their base will turn out to be too grainy.
4. Chocolate cools down quickly. The easiest way to do this is to place the container with it in a bowl of ice water. When the temperature of the mass drops sufficiently, you can remove the cold liquid.
5. Over warm steam, the chocolate heats up a little again, half of it is poured into molds. Spread raspberry jam on top. The remaining chocolate is added.

The candy will solidify at room temperature in a dry place.

Cooking with white chocolate

Ingredients: 160 g white chocolate, 2 tbsp. l. freshly squeezed tangerine juice, 1 tsp. tangerine zest, a handful of berries.

1. The chocolate is broken into small pieces and melted in a water bath.
2. The zest is removed from the tangerine with the smallest grater and added to melted chocolate along with citrus juice.
3. Any berries are laid out in molds. You can also take frozen ones.
4. They are filled with the mass from the second step.

Homemade sweets are removed in the refrigerator until completely solidified.

"Bounty" in chocolate with their own hands

Ingredients: ½ can of unboiled condensed milk, 2 dark chocolate bars, 1.5 tbsp. coconut flakes.

1. Coconut shavings are mixed with condensed milk.
2. Bars are formed from a thick mass and sent for 15 - 17 minutes in the cold.
3. Chocolate is melted in the microwave. Each bar is immersed in it.

Dessert is removed in the cool until completely solidified.

Handmade sweets make a great universal gift. It will certainly appeal to every person and will be relevant for any holiday. It remains only to pick up a beautiful box for a homemade treat.

In order to treat yourself to sweets, it is not necessary to go to a pastry shop. Many delicacies can be prepared with your own hands, for example, sweets. Cooked at home, they are in no way inferior to store-bought ones: they are just as tasty and beautiful.

The main feature of homemade sweets is the ability to independently choose the ingredients and adjust the recipe. So, sweets can be made dietary or a recipe suitable for allergy sufferers or young children can be finalized.

How to make homemade sweets

1 . 100 grams butter, cut off.

2 . Put the oil in a saucepan, put on a slow fire. You can cook in a water bath.

3 . Pour in powdered sugar.

4 . Then add cocoa.

5 . Gradually, the oil will begin to melt. Prick it on a fork and mix the ingredients, running a piece of butter along the bottom of the pan. Thus, the sugar does not burn and all the components are evenly mixed.

6 . Dried fruits (in our case, prunes) finely chopped.

7. Pour the prunes into the pan, mix and simmer for another 2-3 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly.

8 . The resulting mass is laid out in molds for sweets and sent to the refrigerator until completely cooled. As a result, you can sprinkle homemade cocoa sweets.

Delicious homemade sweets are ready

Bon Appetit!

Homemade milk chocolates

These sweets can be prepared with different fillings, such as nuts, candied fruit or thick jam. The taste of the delicacy can also be different, so by changing the ratio of milk and cocoa, you can get both bitter and milk chocolate.
To form sweets, you can use a silicone mold.
Required Ingredients:

● cocoa powder - 70 g;
● flour - 15 g;
● butter - 45 g;
● powdered sugar - 75 g;
● milk - 50 ml;
● dry milk - 45 g.

Melt the butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Add cocoa, two types of milk and powder to it. Cook over low heat, constantly until boiling.
Then add flour and bring to a boil again.
Cool the finished mass, pour into the prepared form and put it in the cold for a couple of hours.
You can add toppings if you like. To do this, grease the bottom and walls of the mold with chocolate, lay out the filling and pour the remaining mass.
The recipe for homemade chocolate treats can be simplified. To do this, melt the purchased chocolate, add nuts, pour into molds and put in the freezer.

Homemade sweets from dried fruits and nuts

These sweets are not only tasty, but also contain a huge amount of useful substances.
For cooking, you will need dried fruits and nuts:

● raisins;
● dried apricots;
● figs;

● peanuts;
● hazelnuts;
● walnut.

Each name take 100 gr.
You can choose only some of the list or do with the composition that you like best.
Pre-wash dried fruits and soak in boiling water for 20 minutes. Roast the nuts and get rid of the husks.
Grind everything in a blender. You can add a few tablespoons of honey or the juice of half a lemon to the mixture.
Mix everything well. Roll small round candies with your hands.
If desired, they can be sprinkled with coconut flakes, poppy seeds or sesame seeds.

Homemade sweets made from dried fruits, nuts and cottage cheese

These sweets due to the composition can be an excellent healthy snack.

● dried cranberries - 50 g;
● prunes with pits - 150 g;
● light raisins - a small handful;
● dried apricots - 120 g;
● peanuts - 110 g;
● cottage cheese 9% - pack;
● hazelnuts - 80 g;
● honey - 30 g.

Remove the pits from the prunes. Rinse all dried fruits and soak in boiling water for half an hour. Roast the nuts and peel them.
In a blender, combine the prepared products with honey and chop. Add cottage cheese to the mixture and stir.
Form small balls with your hands and place on a plate.
If desired, sweets can be sprinkled with cocoa or coconut flakes.
Store prepared sweets in the refrigerator.

Homemade sweets "Raffaello"

It doesn't take long to prepare these fragrant sweets. And the taste of the finished delicacy is in no way inferior to the purchased one. This recipe can be complicated by using special wafer hemispheres for laying out the filling.
For cooking you will need:

● almonds - 20 pieces;
● butter - 35 g;
● coconut flakes - 120 g;
● condensed milk - 200 g;
● white chocolate - 45 g;
● vanilla or vanillin - on the tip of a knife.

The sweets use peeled almonds, for this, soak them in boiling water for ¼ hours. Drain and place back in boiling water for 10 minutes. Then remove the skin with your hands. Then dry the almonds in a hot pan and set aside for now.
Melt butter and chocolate in a water bath. Add half the weight of the chips and condensed milk to them.
Mix everything well and refrigerate for 6-8 hours or overnight.
Now you can start forming sweets. Pour the second part of the coconut flakes into a small deep plate, so it will be more convenient to sprinkle.
Pinch off a piece from the chilled mass, knead, put in a nut and form a ball. Dip into chips and sprinkle evenly.

Homemade candy from baby formula

The basis of these sweets is infant formula. For their manufacture, leftovers are suitable or you can buy specifically for this. Having finalized the recipe, these sweets can be prepared for children.
To make these sweets you will need:

Infant formula - 200 g;
milk 3.2% - 120 ml;
butter - 60 g;
fructose - 40 g.

Melt butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan, add milk and boil for a few minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Then add fructose and mixture and mix well.
Pinch off a small piece from the cooled mass and roll the candy of any shape with your hands.
Ready-made sweets can be poured over with melted chocolate or sprinkled with cocoa powder, coconut flakes, crushed nuts or sesame seeds.
For the filling, any nuts or candied fruits are suitable.
Making homemade sweets is an exciting process in which all family members can participate.

Video recipe "Homemade sweets"

Some psychologists associate the love of sweets with disorder, stress and lack of love. We, the sweet tooth, will not enter into discussions with embittered people, but simply smile and unwrap a delicious chocolate candy. Let unromantic lovers of pickles know - we are ready to give our loved one the last piece of chocolate. Sometimes we are so overwhelmed with warm feelings for loved ones and ourselves that we can make chocolates at home with our own hands.

Chocolate psychotherapy

New Zealand psychotherapist Murray Langham has been studying chocolate for many years and even wrote several books about it. According to the author, one can determine the character of a person by his favorite type of chocolate.

Chocolate Therapist Murray Langham is a licensed physician, but he has worked as a chef for many years and his conclusions have practical implications. Now Landham has his own confectionery company. Here are some secrets from a hypnologist-chocolate therapist.

Candy shape:

• If you like round candies, you are a social extrovert.
• Balanced, honest and reliable people choose squares.
• Those who prefer oval sweets easily converge with people, feel great in a new society and often become the soul of the company.
  • Lovers of rectangles know how to listen to the interlocutor and always remain calm.
  • Can't take your eyes off the strange candies wrapped in spirals? This gives you a personality that is very energetic, but disorganized.
  • Diamonds attract those who dream of wealth.
  • People of triangles have little interest in the feelings of others, but they are easy-going.

Type of chocolate:

• Milk chocolate is made for sentimental romantics.
• Dark chocolate lovers strive for innovation in all areas of life.
• Those who prefer white chocolate are endowed with a heightened sense of justice, but they also lack courage.
• Gourmets and connoisseurs of comfort cannot resist bitter chocolate.
• If you are not too worried about the type of chocolate, then you are a flexible person and always ready to compromise.

Candy filling:

• Nuts in the filling are liked by tactful people with a developed sense of style.
• Passionate and dreamy natures will not refuse coconut flakes.
• Fans of mint taste are distinguished by a lively imagination.
• Coffee filling for the impatient.
• Reliable and faithful people love sweets with orange jam.
• Spirituality is manifested in the love for Turkish Delight filling or jelly.
• Chocolate fudge will delight sensitive individuals.

Homemade chocolates are good because you can choose the color, shape and filling yourself. Sweetness, prepared with your own hands, will allow you to express yourself and show your culinary skills.

Secrets of making homemade chocolates

Cooking chocolates is a simple task, you just need to know a few rules:

Chocolate does not like heat and temperature changes.

The temperature in the room should not exceed 20 ° C. It is also necessary to observe the temperature regime when melting chocolate, otherwise the sweets will be dull and "gray". The ideal temperature for dark chocolate is 32 o C, for milk chocolate - 30 o C, for white - 28 o C. When the sweets are ready, leave them to harden at a temperature not exceeding 20 o C. minutes, but not in the freezer.

Not a drop of water

The molds must be completely dry. The water in the melted mass will provoke crystallization, and the sweets will be spoiled.

Correct melting

Homemade chocolates can be made with cocoa, drops or bar chocolate without fillers. Drops are easier to melt, the tiles should be crushed by hand or grated on a coarse grater. You can melt chocolate in the microwave or in a water bath, but in the first case it is difficult to control the temperature. It is not recommended to heat the mass in a saucepan over a fire, as the chocolate will burn and everything will be spoiled. Heat the chocolate in the bath to about 45 ° C and bring down the temperature by adding cold drops or crumbs.

Use molds

Dry silicate or polycarbonate molds are ideal. Candies will be attractive and glossy. You can pour chocolate into the packaging left over from the finished sweets, but you won’t get a spectacular gloss. You can give shape without molds, and provide gloss with glaze.

Choice of toppings

Chocolate goes well with prunes, dried apricots, nuts, nougat, ganache, marzipans. Ganache is made from chocolate, cream, rum or cognac. Nougat must be heated to 25 ° C before filling. Too hot filling will spoil the chocolate.

You can also put fresh berries inside, but it's better to use jam. In combination with ganache, the filling will be very tasty. Ganache does not harden like chocolate, it always retains a plastic consistency.

Storage conditions

The shelf life of homemade sweets depends on the filling. If you used dried fruits, ready-made sweets can be stored in the refrigerator for no longer than a month. The ganache filling can go bad faster. If the sweets contain nuts, the shelf life increases, and the fresh fruit filling cannot be stored even for a couple of days.

Homemade Chocolate Candy Recipes

Making candies with your own hands is not difficult, it all depends on the chosen recipe and your confectionery experience. Start with the simplest recipes and pretty soon you will be making chocolate masterpieces.

Chocolates from cocoa "Balls"

Compound:

• 100 g cocoa powder
• 300 g dry biscuits
• 250 ml milk
• 200 g butter
• 100 g walnuts
• 250 g sugar
• 50 g powdered sugar

Cooking:

1. Mix cocoa with sugar.
2. Pour in warm milk, stir and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. Grind cookies in a meat grinder, coffee grinder or by hand.
4. Pour hot cocoa over cookie crumbs. Mix thoroughly so that there are no lumps. Leave to cool.
5. Add soft butter and knead into a smooth paste.
6. Form into balls and roll in crushed walnuts. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
7. Chill in the refrigerator for an hour.

These simple sweets are similar to the Potato cake. Even a child is able to cook them, and adults and children love this delicacy.

Cocoa sweets with almonds

Compound:

• 100 cocoa powder
• 100 g butter
• Half a glass of powdered sugar
• 50 g peeled and toasted almonds

Cooking:

1. Melt the butter.
2. Add powdered sugar. Slowly add cocoa, stirring constantly.
3. Let the mass cool and form candies.
4. Place a nut in the middle of each.
5. Sprinkle with powdered sugar
6. When the sweets have cooled, send them to the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Sweets with condensed milk and powdered milk

Compound:

• Powdered milk - 150 g
• Boiled condensed milk - 200 ml
• What-powder - 100 g
• Powdered sugar - 50 g
• Butter - 50 g
• Walnuts - 150 g
• Banana - 1 pc.

Make sweets from milk powder at home to please yourself and the children. From this amount of products, approximately 30 candies are obtained.

Cooking:

1. Heat the oil in a water bath and dissolve the powdered sugar in it.
2. Mix with boiled condensed milk.
3. Add dry milk and cocoa. Mix the mass with a mixer in a container with high edges. Place in refrigerator.
4. Roast the nuts in a dry frying pan. Walnuts can be replaced with any other. Select some of the nuts for the filling, make crumbs from the rest to roll the sweets.
5. Cut the banana into slices about 2 cm thick and divide each into three parts.
6. Lubricate your palms with butter so that the chocolate mass does not stick to your hands.
7. Take the mixture with a teaspoon and roll into balls with your palms. Flatten the ball with a cake, put a slice of banana and a nut. Close up and roll up the ball.
8. Roll sweets in crushed nuts and send to a cool place for several hours.

Powdered milk sweets with banana at home will be delicious, but they do not need to be stored and prepared for the future for a long time. In the refrigerator, sweets with fresh fruit can be stored for no more than 2 days.

Prunes in chocolate

Everyone's favorite prunes in chocolate at home will be even tastier. Prepare the prunes in advance: rinse, pour boiling water for 20 minutes, remove the seeds, lay them on a board to dry the fruits.

Compound:

• 200 g pitted prunes
• 100 gram dark chocolate bar
• Roasted almonds, peanuts, walnuts or any other nuts - approximately 150 g

Cooking:

1. Roast the nuts in a dry frying pan.
2. Put a nut into each swollen and dried prunes.
3. Melt the chopped chocolate in a water bath.
4. Prick the prunes on a fork and dip into the chocolate.
5. Lay the candy on the parchment.
6. When the first layer of chocolate hardens, repeat the procedure.

Truffle sweets with "drunk" cherries at home

Compound:

• Dark chocolate (not less than 75% cocoa) - 250 g + 150 g for glaze
• Heavy cream - 250 ml
• Butter - 50 g
• Dried cherries - 35-40 pieces
• Cognac - 75 ml
• Almonds or walnuts for garnish
• Cocoa - 4 spoons

Cooking:

1. 12 hours before making sweets, pour cognac over the cherries, cover with a lid or film.
2. Chop the chocolate.
3. Boil the cream, add the chocolate and stir until it dissolves.
4. Add butter, cool and refrigerate for several hours.
5. Remove the cherries from the cognac and dry them with paper towels.
6. Roll the balls the size of a walnut from the cold chocolate mass. Put a cherry in the middle.
7. Put the finished sweets on a plate and refrigerate for 10-15 minutes.
8. Chop the peeled and toasted nuts. Finely chop the remaining cherries.
9. Melt chocolate for icing in a water bath, let it cool.
10. Prick the truffle on a fork or skewer, dip in cold glaze, place on a wire rack and garnish with nuts and cherries.
11. Glaze is not enough for all the sweets, roll the rest in cocoa. On the same dish or in a box, candies with different surfaces will look interesting.
12. Ready truffles should cool in the refrigerator for at least an hour.

Truffles made from cocoa and milk powder

Compound:

• glass of sugar
• 100 ml cream
• 100 g butter
• Egg white - 1 pc.
• Cocoa - 100 g + 25 g for sprinkling
• Powdered milk - 100 g
• Tablespoon each of powdered sugar and crushed nuts for sprinkling

Cooking:

• Add sugar to the cream, heat over low heat and cook for three minutes.
• Remove from heat, add butter, milk powder and cocoa. Stir until smooth.
• Beat the chilled proteins in a thick foam.
• Mix with chocolate mass and leave warm for 30 minutes. During this time, the mass should thicken. After that, send it to the refrigerator.
• Mix the crushed hazelnut powder, powdered sugar and cocoa.
• Shape the candies into traditional truffle slides or balls. To prevent chocolate from sticking to your palms, grease them with butter. If desired, you can put a filling in the middle of each candy.
• Truffles should stand in a cool place for several hours.

Sweets "Bird's milk" at home

Everyone knows delicious sweets since childhood. Do-it-yourself "bird's milk" will be even better, although you will have to tinker.

Compound:

• 180 g sugar
• 150 g condensed milk
• 100 g butter
• 3 egg whites
• 15 g gelatin
• 100 ml water
• 300 g dark chocolate

Cooking:

1. Pour sugar and gelatin with water and put on a small fire. Stir until everything is dissolved. Do not bring to a boil.
2. Beat the warm butter with a mixer, gradually pouring in the condensed milk.
3. Whip the whites into a thick foam.
4. Pour the gelatin into the egg whites in a thin stream, continue beating.
5. Add condensed milk with butter. Beat until smooth.
6. Pour the mixture into molds and refrigerate for 3 hours.
7. Melt the chopped chocolate in a water bath and cool to room temperature.
8. Prick the frozen soufflé on a fork and dip in chocolate. Place candies on a plate.
9. "Bird's milk" will be ready when the chocolate hardens and becomes solid.

The idea of ​​making truffle or "Bird's Milk" sweets at home may seem strange - the choice of chocolate in stores is huge. Each chocolate maker has her own arguments - some like to come up with their own recipes and find new tastes, others want to be sure of the composition of the products, others are not satisfied with the traditional design of sweets. Experiment and please yourself and your loved ones!

A universal selection of gift ideas for every occasion and occasion. Surprise your friends and loved ones! ;)

Hello dear guests of my blog. We continue the holiday theme, and today I will tell you how to make a gift from sweets with your own hands for various events.

It is no secret that chocolate in small quantities is one of the sources of joy in our body and is the most favorite treat for children. Souvenirs are something that both adults and children love. Today we will combine it into a single whole, and prepare delicious souvenirs. We need certain skills and simple consumables.

How to make a gift from sweets with your own hands: we surprise men

Representatives of the strong half of humanity always radiate confidence and steadfastness, but they, like children, rejoice even in insignificant souvenirs. And their bright presentation causes genuine delight.

Here are some ideas for such gifts that can be brought to life (there will also be photos).

A pineapple

It is a symbol of the greatness and uniqueness of a creative person. Having made such a souvenir, you do not just make a gift, but give him a talisman. It helps to bring brilliant ideas to life and bring them to life. Its manufacturing process is simple. You will need:

• A bottle of champagne;
• Round candies in a gold wrapper;
• Green wrapping paper;
• Yellow sisal (these fabrics can be found in the flower shop);
• tourniquet;
• Glue gun.

I offer you a step-by-step photo of the creative process. All candies will need to stick pieces of double-sided tape on one side (or use a glue gun later).

Cut out several layers of pineapple top from wrapping paper.

Now it's time to wrap the bottle with sisal.

Glue the candy to the bottle in rows.

Stick the leaves of the top on double-sided tape and glue in rows to the top of the bottle.

Master classes in video format

Photos and text descriptions are, of course, good, but video is much more convenient.

Gun

Such a surprise will delight any man, whether he is related to hunting (military affairs) or not. Guys love war games. And fun with toy guns or sticks instead of them is their childhood. In addition, it is in the genes of a man that he is a hunter and earner, which means that such a present would be appropriate.

Anchor

Such a sweet surprise will suit a man - her husband. And that's why. Even in ancient Egypt, the anchor was considered a symbol of the universe.

If you look closely at this figure, you will see that it consists of three elements. This is a mast, a boat and a snake. The mast symbolizes the masculine, the boat symbolizes the feminine. And both of these elements are entwined with the snake of life, which is the sacrament of marriage. Later, the anchor began to be considered simply a sign of a calm family life.

Having prepared such a surprise for your husband, you will emphasize the reverent attitude towards the union of your hearts. And the video will help you create this masterpiece:

Tank: how to make a beautiful surprise for February 23

Incredibly, this toy captivates the male, even if the boy is well over thirty. The game "World of Tanks" swallowed up the world. And your man will be happy to absorb a sweet tank. By the way, this idea can be used as a surprise on February 23rd. How to decorate this gift beautifully is shown in detail in the video:

Candy wheel

If the person for whom you are preparing a souvenir is a car enthusiast, then a present, as they say, "in ten". If you don’t have a car yet, don’t worry, because in any case, he is a tough guy who rules his life. I offer you a video of this master class:

Glass of tea and sweets

This craft is suitable for both beer lovers and kvass fans. And the result of your work, in essence, is perfect for tea drinking. After all, it consists of tea and sweets. So, to create a glass you will need:

• A tin can of tea (black or green, it doesn't matter);
• Sweets "Leshchina" ("Enchantress" or "Konafetto");
• Two round candies like "Lindt Lindor";
• Angel threads (for beer foam);
• Glue gun.

First you need to bend the edges of the "Hazel". Using hot glue, we attach them to the jar in two rows (vertically). We attach the handle to the formed base of the glass. To do this, we glue round sweets, and there are 2 “Hazels” on them. The glass is ready. We decorate the top with threads - we create the illusion of foam. You can attach the finished product to an impromptu tray.

Sweet Candy Surprise Ideas for Women

Our mothers, sisters, girlfriends, teachers, fitness trainers, leaders - all without exception love it when they remember their birthdays and professional holidays.

I offer you the top 5 original projects made from sweets:

sweet tree

This evergreen tree is certainly associated with the New Year, with the Christmas holidays, with home comfort and the warmth of a family hearth. Chocolate waffle spruce will be an original souvenir for any woman on frosty days.

A simple instruction for creating a winter beauty is shown in the photo.

rowan twig

The ancient Slavs considered mountain ash a sacred tree. Houses were decorated with its branches and fruits, because. believed that they are able to protect the house and the person from any trouble. In addition, she is a symbol of peace and happiness in the family. Rowan branches are used to create amulets.

And rowan as a souvenir will bring sweet joy. To create it, you need confectionery in a red wrapper, wire, green teip tape, an artificial leaf and a little time. You need to create elements as shown in the photo:

Bouquet of candy roses

Such a surprise is perfect for a teacher on a professional holiday, and for a leader on his birthday. Live roses, of course, will please women, but they will not surprise. And a gift made with your own hands is original and creative, therefore, it will leave a mark in your memory for a long time. You can use crepe paper in the color shown in the video, or you can choose your own. The main thing is that everyone is satisfied with the result.

Heart

Such a gift is perfect for Valentine's Day or any day of your girlfriend. What else can you add here? All love and violent emotions are combined in this symbol. A sweet heart will melt the ice in the eyes of a loved one. You can create it like this:

Handbag

Well, how can a lady live without this stylish accessory. A bag is needed for going out, for shopping, for a harmonious look with new shoes. I offer you a video of making a handbag, which, for sure, was not yet in the arsenal of the girl you are going to surprise:

Sweet ideas for a boy

The fact that sweets are a delicious surprise is understandable. And here are a few ideas that will please not only the stomach, but also the eyes.

Poster

This gift is especially popular with teenagers. In fact, this is a gift, and a postcard, and a wall newspaper at the same time. In order to create it you will need:

• Whatman;
• Glue;
• Color markers;
• Various confectionery.

It is better to create a poster on a large table or on the floor. Think over the sketch of the work in advance. Imagine how it will look on the poster. Write the text first on a draft, so as not to make mistakes later.

On whatman paper you write your congratulations and wishes, replacing some words with glued edible elements. Handwriting does not have to be calligraphic. It will be even more fun if it is like Comic Sans font. One condition - the letters must be large so that they can be seen at a distance of at least 2 meters.

Car

Well, what kid doesn't dream of owning a car, of being a race car driver and of being a freeway star? And even if while his favorite hero is Makvin from the cartoon "Cars", this does not change the essence. You can please the boy with a candy machine. This is a surprise, chocolate and a toy (almost like the motto of Kinder Surprise). A visual aid on how to bring this idea to life in this video:

Barbell

Even if the boy is not a fan of weightlifting, he will like a sports souvenir. And, perhaps, it will push you to think about playing sports. After all, sport is movement, and movement is life. You will need cardboard, a foil sleeve, double-sided tape, satin ribbon, sheets of paper and round candies.
And to create a beautiful and tasty barbell, a step-by-step master class from this video will help you:

crafts for girls

To please a child is much easier than an adult, the main desire. And on the Internet, interesting projects are a dime a dozen.

As a surprise, you can create:

Corrugated paper and candy doll

This gift will combine everything that the girl likes: a doll, a beautiful outfit, flowers and a treat. As a rule, dolls of the Barbie type from the Small classification are used. Their height is from 20 to 39 cm.

But you can make a souvenir with a 40-49cm MSD (Mini super Dollfie) or SD (Super Dollfie) 50-69cm doll. In this case, the supplies will need to be increased accordingly.

And the master class presented in this video will help you create this beauty:

This is a joyful and long-awaited gift. You can be sure that it will bring a lot of pleasure to both a little girl and a teenager. Although what to distort the soul - even for an adult.

This gift is reminiscent of the essence of a chocolate egg - a surprise awaits inside.

To create a cake you will need:

• Cardboard and paper;
• Chocolates and eggs;
• Satin ribbon;
• Glue gun;
• Bows, rhinestones;
• Lace.

The work steps are as follows:

1. From the cardboard we cut out 2 circles corresponding to the diameter of the future cake - this will be the base and the lid.
2. Inside this one circle we draw a smaller circle - we will glue the side of the cake to it.
3. From thick A4 paper, cut out a rectangle with a height equal to the desired height of the cake.
4. On one of the long sides we cut out small triangles, approximately 1 cm - it will be more convenient to attach the side.
5. Glue it to the cardboard base with triangles down.
6. We attach kinder chocolates to the board.
7. We wrap chocolates with a festive satin ribbon.
8. Decorate the cardboard cover. You can glue lace, rhinestone bows and kinder surprise eggs to it.

Cake, in general, is ready. It remains to figure out what the "stuffing" will be. Inside the resulting box, you can put more chocolates, soft toys and other things that can fit in it.

You can use the cake box for any event: March 8, birthday, New Year, Valentine's Day, etc. After all, she looks solemn.

Once again about the materials for decoration and some nuances

Creating homemade surprises is not as difficult as it seems at first glance. As you can see, even the materials for their production are used at hand: cardboard from shoe boxes, the remaining foam after a new purchase, adhesive tape, sheets of paper that are already on our worksheet, toothpicks. And even decor: lace, bows, ribbons can be found on clothes that are no longer needed.

It may be necessary to purchase a glue gun and crepe paper, although you can find an alternative to them.

And if you go to stores where handmade products are presented, you can find anything there, down to the smallest details.

1. If you want to make a surprise with your own hands, but you are new to this business, start making a souvenir in advance.
2. Choose an idea. Check out tutorials and step by step instructions.
3. Get and prepare everything you need for work. The manufacturing process may take longer than you think. This is especially true for small design nuances: bending the edges of confectionery, attaching wire, etc. It takes time to get used to and adjust.

This is where I end. I know that you will succeed. Rejoice loved ones and rejoice yourself. Do not forget to leave your comments, share little tricks. If you liked the article, do not be greedy and recommend to friends in the social. network to read it. See you!

Sincerely, Anastasia Skoreva