How To Make Chocolate Dipped Candy Balls: Instructions and Photos
By mary615
Chocolate Dipped Candy Balls
Cook Time
This is a recipe for Chocolate/ Pecan balls that are dipped into melted chocolate. This recipe should yield about 52 inch balls.
You will need:
To make the candy balls:
2 Sticks of Softened Butter
4 Cups of Confectioner’s Sugar
1 Can Eagle Brand Milk
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
2 Cups Chopped Pecans or Walnuts
Cream the Butter and Sugar until well blended. Add the Nuts, Flavoring, and the Milk.
You want stiff dough at this point. Take off your rings, wash your hands and dig in the dough to make 1 inch balls. Refrigerate overnight.
Ingredients Needed For The Candy
Softened Butter And Confectioner's Sugar
Milk And Pecans Are Added
The Stiff Dough
Some Of The Balls I Rolled
Ingredients For The Chocolate Dip
For the chocolate dip you will need:
Unsweetened Chocolate (I use Bakers)
Paraffin
A wire rack like one you might use for cookies hot out of the oven.
Using a double boiler (if you don’t have one, use a smaller pot inside a larger pot like I did):
Melt 1 square Baker’s Chocolate with just a sliver of Paraffin. You don’t have to add the paraffin, but that makes a nice sheen on the finished candy.
1 square of Chocolate will dip about 15 inch balls.
Use a fork to dip the candy into the melted chocolate. Drain on a wire rack. Keep refrigerated until you are ready to eat them, or give them as Christmas gifts.
Pans I Use To Melt The Chocolate
The Candy Is Ready To Gift
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Comments
They look totally delicous. I'll have to bookmark you recipe. vote up useful and interesting.
Wow, these look yummy. Voting this Up and Awesome.
Hi there, Cousin Fudd, glad this brought back good Christmas memories of Chocolate Dipped Candies. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Hello, alocsin. Thanks for reading, and thanks for the votes! They are delicious...try some. Goodnight.
Good evening, writer 20, thanks for reading my recipe for chocolate dipped candies. Hope you'll try them. Thanks, too, for the votes!
sounds so good!
Wow, these looks totally yummy!
This recipe will be a hit in my home. Thanks for sharing.
Furthermore, thanks for giving me the great laughs this morning when watching Lucy and Ethel in the candy factory.
Voting up, up and away!
Good Morning,shea duanne, Thanks for readin, and I do hope you'll try to make these. They really are good, if you like sweets!
Hi, Sannel, thanks for reading my reciple for Chocolate Dipped Candy Balls, and if you have family that likes sweets, they'll love these. Yes, that Lucy and Ethel is a classic. I've seen it a hundred times and still laugh. Thanks for the votes, too!
I shall make these for gifts. I have been planning gifts and these will make a great addition. Thank you Mary.
Wow, these chocolate pecan balls sound wonderful, Mary! They are beautiful too. Thanks for sharing such great photos of the process, and I love the way you packaged them too. Have a very Merry Christmas! I will hopefully be trying these soon. :)
Looks divine.
JT
Mary, thank you for the link, and I added this wonderful recipe and hub to my page as well. Merry Christmas! :)
Wow Mary, these look and sound absolutely wonderful, they will make great gifts.
Thank you for sharing.
Hi Movie Master, thanks for reading my Chocolate Dipped Candy. They do make great gifts. Regards, Mary
Hi oceansnsunset. So nice to see you. I usually pack these to give as gifts in a much prettier container. I didn't have anything, and didn't want to go to the store. As I'm sure you know, you can get beautiful gift boxes and Christmas. Many thanks for letting me use your link, and thanks for mine, Hubber friend!
Hi, JT. Thanks for reading. I hope you will try my method: Chocolate Dipped Candy!
Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing and for all the pictures! Bookmarked this one! Voted up too.
Great recipe, mary, and lovely photos. The Lucy and Ethel video was the crowning touch. I'm still chuckling.
I probably will. I am just on break enjoying reading all my friends work and I am a little lazy this week.
LOL
:)
Happy Holidays.
JT
Hi pharmacist, thanks for reading my reciple for Chocolate Dipped Candies! Hope you will try these. Thanks, too, for the nice Votes. Goodnight
Hello, drbj. Thanks for reading, and the nice compliment on my photography. When I see my photos and then see other Hubbers' work, I know how inferior mine are. That Lucy and Ethel video is a classic. I loved them. Goodnight
Mary615, Vote up! My friend, now I want pecan balls they look so good! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! Do I need my clippers yet?lol Thanks.
Hi Mary,
I've been looking for a good treat to bring to my in-laws on Christmas Eve, and I've just found it! Thanks for the recipe. It sounds so yummy and it looks even better! I wish you the merriest of holidays!
Mary, you have my votes:) You can't go wrong with chocolate. A very informed useful article that has my mouth watering. I love pecans so this is something I would not mind trying. Good for a holiday dish as well. I hope you are doing fine. Best wishes and happy holidays.
They look so good and they have to be a classic just like Lucy and Ethel. Thanks for the recipe and I hope you and your family have great holidays. Hugs to Baby.
Hi, kellymom,1970, Thanks for reading my recipe for Chocolate Dipped Candies! These would come in handy if you want to give your special clients a little Christmas gift (and keep some for yourself). Good to see you again.
Good Morning, blainecindy, hope you will make my Chocolate Dipped Candy to take to your son in law. (Keep some for yourself, of course). I like to keep some of these handy so when people drop by I have them. Thanks for reading. I hope your holiays will be the best ever!
Hi, the lyricwriter, so nice to see you bright and early today! I do hope you will try my Chocolate Dipped Candies. If you like chocolate, you'll love these. I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday season.
Hi there, Gypsy Rose Lee! So glad you found my Chocolate Dipped Candy reciple. Give it a try. You'll love them. Everytime I come to this Hub, I have to stop and watch Lucy and Ethel to get a good giggle for the day. They were priceless! Hope your holiday will be bright, just like your Hub on Christmas in Lativa. Thanks for thinking of Baby!
Nice step by step instructions for making theses chocolate candy-balls and helpful photos too. These would make a nice gift.
Hi 2uesday! Thanks for reading my instructions for making Chocolate Dipped Candies and for the nice commpliment. Yes, they make wonderful gifts. I made them at Christmas time for neighbors, teachers, and friends. Regards, Mary
Mary615, Chocolate Vote up! Did you have too,I love it so much. I am going to get my friend Mary over to my RV tomorrow and we are make so cand ball. MARRY CHRISTMAS, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. friend.
Hi there, LydieRVgirl! So nice to see you today! Thanks for reading about how to make chocolate dipped candy balls. Have fund making them with your friend. I do hope you both like sweet, cause they are. Good, but sweet, but then candy is supposed to be sweet, right? I do hope you have a Merry Christmas, friend.
DEE-LISHUS! And I sure do like your photos! ;-)
Hi capricornrising! Thanks for reading and for the nice compliment on my recipe for Chocolate Dipped Candy. They are good, sweet, but good. Hope you will make some. Regards.
I have a pronounced sweet tooth...
Hi caparicornrising! Let me know how you like these sweet babies after you make them! Goodnight.
Hi Mary
I will have to give this one a try.
Thanks for sharing. :-)
Take Care
Hi Sueswan. Good to see you today. I do hope you'll try these chocolate dipped candies. If you like sweets you'll love these! Have a great Sunday!
Cousin Fudd 5 months ago
My sister made these when we were young and they were always a hit especially for our Christmas get togethers. Thanks for sharing.