Homemade Chocolates in a Box

Make your own healthy homemade chocolates in a box. Homemade chocolates that are filled delicious creamy fillings made with few and healthy ingredients! Perfect for any gift or holiday!

Would you like to make a collection of assorted homemade chocolates in a box? I'm here to give you a bunch of recipes. Recipes of my favorite filled chocolates to fill your box. Pick one recipe or mix and match and make a collection.

Among the recipes below are  chocolate fudge, chickpea clusters, mini twix cups, black pepper truffles, praline truffles, chocolates filled with my 2-ingredient sweet potato frosting - pictured in the broken chocolate above - and many, many more!

Either way, the box is a perfect gift for all holidays, including Mother's Day, Hanukkah, Christmas, Valentine's Day and even as a delicious candy birthday gift.

How to Make

Making the chocolates is easy. For each one, I usually make a soft filling, chill it and dip it in melted dark chocolate.

You can just roll the filling using your hands if it's not too sticky, or use molds - fancy ones like here and here, or mini cupcake pans, or even ice cube trays.

Pro-tip about Candy Molds:

The rubber ones are made of silicon, like this one, and are not expensive and it's easy to remove chocolates from them.

The polycarbonate molds, like this one, are clear and harder, and are much more expensive and it's sometimes harder to get the chocolate out especially if it hasn't hardened long enough.

However - and this is a big however - the resulting chocolate will be much shiner on the surface. So I try to include a few polycarbonate chocolates in the box. The chocolates that I make with the silicon molds are usually duller so it's best to brush with gold dust or cocoa powder or sprinkles or wrap in gold paper.

Make Them Fancy

Chocolates are easy to make but there are rules if they are to join assorted chocolates in a chocolate box.

Rule #1: They must be small enough to fit. For instance, the Chickpea Chocolate Clusters are included but note that if you make them for a chocolate box, cluster only 3-4 chickpeas at a time to allow them to fit into the well of a chocolate box.

Rule #2: Make at least some of the chocolates fancier with either gold dust, sprinkles or wrap them in gold paper. Here is my favorite edible gold dust, and here is usefully small gold candy paper.
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How to Pack

Once you have made your chocolates, you'll need to pack them up. I either box them in purchased gift boxes like these, or I use old chocolate boxes. If you are serving your chocolates for a dinner or party, put them in mini cupcake wrappers and set them on a tray.

Ingredients

Most of the ingredients I use in the filled chocolate recipes below include quality dark chocolate - Lindt, Enjoylife, HU, and fresh dates or maple syrup, fresh coconut, nut butter, chickpeas, lentils, almonds or any healthy flour, even sweet potato or pumpkin puree.

Chocolates with Nutrition

Aside from homemade filled chocolates being an easy gift to make, the nutrition in these chocolates abounds. These recipes are full of fiber and protein, low in sugar, high in antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. They are high in MCTs and Omegas. This is a box of chocolates that can help you boost energy, improve skin and hair, control weight, blood sugar, fight colds and disease. Pretty good for a box of chocolates!

Since you are here, and interested in making your own homemade chocolates, I'd like to invite you to sign up for my free chocolate course. Five lessons hit your inbox with detail on how to create your own simple healthy chocolate desserts.

Also I'd like to note I have other chocolate box recipes in my cookbook "Crazy Healthy With 4 Ingredients" where you can find "Lentil Chocolate Fudge Cups" on page 19 and "Chocolate Orange Turmeric Cups" on page 33.

Homemade Chocolate Box Recipes

Without further chit chat, here are the recipes I use to create homemade chocolates for a chocolate box for holidays, birthdays, and just for fun. I usually find a box online or even use an old Godiva or Lindt box with mini cupcake papers. I hope you enjoy my collection of homemade chocolate box recipes.

Homemade Filled Chocolates

This homemade filling for chocolates is a creamy fudgy center that is only 4 ingredients and can be shaped and coated with chocolate, or pressed into a container and topped. Perfect to make easter eggs on Easter, or hearts on Valentine's day.

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Chocolate Candy In Molds

Make chocolate candy in molds easily using a simple method that produces a chocolate coating with snap and shine, and creamy fudgy fillings. Easy to make, budget-friendly and the perfect holiday gift. 

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Chickpea Chocolate Clusters

Chickpea chocolate clusters are only 2 ingredients, no bake, and are a high protein candy which boosts mood and provides fiber and disease-fighting antioxidants.

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Chocolate Sweet Potato Frosting

This 2-ingredient chocolate frosting made with sweet potatoes contains no refined sugar, offering a healthy boost of fiber and vitamin A. The sweet potato flavor is undetectable to the taste buds.

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Chocolate Coconut Balls

Creamy chocolate coconut balls are made with a few familiar ingredients and wield a huge nutritional punch, including boosts to immunity, mood and digestion.

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Twix Cups

Homemade Twix bites are the perfect grab-and-go energizer with the protein cookie textures and peanut butter flavors found in the popular candy bar. Easy to make, dairy-free, and ready in under half an hour.

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Chocolate Fudge Recipe

An easy chocolate fudge recipe that makes a creamy fudge treat that is high in protein and has all the nourishment of nuts and dark chocolate. Made in under half an hour and only 2 ingredients.

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Chocolate Praline Truffles

Fancy chocolate praline truffles made from scratch with a creamy ganache filling and a snappy chocolate shell. These gourmet chocolate truffles are easy to make, dairy free, and make the perfect holiday gift.

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Marzipan Chocolates

My marzipan chocolates are filled with my creamy homemade marzipan, a sweet almond paste that contains no eggs and covered in a rich chocolate shell.

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Chocolate Black Pepper Truffles

Chocolate black pepper truffles have a snappy flavor and many nutritional benefits, including a metabolism boost and no refined sugar.

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No Bake Brownie Bites

No bake brownie bites are made from a simple brownie batter coated in chocolate. They are easy to make with just 5 simple ingredients, are made healthier, the perfect chocolate snack to eat everyday or add sprinkles for a party.

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Enjoy making one or more of these recipes for a chocolate box or just a dessert tray. I store mine at room temperature for a few days. And the box I use is either a candy box like you see here, or a small box with tissue.

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