Actually these may not all be candy, although if you’re like me, adding chocolate to anything makes it delicious and sweet. If it’s also bite-size, I call it candy.
Once you’ve made the first two simple recipes, your imagination will take over and you’ll realize the world is full of other things that can be dipped in chocolate. Whether you like sweet and salty combined, as with the chocolate covered popcorn, or something even healthier like chocolate covered raisins, you’ll start looking at what’s in your kitchen cupboards in a whole different light.
While many fudge recipes are much more complicated than the chocolate peanut butter one below, this recipe also introduces you to the realm of possibilities with its basic simplicity plus the additions I’ve mentioned.
Most of all, have fun and invite a child along to help make these simple chocolate candy recipes.
Simple Chocolate Covered Popcorn
1/2 bag of popped microwave popcorn.
1/2 bag of dark or milk chocolate melted and reheated as necessary
Pop the corn and put it in a large bowl; the stirring can get messy, and it’s easier for a child to mix without spilling if it’s in an oversized bowl. Poor the melted chocolate over the popcorn and stir until all the popcorn is covered.
I like to form the popcorn roughly into balls or clumps about the size of a golf ball and place them on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper. Then I put it in the refrigerator until they’re hardened.
While you’re waiting for them to chill, there’s lots of finger and bowl licking to do.
