This easy 2-ingredient Chocolate Raspberry Bonbons recipe is the perfect Valentine’s day treat! Made with dark chocolate and fruit sweetened raspberry jam it’s such a breeze to throw together that my children love to make it. Of course they do! What’s better than the combination of raspberries and chocolate?!
Valentine’s Day can be a super fun and crafty holiday. Unfortunately, it can also be a wasteful time when loads of processed candy and useless merchandise is sold. That’s why I’ve taught my boys over the years to have fun creating homemade gifts for friends and family. We especially enjoy making our own healthy candy, and these Chocolate Raspberry Bonbons fit that bill perfectly!
Usually I start out whipping up this treat, and the boys take it over. That’s how the making of healthy candy recipes generally takes place in our house. The boys are little rascals in the kitchen and I love it!
I think we all enjoy making this healthy candy because it’s a bit of an artistic project. Somehow, using a small paint brush to spread the melted chocolate into the molds reminds us of painting in kindergarten, where there were no mistakes.
Chocolate Raspberry Bonbons
Ingredients
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
- ¼ cup raspberry jam
Instructions
- Melt chocolate in a small pan over very low heat
- Using a small paint brush, coat the bottom and sides of a candy mold
- Place mold in freezer 10 minutes to allow chocolate to harden
- Remove mold from freezer
- Spoon a scant teaspoon of raspberry jam into each chocolate lined cup
- Paint chocolate over raspberry jam to cover
- Place in freezer 10 minutes to harden
- Remove from freezer, turn mold upside down and pop candies out of mold
- Serve
These bonbons call for the same mold that my healthy homemade Chocolate Covered Cherries recipe uses. If you are looking for a candy recipe that does not use a mold, check out my Nut Butter Balls.
Here are some of my other easy low-carb candy recipes!
Cassi says
oh my yumness. those look spectacular. and there’s something magic about raspberries and chocolate. cherries are good, but raspberries are just amazing with chocolate.
maybe will try candymaking again, for the first time in a very long time. thanks for making things simple, delicious and beautiful.
Elana says
Thanks Cassi! One of my favorite things in the world is to make things simple, delicious, and beautiful :-)
naomi says
They look yummy – I guess you could even crush fresh raspberries and use those in place of the jam, for a slightly dribblier candy!
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Elana says
Thanks Naomi!
Michele | aka Raw Juice Girl says
Oh, wow, those look delish!!! :-D
Alta says
My mother would love these. I think I might make some for her!
elana says
Your timing once again is impeccable. This weekend we have been invited to a superbowl party and I promised to make something chocolate since everyone in this circle of friends knows my chocolate deserts. Brownies were out… Bon Bons are in!!! So much fun, finger food, sweet chocolaty, easy… now I need to find a candy mold. I think I’ll find one at the local Rain’s Department Store. Last week you also made some peanut butter cups… will try those too!!
Thank you, and all your boys!
Elana
Kate says
I have that mold and I made another delicious treat in mine…. I used the same kind of chocolate as you but instead of raspberry jelly or jam…. i made agave sweetened caramel and then pushed in several peanuts and covered it in more chocolate. They were amazing, but I accidently broke the mold and have to get a new one. Those ones look so good. You could make peanut butter and jelly ones. That would be so fun.
Hannah Handpainted says
p.s. oddly enough last night I was just wondering if I could make something like this with my favorite morello cherry jam (Crofter’s Organic), or any jam really!
Hannah Handpainted says
That’s it, Elana! You finally tempted me. I have to make these!
I was pondering making healthier, hand-made chocolates for Valentine’s day treats to bring to my sister’s birthday-valentine-Chinese New Year’s party, and I now may have to!
christie, honoring health says
Those sound delicious!
Julie says
raspberry bon bons – omg sooo delicious!
Alchemille says
Funny timing!
I just made some raspberry jam ;)…