Healthy homemade chocolate candies you can make in an ice cube tray!
A kid-friendly recipe ♥
With under 5 minutes of prep work, these homemade candies are made with heart-healthy dark chocolate, antioxidant-rich pomegranate, and none of the refined sugar, corn syrup, or artificial ingredients you’d get in store-bought chocolate candies.
You can easily make them in any container or candy mold.
I chose an ice cube maker, which can be found at most grocery stores or Bed Bath & Beyond.
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The ice cube tray chocolates look fancy but are deceptively simple to make!
Just melt your chocolate, place some in the bottom of each mold, sprinkle pomegranate seeds on top, and cover in more chocolate.
Freeze to set the chocolate covered pomegranate candies.
They can stay out at room temperature and are adorably festive for any holiday-themed party!
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Chocolate Ice Cube Tray Candies
- fresh pomegranate seeds
- chocolate chips, or these Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
- ice cube tray or candy molds
*If you want to make chocolate pomegranate bark instead, simply swap out the ice cube tray for a pan lined with parchment or wax paper.
If using the chocolate chips, carefully melt them to make a sauce. You can also add 1-2 tsp oil per cup of chocolate chips before melting to achieve a smoother sauce. Place some chocolate sauce in the bottom of each mold—about 2 tsp if using ice cube trays. Place some pomegranate seeds on top—about 1 tsp if using ice cube trays. Finally, cover the seeds completely in more chocolate. Freeze to set the chocolate covered pomegranate candies. The chocolate chip version can be kept in either the fridge or freezer, and it can stay out at room temperature for a few hours if your home is not very hot. The healthy chocolate sauce version should be stored in the freezer.
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These look so awesome!! I love how simple they are!
You should probably cover your chocolate with cling-film or similar before freezing, then you won’t get that condensation on the chocolate that you can see in *all* your photos. Wet chocolate is not good chocolate, but I would think you should know this already.
Also, calling melted chocolate a sauce is a bit of a stretch especially when it’s going to set hard at room temperature…
Sorry for the confusion. My ice cube tray actually comes with a cover, and I often add water with a spritzer bottle during a photoshoot because the shine helps in getting a good, non-dull shot. (If you look closely, you’ll probably notice water droplets in many of my recipe photos.) I may have gone overboard with the final photo; but if you look at the first picture you’ll notice a lack of water.
Passive-aggressive much?
These sound and look lovely!
Do I need to spray my ice tray/candy mold with non-stick spray before pouring the chocolate in or do they just pop right out because of the oil in it? Also, I was wondering where you found an ice tray with a lid (I read the last comment)? Can’t wait to try these!
I did not have any problem popping either version out… but I guess it wouldn’t hurt if you want to be on the safe side.
I think I got them from Bed Bath Beyond a few years ago.
Fabulous! Thanks so much! Will have to see if I can find some! xo
Putting pomegranates in your homemade chocolates?! That’s something I didn’t think of, but I sounds wonderful! I love pomegranates & chocolate! Great kid-friendly recipe!
These look wonderful and would make any Valentine happy!!!
Pomegranates and chocolate must go so well together! Love how quick this is to make 🙂
I’m curious about the pips. My attempt at cooking with pomegranate pips has lead to a very sour experience, or the fruit dissolving, leaving a pocket of mush and a not so flavorful seed. What would you do to counteract the taste/texture issues?
Pom seeds should definitely not be sour. Perhaps you got a bad fruit on that occasion?
Ahhh these look amazing and the fact that they are kid friendly means I probably can’t mess them up! 🙂 thanks!
Looks amazing! I will definitely try it and post the result on my food blog 🙂