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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We made up a batch of these yesterday with some chopped raspberries and coconut when stuck inside because of the rain. My toddler had a blast (a messy blast)! Plus they tasted great. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
I CAN’T BELIEVE that some of these are so LOW in calories…and they look so decadent!!! Wow! I can’t get enough of pomegranates (I’m eating three as we speak!) so I HAVE to try the poms poms!! They look delicious! I have a recipe for homemade chocolate so I think I might use that for the chocolate component…I’m so excited to make these!!!
http://www.bitesforbabies.com/recipes/two-bite-chocolates/
Thesr look so yummy and easy to make.
Jillian | http://jillianeliza.blogspot.com
Might work with frozen blueberries? I have farm fresh berries that I froze and thought this might be yummy!
How are these refined sugar free if you are using chocolate chips?
I expect it is because you can simply buy dark chocolate chips without refined sugar.
For some reason my chocolate won’t freeze all the way. I’ve tried this in the form of thin flat bars and this pom pom recipe, and both times the chocolate got thick and goopy but wasn’t a solid piece I could bite into. My freezer is very cold (0 degrees F) so I don’t think that’s the issue–any other ideas? I’ve been making the agave version. (The chocolate mixture itself is delicious!)
on the healthy chocolate sauce — can you use honey instead of agave?
Also do you only use 1/4 C of cocoa or do you also add in the extra Tbsp?
You can! And only 1/4 cup.
new favourite blog!!! love this
p.s. you can do this with a banana slice 🙂
But do you also eat the hard pomegranate seeds inside the chocolate? You don’t spit them out?
Wow a gr8 recipe! Thanks Katie