Whether you want a quick treat or something to enjoy for this upcoming holiday, Cool Whip Candy is it! Made with just 4 ingredients, you can’t go wrong making this candy! Adults and kids alike LOVE biting into this sweet treat.
This Cool Whip Candy is an easy candy recipe with few ingredients. During any holiday, being able to make candy at home is a real treat. You don’t have to go to the store to make this candy, you can make it right at home.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Four ingredients – Just imagine, you can make candy in your own home and it will only take 3-4 ingredients.
- Easy to make – You can let go of the idea that candy is hard to make, it’s not!
- Perfect bite sized candy – You can put a piece of candy in your mouth and call it a day. Bite sized candy rocks!
Ingredients
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- milk chocolate chips
- cool whip, thawed
- dark chocolate melting chips
- Sprinkles, assorted – optional
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Instructions
Melt milk chocolate chips in the microwave and stir until smooth
Cool at room temperature for 20 minutes
Line 8×8 dish with parchment paper
Fold cool whip into cooled chocolate until well combined
Pour into prepared dish
Freeze for 30 minutes then remove from dish and cut into approximately 30 pieces
Place pieces on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and freeze for 30 minutes
Melt the dark chocolate, dip pieces to cover, place on a lined baking sheet, decorate with sprinkles
Store in the freezer until ready to serve & enjoy!
Hint: Be sure to allow the semi-sweet chocolate chips to cool for the full 20 minutes before mixing in the Cool Whip.
Substitutions
Don’t have everything you need on hand to make this recipe? Here are some of my favorite tried and true.
- Dairy free chocolate – If you can’t use regular chocolate for this recipe, feel free to use dairy free.
- Sugar free options – I have to say that you can also use sugar free cool whip and sugar free chocolate to make these candies perfect for whatever diet you need to stick to.
- Allergy free sprinkles – Don’t worry if you can’t use regular sprinkles, grab yourself some allergy friendly sprinkles, so that everyone you love can enjoy these!
I believe that most recipes can be switched up. If you’re needing to enjoy a sugar-free or dairy-free diet, I hope these small changes help!
Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? There are some things you can do to make this recipe work differently and in your favor.
- No sprinkles – You don’t have to add sprinkles. If you prefer plain chococolate, then go with NO sprinkles.
- Chocolate cool whip– Take this recipe to the next level by adding chocolate cool whip. It will taste so amazing!
- Kid friendly – This is a great recipe for kids to make! They will have so much fun decorating the three muskateers candy!
Check out this Kit Kat Fudge on the blog, it’s SO good!
Equipment
- Microwave-safe large bowl
- 8×8 square baking dish
- parchment paper
Storage
If you’d like to store this candy, then you’re in for a surprise. Place the candy in airtight containers and then place it in the fridge.
You can also freeze the Cool Whip Candy by placing it in freezer-friendly containers and placing it in the freezer. You can put them in the freezer for up to a month.
Tips
- For this Cool Whip Candy, I would recommend splurging on the expensive chocolate. The better the chocolate that you use, the better this candy will turn out.
- Do not use an electric mixer for mixing, as you need to be gentle with this homemade chocolate bars recipe.
- If you don’t want to melt the chocolate in the microwave, you can use a double boiler instead.
- Instead of chocolate chips, you can use the easy melt chocolate wafers.
- Crushed candy canes would also be a great topping for this treat during the holiday season.
- This homemade candy makes for an excellent Christmas gift.
- It’s very important that you use a microwave safe bowl if you are melting the chocolate in the microwave wave.
- Instead of sprinkles, you can place melted chocolate in a piping bag or plastic bag and pipe designs on top of these favorite candy bar.
- You can also top this treat with tiny bits of your favorite candy bars, like Twix or Reese’s.
FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
For this recipe, you need cool whip. Canned whipped cream is a lot different than cool whip in a tub. For this recipe, you need cool whip.
You can use whatever kind of chocolate you want. You can use white chocolate, dark chocolate, or milk chocolate – just make sure it’s good quality chocolate.
Considering WHAT these candies are made out of, they need to be stored in the fridge. The colder they are, the better they are!
No, for this recipe you need Cool Whip.
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Cool Whip Candy
Equipment
- Microwave-safe large bowl
- 8×8 square baking dish
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 23 ounces milk chocolate chips
- 8 ounces cool whip thawed
- 1 cup dark chocolate melting chips
- Sprinkles assorted
Instructions
- Melt milk chocolate chips in microwave and stir until smooth
- Cool at room tempurature for 20 minutes
- Line 8×8 dish with parchment paper
- Fold cool whip into cooled chocolate until well combined
- Pour into prepared dish
- Freeze for 30 minutes then remove from dish and cut into approximately 30 pieces
- Place pieces on parchment paper line baking sheet and freeze for 30 minutes
- Melt dark chocolate, dip pieces to cover, place on lined baking sheet, decorate with sprinkles
- Store in freezer until ready to serve & enjoy!
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