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Candy Cane Chocolate Cups filled with Peppermint Mousse

Published: Nov 28, 2020 · Recipe by: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

These striped Candy Cane Chocolate Cups are so pretty and they are easier to make than you’d imagine. You can fill them with Peppermint Mousse, ice cream, pudding, candy, or nuts and serve for dessert or give as Christmas gifts.

These striped Candy Cane Chocolate Cups are so pretty and they are easier to make than you'd imagine. I have a video tutorial to show you how to make them in your own kitchen. Fill them with Peppermint Mousse, ice cream, pudding, candy, or nuts and serve for dessert or give as Christmas gifts.

There is no sweet treat that is more iconic at Christmas time than the candy cane.

Its simple design and red and white stripes are immediately recognizable.

I thought it would be fun to create red and white striped candy cane chocolate bowls for Christmas and was so thrilled with how they turned out.

Watch the video to see how they are made. You can also scroll down to see the step-by-step photos of the process.

White chocolate cups with red stripes are filled with peppermint mousse and bits of candy canes.

You can either use melted and tempered pure white chocolate or melted confectionery coating (Candy Melts) to make these candy cane cups. See my Chocolate Making Tips page for detailed information about working with both.

The pure white chocolate will taste wonderful, but just be aware that white chocolate is cream-colored so you won’t get a vibrant white stripe in your bowls. To achieve a pure white, you’ll need to use Bright White Candy Melts.

For the red, you can color your white chocolate using oil-based candy coloring or simply use red candy melts. Just don’t mix the two types of chocolate together. Use either Candy Melts or White Chocolate.

To fill your cups you can use White Chocolate Peppermint Mousse as I did or you can fill them with Peppermint Stick Ice Cream for a festive look or some Christmas candies or even nuts.

How to make red and white striped Candy Cane Chocolate Cups.

I snapped these pictures while I was experimenting with these bowls. You’ll notice I piped a few more lines of the red-colored chocolate over the white chocolate than I do in the video. This does make the cups look a bit different.

You can choose the number of stripes you prefer when you make your cups at home.

Balloons

  • Blow up your balloons so that they are about 3-4 inches in diameter.
    • You need to use rather thick balloons to make your chocolate cups. Do not use water balloons as they are too thin. I used 5-inch latex balloons that I got at a party supply store. You should not be able to see through the balloon before it’s blown up.
    • Use new balloons. Old ones may lose their elasticity and will stick.

Peppermint Mousse

  • See the recipe for the peppermint mousse, here.

Printable Recipe

These striped Candy Cane Chocolate Cups are so pretty and they are easier to make than you'd imagine. I have a video tutorial to show you how to make them in your own kitchen. Fill them with Peppermint Mousse, ice cream, pudding, candy, or nuts and serve for dessert or give as Christmas gifts.
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Candy Cane Chocolate Cups
Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 
Red and White Striped chocolate cups.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: candy cane, chocolate candy cups
Servings: 8
Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Ingredients
  • 16 ounces melted and tempered pure white chocolate or melted Candy Melts
  • 4 ounces pure white chocolate colored using red candy coloring or Red Candy Melts
Instructions
  1. Pour white chocolate into a bowl so that the chocolate is about 3 inches deep.
  2. Pour the red chocolate into a disposable pastry bag or zip-top bag.

  3. Cut the tip off the bag.

  4. Pipe 5 to 7 lines of red chocolate over the top surface of the white chocolate.

    pipe red stripes over top of the white chocolate
  5. Dip one balloon into the bowl of chocolate to cover about 2/3rd's of the balloon.
    Dip a balloon into white chocolate with red stripes.
  6. Lift the balloon out of the chocolate and allow the excess chocolate to drip off.
    Lift the balloon out of the white chocolate.
  7. Set the balloon on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

    Set the white chocolate dipped balloon onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
  8. Repeat by piping the same number of red stripes over the bowl of white chocolate.
  9. Dip another balloon.
  10. Repeat.
  11. If using pure white chocolate, refrigerate the balloons until the chocolate sets.
  12. If using Candy Melts, place the balloons in the freezer for about 3 minutes.
  13. Remove and let sit for one minute.
  14. Then, cut a small hole near the knot on the balloon to allow the air to escape.

  15. Tug and pull the balloons out of the chocolate cups.
    Remove the balloon from the candy cane chocolate bowl.
  16. Fill with

    White Chocolate Peppermint Mousse

    , ice cream, pudding, candy or nuts.

This recipe was originally published on December 9, 2016.

If you are looking for other festive treats to make for Christmas, you might also like these…

Dress up your holiday table by serving some of these pretty Christmas desserts. See all the recipes at HungryHappenings.com.

Peppermint Bark Dessert • Peppermint Mousse Cake
Red and Green Tie Dye Cake • Peppermint Bark Balloons Bowls
Grinch Candy Cups • Santa Suit Candy Cups
Almond Nougatine Candy Cups • Peppermint Swirl Mousse Cake

If you recreate these Candy Cane Chocolate Cups
be sure to link to this tutorial and send a picture to beth@hungryhappenings.com,
so I can share it in my Readers’ Gallery.

About the Author, Beth Jackson Klosterboer

Beth is a professional chocolatier, recipe developer, event planner, and cookbook author who loves to make fun food.

Read More about Beth...

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Comments

  1. Sara's Sweet Surprise

    December 22, 2016 at 3:19 pm

    Beth~per usual…a wonderful “sweet surprise!”
    I’ll be sharing your post on my second blog at Facebook.
    https://www.facebook.com/sarasweetsurprise/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

    Sweet wishes,
    Sara

    Reply
  2. lisa@hooplapalooza

    December 11, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    OMG! these are insanely christmas cooool! only YOU woulda thought about making them striped! girl i gotta get your brain :>O :>D!

    Reply
    • Beth

      December 12, 2016 at 2:52 pm

      LOL! Some days I feel I only have half a brain, maybe that’s when someone else is using it. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Diana Pike

    December 11, 2016 at 7:34 am

    You are brilliant! I will be making these this Christmas for sure!

    Reply
    • Beth

      December 11, 2016 at 6:49 pm

      That’s great! I hope you have fun making your chocolate cups. 🙂

      Reply

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