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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 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 ⅔rd'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.

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Store unfilled candy cane cups in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.
Fill the cups with mousse before serving.