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No-Sugar-Added Butter Cream Candies

Show someone special in your life (or yourself!) how much you love them by making these perfect, no-sugar-added buttercream candies!

Ingredients & Directions

Ingredients

  • Buttercream Filling:
  • 3⁄4 cup
    raspberries (or chopped strawberries)
  • 1⁄4 cup
    butter, softened
  • 1 oz
    cream cheese, softened
  • 1⁄2 cup
    powdered sweetener (erythritol based sweeteners work best)
  • 1⁄2 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • Chocolate Shell:
  • 3 oz
    LILY'S White Chocolate Style Baking Bar, chopped (the chips work too)
  • 3 oz
    LILY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Style Baking Bar, chopped (or use all the white or all of dark chocolate)
  • 1⁄2 oz
    cocoa butter

Directions

Equipment Needed 
blender blender
 saucepan saucepan
 large bowl large bowl
 freezer freezer
 silicone mold silicone mold
1

For the buttercream, puree the berries in a blender. Transfer to a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cook about 10 minutes to reduce the liquids (watch carefully so it doesn't burn).

2

In a large bowl, beat the butter, cream cheese, sweetener, and vanilla extract. Beat in the berry puree until well combined. The mixture should resemble a thin frosting.

3

For the chocolate shell, melt the chocolate with cocoa butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water (separate bowls if doing some white and some dark chocolate).

4

Use about 1 tsp to coat the bottom and sides of 12 silicone mini muffin liners or other candy molds. A small spoon works well for this. Freeze the cups until firm, about 30 minutes.

5

Remove the cups or molds from the freezer and coat any thin spots with a bit of additional chocolate. Spoon the buttercream into each, almost to the top. Use a wet finger to smooth down any peaks in the buttercream

6

Freeze at least 2 hours to firm up. Then gently reheat the remaining chocolate and spoon over the tops to cover the buttercream. Freeze or refrigerate until firm.

7

You should get about 12 to 14 candies, depending on the size of your cups or molds.


Recipe contributed by All Day I Dream About Food.