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I love chocolate. It’s definitely my favorite dessert because it can be used in so many different ways and it tastes delicious! I’ve always wanted to try making my own chocolate candies and when I got this adorable Disney ice cube tray on sale at the Disney Store, I knew it would be perfect. I love the different shapes in this mold– it’s a great mix of theme park and character items and the silicone makes molding and removing super easy.

red candies shaped like Mickey's pants and Minnie's Bow, a chocolate castle shaped candy, and a chocolate mickey shaped candy

To make my candies, I decided to use light cocoa and red Wilton candy melts. Candy melts are designed to be easily melted and are a great low-cost option for candy making. You can also use any kind of chocolate broken into pieces, but you’ll need to make sure it is tempered correctly to get a nice shine. Since I don’t have all of the tools to properly temper chocolate for candy making, I found the candy melts to be a great alternative.

a castle shaped chocolate a top an orange

I decided to use light cocoa candy melts as my base and then add a little bit of orange extract to give the candies a nice orange flavor. Since most liquids will make chocolate and candy melts freeze up, make sure any flavoring you use is oil-based. To add some color, I melted some red candy melts to use as a drizzle and also made a few red colored candies as well. If you don’t have any colored candy melts, you can also use an oil-based food coloring to dye white chocolate or white candy melts red or any color you’d like.

a mix of disney shaped candies--mickey head, minnie bow, castle, goofy hat, donald hat, acorn, mickey pants, mickey balloons.

I hope you enjoy these candies as much as I did!

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Orange Chocolate Disney Candies

These simple chocolates are a delicious Disney treat!

Course Dessert
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 18 candies

Ingredients

  • 12 oz bag of light cocoa candy melts
  • 10-12 red candy melts
  • 2-3 drops orange extract (oil based)

Special Equipment

  • 1 Disney shaped silicone mold
  • 2 disposable piping bags

Instructions

  1. Place light cocoa candy melts in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave candy melts at 50% power, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth. 

  2. Once melted, add a few drops of oil based orange extract and stir until incorporated.
  3. Fill a piping bag with the melted chocolate and cut off a small part of the tip.
  4. Using the piping bag, fill the molds with chocolate. Once filled, tap mold on the counter a few times to remove any air bubbles.

  5. Place mold in the freezer for 10-15 min. Cover a wire cooling rack with wax paper and set aside.

  6. Once chocolate is hardened, remove from the mold and place onto prepared cooling rack.

  7. Repeat steps 4-5 until all the chocolate in the piping bag is used.
  8. Place red candy melts in microwave safe bowl and microwave until smooth, stirring every 30 seconds.

  9. Fill a piping bag with the melted red candy melts and cut a small part of the tip off.

  10. Drizzle red chocolate over the molded candies. Place in refrigerator for 2-3 minutes or until the red drizzle has set. 

  11. Fill mold with any remaining melted red candy melts and freeze for 10-15 minutes.

  12. Keep chocolates in an airtight container and store in a cool, dry place.

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