Meyer Lemon Filled Chocolates

Believe it or not these Meyer Lemon Filled Chocolates are super easy to make at home, and you can customize the chocolate and the filling in countless variations!

*This post is in association with Chocoley ~ a fabulous online source for everything you need to make homemade candy.  Thanks for supporting me and my brand partners, I promise to bring you only the very best.

I was going to include the word ‘fancy’ in the title of this post, because these candies do look awfully fancy, but then I thought you’d get the entirely wrong idea about them, they’re a cinch to make!  I teamed up with my favorite diy chocolate making site, Chocoley, to share them with you.  I was amazed at how quickly I was able to create these gorgeous filled chocolates, it was as easy as melting the chocolate…the mold does all the work, and you get to take the credit…good deal!  I set aside an afternoon for the project and I was finished in no time…I actually had time to wrap the stack of presents that I’ve been tripping over all week.  I’m sorry, but cookies are so yesterday, my friends are getting chocolate for Christmas.

Making your own filled chocolates taps into those candy fantasies that set in when we were kids…remember Gumdrop Mountain?  And just like anything else you make homemade, you can actually make better candy than you can buy, with fresher, higher quality ingredients.  AND you can do it so much more affordably.  Last Christmas I was browsing in a fancy little shop and as I was checking out, there were uber cute chocolate candies for sale on the counter.  I grabbed one and popped it in my mouth before asking how much…they were $6 A PIECE!!  Never again… now I make my own.

On the Chocoley site you will find the melting chocolate, the molds, and even flavor extracts to make an endless variety of candies in your own special favorite flavors.  Me?  I dream of citrus, so I made a dark chocolate candy filled with tart Meyer lemon.  To.  Die.  For.

You can choose from tons of different shaped molds, I like these small intricate shapes.  All you have to do is melt the chocolate, fill the molds about half full, and then swish the chocolate around with a small paintbrush to coat the entire surface.  That sets up in the fridge briefly, and then you can add your filling.  My filling is a very intense lemon, and it’s more liquid than a cream, so I drizzled it in and then topped it with a final coat of chocolate.  The whole thing takes just minutes to do and I was amazed at how easily the chocolate pops right out of the molds.  They have a gorgeous sheen to them, too.

I wanted a very lemony filling for these, so I just mixed pure Meyer lemon juice with confectioner’s sugar for a super tangy flavor.  You could also make a lemon buttercream for a milder effect.

If you’re into this idea of making your own chocolates, why not go for the big guns ~ I’ll show you how to make Homemade Ferrero Rocher Truffles that are literally better than the originals.  And if simpler is more your style, try my Grand Marnier Truffles ~ they don’t take any cooking skill at all!

I highly recommend Chocoley, it’s a virtual wonderland for do-it-yourself chocolatiers.  If you still need a last minute gift for a foodie in your life, a gift certificate to this site would be great.  Or maybe you just want to get a jump on Valentine’s Day.   I’d like one of everything :)

notes:

• Try filling these dark chocolates with a dab of homemade peanut or almond butter…mmmmmmmm!
• If Meyer lemons are your jam, there are lots more opportunities to incorporate them into dessert ~ how about a Meyer Lemon Pudding Cake?  Or there’s always the classic,  Meyer Lemon Bars.  And if you’re a purist, did you know you can make Candied Meyer Lemons?

Products I used for this project:

• Bada Bing Bada Boom Candy & Molding Formula – Dark
• Plastic Sheet Mold – Fancy Rounds
  

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