Chocolate Raspberry Sticks are made with a delicious raspberry jelly filling dipped in melted chocolate. Simple chocolate candy recipe that is so easy to make!
You can normally find boxes of Sweets chocolate raspberry sticks in the store around the holidays, but making them at home is so much more fun and can easily become a new tradition. After making some homemade orange sticks, I realized that milk chocolate covered raspberry jellies sounded incredible and do you know what? It was!
WHAT ARE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY STICKS?
Chocolate Raspberry Sticks are a candy that is most easily found in stores during the holiday season. This is candy that has a raspberry jelly filling that is dipped in chocolate. These chocolate candies can be stored at room temperature for days and make the perfect gift for friends and neighbors. The raspberry flavor comes from raspberry Jello, so you can easily swap that out with any flavor you prefer!
Can I use any kind of chocolate?
If you can melt it, you can use it. While I recommend using chocolate specifically meant for melting, like almond bark or Wilton melting wafers just because they’re easier, you can use your own melting chocolate of choice. Just make sure that you can get it nice and smooth once it’s melted so that it can easily coat the jelly sticks.
Do I have to use milk chocolate?
Nope! I used milk chocolate (and a drizzling of white chocolate) but you can use whichever type of chocolate you want. Milk chocolate raspberry jellies taste great, but so would dark chocolate. They would even taste great with white chocolate too! Pick your favorite or mix and match for a colorful batch!
Chocolate Raspberry Stick Ingredients
Unflavored gelatin – You will need 1 1/2 tablespoons of unflavored gelatin. Unflavored gelatin usually comes in a box that has small little packets. You will need 2 of the little packets to get the needed amount.
Jello – You need a large (6 oz) box of raspberry Jello. Cherry and strawberry taste amazing as well, but I really love raspberry the most. Pick any flavor you’d like!
Sugar – One cup of granulated sugar is needed to make the candied raspberry jelly mixture.
Water – You need a half cup of cold water to dissolve the gelatin in. You need 3/4 cup of hot water (hot tap water is fine) to mix with the sugar and Jello to help dissolve it before boiling.
Raspberry extract – Just a half teaspoon of raspberry extract will intensify the raspberry flavor even more.
Chocolate – You need 12 ounces of melting chocolate or chocolate almond bark. Regular milk chocolate pairs so well with the raspberry flavor, but dark chocolate is also amazing and white chocolate works as well. Use whatever kind of chocolate you like best!
How to Make Chocolate Raspberry Sticks Recipe
In a small bowl, soften the unflavored gelatin in cold water and then set aside.
In a medium-sized pot on the stove, combine the sugar, raspberry Jello and hot water. Continue stirring until everything is dissolved. Bring the jello to a boil over medium-high heat. Add in the gelatin mixture and then slowly boil on medium-low heat for 20 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and then stir in the raspberry extract.
Use non-stick spray to prepare the molds you will be using. Carefully pour the mixture into the well-greased molds. I purchased this mold from Amazon, but before I had the mold, I used several mini loaf pans and the loaf pans work just as well as the silicone mold.
Let stand over night and then remove the jellied raspberry mixture from the molds. Cut the candy into the desired shape. If you use the same molds that I did, you will just need to slice each rectangle in half to create the thin rectangles that are very similar to the store-bought chocolate raspberry sticks. If you use a mini loaf pan, you will need to make slices that are about 1/3″ wide.
Now it’s time to melt the chocolate. If you are using melting wafers or Candiquik, just follow the melting directions on the package. Dip the sliced rectangles into the melted chocolate. Place the dipped chocolates on wax paper.
If you’d like to make them look a little bit fancier, you can drizzle a little white chocolate on top just for fun. Just make sure the chocolate coating is set and dried before adding the drizzle.
CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY STICKS
Ingredients
- 2 packets unflavored gelatin about 1 1/2 Tbsp
- 6 oz. box raspberry flavored Jello
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup hot water
- ½ cup cold water
- ½ tsp raspberry extract
- 12 oz melting chocolate or chocolate almond bark
Instructions
- In a small bowl, soften the unflavored gelatin in cold water and then set aside.
- In a medium-sized pot on the stove, combine the sugar, raspberry Jello and hot water. Continue stirring until everything is dissolved. Bring the jello to a boil over medium-high heat. Add in the gelatin mixture and then slowly boil on medium-low heat for 20 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and then stir in the raspberry extract.
- Use non-stick spray to prepare the molds you will be using. Carefully pour the mixture into the well-greased molds. I purchased this mold from Amazon, but before I had the mold, I used several mini loaf pans and the loaf pans work just as well as the silicone mold.
- Let stand over night and then remove the jellied raspberry mixture from the molds. Cut the candy into the desired shape. If you use the same molds that I did, you will just need to slice each rectangle in half to create the thin rectangles that are very similar to the store-bought chocolate raspberry sticks. If you use a mini loaf pan, you will need to make slices that are about 1/3″ wide.
- Now it’s time to melt the chocolate. If you are using melting wafers or Candiquik, just follow the melting directions on the package. Dip the sliced rectangles into the melted chocolate. Place the dipped chocolates on wax paper.
- If you’d like to make them look a little bit fancier, you can drizzle a little white chocolate on top just for fun. Just make sure the chocolate coating is set and dried before adding the drizzle.
Nutrition
WHAT KIND OF CHOCOLATE IS BEST FOR CANDY MAKING?
If you can melt it, you can use it. While I recommend using chocolate specifically meant for melting (like Wilton melting wafers or Candiquik), you can use your own melting chocolate of choice. Just make sure that you can get it nice and smooth once it’s melted so that it can easily coat the jelly sticks. I think that milk chocolate pairs best with the raspberry flavor, but you can also use dark chocolate or white chocolate instead if you prefer.
HOW TO STORE HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY STICKS
You can store these for a week at room temperature (maybe longer, but they’ve never lasted that long at my house!) and they still taste fresh! They taste great chilled too, so you can store them in the refrigerator for at least 2-3 weeks in an airtight container.
Can I Use other Shape Molds?
Absolutely! You can use any silicone mold shape you want to create fun shapes. Imagine hearts around Valentine’s Day, or mini donuts either would be well received. You can adjust the molds to fit themes, holidays and events.
Can I Use a Different Flavor of Jello?
Absolutely! While raspberry, orange and even blue raspberry are pretty popular flavors, there is nothing holding you back from trying other jello flavors like black cherry, lime, or lemon. Try whatever flavor you’d like!
Tools for Making These Raspberry Candy Sticks
While making these chocolate covered jelly sticks is easy, there are a few products that can help to make your experience MUCH easier. Here are some things I recommend using if you plan to recreate this recipe at home.
- Pyrex 3-piece glass measuring cup set
- Stainless saucepan with cover
- Glass bowl set, 10 pieces
- 3-piece silicone spatula set
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Chocolate Raspberry Sticks are made with a delicious raspberry jelly filling dipped in melted chocolate. Simple chocolate candy recipe that is so easy to make!
Martina says
Made these today they were good just wondering what you can do to make them a little more firm? Maybe 3 unflavored gelatin? And I’m freezing hope they will still be ok?
Nicole says
more gelatin could work, although i havent tried it. I do recommend making sure to cook it long enough and to let it set at room temperature overnight to help them set. Placing them into the fridge or freezer before they have set will cause them to not set up properly and to remain soft.