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These Chocolate-Covered Raspberries have an amazing sweet-tart flavor and are perfectly juicy when you pop them into your mouth over and over again! Don’t be shy, dig in! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Move over, chocolate-covered cherries. There’s a new chocolate-covered candy king: chocolate-covered raspberries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think about it: why should cherries have all the fun? Because if we’re being honest, maraschino cherries are waaaay less fun than fresh raspberries. They’re painfully sweet, barely related to their fresh cherry cousins, and are comprised of approximately 68% red dye, 30% sugar, and 2% actual cherry. Fresh raspberries, on the other hand, have an amazing sweet-tart flavor, a perfectly juicy texture, and are just begging to be dipped in fondant and smothered with semi-sweet chocolate. Their wish is my command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So yes, despite their name, these aren’t simply raspberries that have been dipped in chocolate. You’re all smart cookies, and probably don’t need a recipe for that. Instead, I’ve added the intermediate step of dipping the raspberries in melted fondant, which is how chocolate-covered cherries are made. After a period of sitting, the hard fondant coating liquefies, so that the raspberries are surrounded by a sweet fluid inside of the chocolate shell. It’s more precarious for your clothes and dignity when you bite into them, sure, but it’s also more delicious. And isn’t that a worthy trade-off?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve created a super-scientific flow chart to illustrate this complicated process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I apologize for the glut of pictures, but I couldn’t stop myself from taking dozens (hundreds! thousands!) of shots. I love the contrast between the fresh berries and the glossy satin of the chocolate coating—it so perfectly represents the contrasting flavors and textures of the candy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These pictures were taken about 12 hours after the candies were made, and as you can see from the cut candies, the fondant had started to liquefy but obviously hadn’t fully liquefied yet. I like it because you can actually see the fondant layer in the candies, while also getting a sense of how juicy they will become. They’re fully liquid and ready to eat after about 2 days, and I’d say they’ll last about 5 days total (refrigerated) assuming you start with berries that aren’t near their expiry date in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, if you just can’t wait the 2 days before eating them, they’re still delicious, and the fondant layer just adds a bit of soft sweetness to the candy. So if you’re not one for delayed gratification, don’t let the waiting time deter you—you can skip it entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Berry season is coming to an end all too soon, but you can make the best of the remaining season by trying this candy before it’s too late. I promise, you may never look at cherry cordials the same way, once you’ve tried it with fresh raspberries instead. The combination of soft, fresh berry, sweet juice, and rich chocolate is amazing<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And why stop with raspberries? I imagine this would work equally well with blackberries or boysenberries. (I’m a little unsure about blueberries, but I imagine there’s some enterprising sugarhero out there who should give it a try and report how it goes.) If you’re not too scarred by maraschino cherry associations, you could even try it with pitted fresh cherries and see what a fantastic difference it makes to use flavorful, fresh produce. The recipe is multi-step and somewhat time consuming, I admit, but it’s also a real showstopper, and I think it will become one of my summer traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don’t miss our collection of Fun Valentine’s Day Dessert Ideas<\/strong> – see the whole web story here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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