Buttercream Candies

Buttercream Candies- Making homemade candy at home is easy with this recipe!   A creamy buttercream candy coated in smooth chocolate makes these a lovely and decadent treat. 

With Easter just around the corner, I got myself feeling nostalgic  for buttercream candies.  My mom wouldn't make these, but, would get a each a large buttercream egg from Fannie May each year. They were soooo good.

When I found this recipe a few years ago, we lived in Vermont and getting Fannie May wasn't so simple and making them seemed like the logical choice.

This recipe is so simple!  No candy thermometer needed, just a little patience while waiting for them to set.  ;) 

Ingredients Needed

• Butter
• Powdered sugar
• Whipping cream
• Vanilla
• Chocolate chips
• Shortening
• Extra Products I Used:
• Rainbow sprinkles (for topping)
• Coarse sea salt (for topping)

Recipe Tips & Notes: 

• If you are melting your chocolate chips/shortening in the microwave, do this in 30 second intervals, to prevent the chocolate from burning.
• Don't forget to refrigerate the candy filling before rolling it into balls.  Your filling will be on the softer side and placing it in the fridge will firm it up a bit.  
• When rolling the filling into balls, it may get a little sticky the longer you work with it.  To help out with this, you can do two things.  First, place the filling back into the fridge to get cold again or coat your hands with a bit of powdered sugar when rolling.  Makes life a little easier.
• After rolling your filling into balls,  place them into the freezer for at least an hour.  Freezing them is going to prevent them from getting too soft from the warm chocolate.   Make sure you freeze them for the full hour or if you wish, you can freeze them for longer, even  overnight, if needed. 
• Want to top them with sprinkles/topping?  Do this before the chocolate sets.  I gave some of ours an extra drizzle of chocolate.  This can be done after the chocolate set.
• Keep any leftovers in the refrigerator or if you wish, the freezer.

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