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Chocolate Nonpareils Candy

Angela
Chocolate nonpareils candy is a homemade confection made up of rich chocolate discs with a rainbow nonpareil sprinkle coating on one side.  They are small sweet bites that you can pop in your mouth with a crunchy bottom and creamy chocolate top.  
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, French
Servings 80 pieces
Calories 29 kcal

Equipment

  • rimmed baking sheet

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bag milk chocolate chips 10-11 ounces
  • 1 container Wilton Rainbow Nonpareil Sprinkles 7.5 ounces

Instructions
 

  • To your rimmed baking sheet, pour on enough of the sprinkles to coat the bottom of the pan.  You will want one even layer.  I used about half of the 7.5oz container of Wilton Rainbow Nonpareil Sprinkles.  
  • In a double-boiler, simmer about an inch of water in the lower half. In the top half add the chocolate chips.  Over low heat, slowly stir the chocolate chips until they are melted and smooth.   
  • Once the chocolate is smooth and melted, transfer it into a pastry bag with a tiny tip or a Ziploc bag.   For a Ziploc bag, make sure to seal it tightly.  Then cut a VERY SMALL tip off the bottom corner. 
  • To the tray of nonpareil sprinkles, slowly make 1″ in diameter discs of chocolate on top of the round sprinkles.   To do this, gently squeeze the bag and either make small circles around & around to make a rippled-looking disc.  Or you can squeeze in one spot and let it spread in a circle. --- see above for more information and images.
    Leave a little space between each morsel. On my baking sheet, I got 10 rows of 8 for a total of 80 candies.
  • To set the chocolate, place the baking sheet carefully into your refrigerator.  It takes 1 hour for the nonpareil chocolates to harden.   
  • After an hour in the refrigerator, the chocolate discs should pull up off the baking sheet easily.  Simply grab each one off and place them in a bowl or on a plate to enjoy. 
  • LEFTOVER STORAGE -
    There will be a lot of leftover sprinkles on the baking sheet that didn’t get any chocolate, that is fine – they are still good to use next time. You can put them back into the Wilton container for the next dessert decorating recipe. 
    The best place is to store them in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.  If stored properly they will last for 3 months in the refrigerator.  You can freeze nonpareil candy also for up to 5 months

Notes

STORING:
  • Make sure to store in a cool dry place. They can be refrigerated and frozen to enjoy later.
 
NUTRITIONAL NOTE: The calories, carbs, etc will vary based on how big the candies are and the brands/ingredients used. The below information is an estimate. 

Nutrition

Calories: 29kcalCarbohydrates: 4gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPotassium: 12mgSugar: 4gCalcium: 3mg
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