Valentine's Day

31 Valentine's Day Candy Recipes

No store-bought Valentine's Day candy will ever compare to these homemade confections, including giant peanut butter cups, boozy gummies, and two-ingredient truffles.

By The Epicurious Editors

February 7, 2019

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Giant Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup
Turn their favorite candy into an elegant tart to impress your Valentine's Day date.
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2/31
Caramel Corn Clusters
Homemade caramel corn is so delicious you might be tempted to skip the Valentine’s Day dinner menu and skip to the end.
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Boozy Grapefruit-Pomegranate Gummy Candies
No, they're not precious gems, these sparkly crunchy treats are prime for mixing and matching your favorite flavors (with a splash of booze for good measure).
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3-Ingredient Peppermint Rocky Road Candies
To crush candies easily, minus any peppermint shrapnel, place them in a resealable plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin, meat mallet, or the back of a large spoon.
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Giant Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars
Buttery pat-in-pan shortbread takes the place of mass-produced cookies and gets smothered in from-scratch caramel and silken chocolate in this jumbo version of a classic candy.
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Two-Ingredient Truffles
All you need is chocolate and cream to make this easy Valentine’s Day treat.
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Chocolate-Almond Butter Cups
This is a perfect little bite-size Valentine’s Day dessert that is a much healthier take on our favorite name-brand treats.
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Salted Chocolate Halva
Salt and bittersweet chocolate lend a savory, sophisticated edge to this typically saccharine-sweet dessert.
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Candied Kumquats
A simmer and soak in sugar syrup glazes kumquats and liquifies their interiors so they taste like delicious shots of marmalade.
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Raw Peppermint Slice
With a wheat-free coconut-date cookie crumb–like crust, a creamy coconut layer, and a rich chocolate topping, these bar cookies will remind you of your favorite candy but taste so much better.
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Saffron–Rose Water Brittle with Pistachios and Almonds
This brittle recipe is a riff on an Iranian candy known as sohan. Its snappy texture and fragrant flavor pair well with bitter tea.
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Giant Chocolate Candy Bar with Peanuts and Nougat
The iconic chocolate bar filled with peanut-studded caramel and nougat is all about chewiness. Here, we put all of those flavors into a bar that's big enough to eat with a fork.
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Chocolate-Covered Peanuts
These easy-to-make peanuts will make you feel like a chocolatier assembling a world-class candy bar.
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3-Ingredient Maple-Pecan Fudge
This decadent, pecan-studded fudge is all about the flavor of pure maple syrup. Pair this with our classic chocolate fudge recipe for mix-and-match assortment.
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