Homemade Milky Way Candy Bars

These little candy bars were pretty easy to throw together. However, I was reminded how much I dislike dipping things. I just can’t get pretty looking candies when I dip things. No worries though because they tasted awesome and just like a Milky Way Bar.

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Homemade Milky Way Candy Bars

Ingredients:

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (8 oz.) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed

Kraft caramels, unwrapped

2 cups milk chocolate chips
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Directions:

Line an 8 or 9-inch square pan with wax paper.

In a medium bowl, melt semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave at fifty percent power, or use a double boiler.

Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat melted chocolate for about 30 seconds.

Add whipped topping to melted chocolate and beat until well combined and fluffy, 30-60 seconds more.

Spread chocolate mixture evenly into prepared pan (if mixture is too stiff, press into pan with lightly dampened hands). Place in freezer for 30 minutes.

Remove pan from freezer and turn chocolate mixture onto a cutting board; cut into one-inch squares. Return squares to freezer for another 15-20 minutes.

Melt the caramels according to package instructions (or make your own!). Allow caramel to cool slightly. Spread a small amount of caramel on top of each square of the chocolate mixture. Return squares to freezer for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, melt milk chocolate chips with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and stir until well combined. Dip frozen chocolate squares into melted chocolate to coat. Place on wax paper to set. Keep chocolates in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Recipe adapted from Let's Dish


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5 Responses to “Cannoli Cupcakes”

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    ~Bee — June 2, 2011 at 4:16 am

    Cannolis have to be one of my absolute favorite desserts… BOOKMARKING THIS! Yum!

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    Anonymous — September 30, 2012 at 3:36 am

    Love this idea…i felt they were kinda missing the crunch of the cannoli shell…so I used some broken up peices of storebought sugar ice cream cones as sone added garnish…perfect touch

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    Sarah — December 23, 2013 at 10:05 am

    Making these now for Christmas Day – they can be refrigerated that long if sealed, right?

    • beantownbaker — December 26th, 2013 @ 11:29 am

      Sorry for not replying sooner, I was offline for the holidays. The cupcakes can def be kept in the fridge for a couple days. Hope they turned out for you.

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    Michael — January 14, 2017 at 12:18 pm

    Tried the recipe, turned out way too loose to pipe Cheese was strained for 24 hours. Flavor was fine. Tried adding more powdered sugar to thicken it up. Didn’t work and eventually just tasted like sugar. Any suggestions?

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