50+ Healthy Homemade Candies :: Gluten & Grain-Free, Paleo

{Note from Jessica: Today’s post is shared by my sweet friend, Raia, author of Raia’s Recipes. Raia is a homeschooling, stay-at-home mom of five crazy kids. After the birth of her third child, she was diagnosed with celiac disease. This discovery turned her bread and pasta-filled life upside down and set her on a mission to find out what healthy meant for her family. Aspiring to encourage other moms, she started her blog filled with simple, easy, healthy dishes. Stop by Raia’s Recipes to get plenty of real food, gluten-free recipes and much more!}

Need some healthy options for your sweet tooth? Give any one of these 50+ Healthy Homemade Candies a try. They’re not only free of refined sugars and artificial sweeteners and flavors, they’re actually full of nutrition!

I must admit, before going gluten-free, I wasn’t much of a candy fan. My exposure was only that which most “normal” people find in the grocery store aisles and check-out lines. I was not impressed.

But since giving up gluten and processed foods, I’ve discovered a whole new world of dessert: homemade candy. Who knew that making candy could be so easy and so nutritious?

Today I’ve rounded up over 50 delicious and healthy homemade candies for you! There’s no need to compromise your health to satisfy your sweet tooth.

FUDGE

Chocolate Maple Fudge

Chocolate Nut Butter Fudge

Coconut Pecan Cocoa Fudge

Easy Paleo Vegan Fudge

Peanut Butter Chocolate Freezer Fudge (pictured)

Peppermint Black Bean Fudge

Superfudge

Quick & Easy Nut Butter Freezer Fudge

CHOCOLATES

5-Ingredient Chocolate Meltaways (pictured)

Browned Butter Chocolates

Cacao Kisses

Dark Chocolate Bark 3 Ways

Dark Chocolate Superfood Candy Bars

SMALL BITES

Chocolate Coconut Fudge Bites

Chocolate Covered Coconut Bites (pictured)

Chocolate Pumpkin Butter Cups

Coconut Peanut Butter Balls

Decadent Spicy Raw Carob Hemp Bites

Double Layer Carob Fudge Bites

Mint Chocolate Sunflower Bites

Nut Butter Cups

Raw Coconut Snowballs

Raw Peanut Butter Coconut Bites

Sesame Chocolate Nutty Bites

BARS & BARK

Coconut Bars

Coconut Chocolate Bars (pictured)

Dark Chocolate Coconut Bars

Homemade Candy Bars with “Caramel” + Marshmallow Nougat

Homemade Healthy Mounds

Homemade Toffee with Dark Chocolate & Almonds

Maple Coconut Bars

Raw Chocolate Bark With Tangerine and Goji Berries

Sea Salted Cookie Dough Bark

TRUFFLES

3 Ridiculously Easy Chocolate Truffle Recipes

Frango Mint Truffles

Raw Peanut Butter Vanilla Truffles with Chocolate Ganache

Super Easy Raw Peanut Butter Truffles 

White Chocolate Peppermint Truffles

Vegan Carob Truffles (pictured)

FRUITS

Banana Nut Butter Bites

Coconut & Avocado Grasshopper Bars

Lemon Lime Coconut Candy (pictured)

Mango Coconut Date Ball Fudge Babies

Pacific Island Papaya Coconut Fudge Babies

Strawberry Coconut Bites

NUTS & SEEDS

10 Minute Paleo Salted Dark Chocolate Nut & Fruit Clusters

Caramel Glazed Candies Macadamia Nuts

Chewy Pumpkin Spice Candy

Coconut Almond Candy Clusters (GAPS legal – woohoo!)

Easy Chia Fruit & Nut Bars

Low carb and Keto Chocolate Candy Kisses (Baci)

Mixed Halva Treats

Peanut Butter Turtles

Sesame & Coconut Halva (pictured)

Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Candy

MISCELLANY

Butter Candy

Homemade Chocolate Lollipops

Homemade Marshmallows

Honey Sweetened Cinnamon Marshmallows (pictured)

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Thank you do all these bloggers who let me share their amazing recipes!

Almost Bananas, GAPS Diet Journey, It Takes Time, Life Currents, Living Sweet Moments, the Nourished Caveman, Our Small Hours, Raia’s Recipes, Recipes to Nourish, the Rising Spoon, Strength & Sunshine, Tessa the Domestic Diva, There’s A Cook In My Kitchen, This Is So Good, Unconventional Baker.

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Have you ever tried making your own candy? What’s your favorite?