With the holiday season being in full force, I noticed that our local grocery store was stocking up on cranberries. Not cranberry sauce or dried cranberries {or craisins rather}, but full on cranberries. I realized that I had never eaten a cranberry just plain before. Like, ever. I didn’t even know how to eat them plain! Sounds weird, right? But chances are, you just realized the same thing too, huh? 😉 Anyway, because of all of this, I looked up how to eat cranberries and every site said the same thing – cranberries are edible, but they are very bitter/sour. I thought to myself, “Well, I like sour things. They can’t be that bad”, as I popped a couple in my mouth. Trust me when I say that they were that bad. I don’t know why they would even sell the dang things unless it was for this recipe right here. Because let me tell you – these babies are delicious! They make those bitter/sour cranberries taste like something straight outta heaven.
White Chocolate Covered Cranberries
Makes 12 oz. white chocolate cranberries
Ingredients:
- 16 oz. dipping white chocolate {I used Candiquik}
- 12 oz. bag cranberries
Directions:
- Melt chocolate according to package directions.
- Dip cranberries into the chocolate with a fork and let the excess run off.
- Place on wax paper and let chocolate harden.
Super easy, right? And yet they’re pretty and delicious!
-Sarah
Haha you are so cute my friend. I made my own cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving from real cranberries… but really that’s all I have ever used them fore.
I love the way these look, and they seem like the perfect thing to nibble on–not too sweet, but the chocolate would offset the tartness of the cranberry.
What a cute idea!
Oh my! Those are too cute to eat!
This sounds sooooo yummy! Going to dip some in milk and dark chocolate, too, for contrast.
I have had these before and they are good. The mother of an old boyfriend of mine made these every Christmas but she made some in white chocolate and some in milk chocolate. I think dark chocolate would be really good too. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Not only is this is gorgeous photo, I bet those cranberries were delicious!!
I eat cranberries with Hershey bars! The tart and sweet is one if my favorite snacks (desserts?) whenever cranberries come out in stores!
I love eating cranberries with Hershey bars! One of my favorite snacks (desserts?) at this time of year!
I’ve made my own cranberry sauce, but never eaten one alone, either. Covered in white chocolate sounds pretty good!
This is AMAZING! Perfect for my Thanksgiving dessert bar. Can’t wait to make these!
your photos are stunning!
What an awesome idea! These look fantastic and I have some cranberries in the freezer right now.
It looks beautiful but cranberries are so sour bitter that it’s hard to believe that coating in white chocolate would be enough to make them edible. I don’t think I’ll take a chance on this one 🙂
You would think that they would still taste bitter and awful, but they actually taste pretty amazing!
You will miss out on the yummiest Thanksgiving/Christmas treat Ever!!
I promise!
I don’t care for white chocolate at all.
But these are Amazing!!
I always buy several bags at Christmas time and freeze them. I used a handful or two to put into fruit smoothies. The bitterness is masked by all the other fruits etc. YUM! With chocolate, however, would be the best!
That’s awesome! A lot of people think these would be gross because cranberries are so bitter. I don’t think they realize that you just need a little sweetness to take care of that! They taste so good. 🙂
Love your recipes!!!!!
You can get arrested for stalking! The do look good though, so I don’t blame you. Seriously going to try this.
Bahaha! That’s embarrassing. I promise I know the difference between stalking and stocking! HA! Thanks for catching that for me. And I hope you tried them. You would think they would be too sour, but they’re amazing!!
I made these last year for my husband to take to his Christmas party at work. He said they were gone very, very fast. In fact, they were the first treat that ran out. People just loved them. I was shocked. That was the first time I had made them. I wasn’t even sure if people would care for them and debated upon sending them with him. So glad they were a huge hit! You can bet I’ll be making them again this year. They are waiting for me in the refrigerator. Time to get at it!
That is awesome! I’m so glad you told me this, because I’ve had a lot of flack for this recipe with people saying it’s crazy and not to even try it. I was seriously shocked by how good they were too when I first tried them. You would never guess that you’d WANT to eat raw cranberries, but this combo is addicting! I hope you set some extras aside for you this year. We have the ingredients waiting for us to make them this weekend too. 🙂 Merry Christmas!
My Nephew calls these nature’s ‘Gushers’ we love them
Hahaha this made me laugh! When you stop and think about it, that’s a totally appropriate name! Ha! So funny. Glad you love them! I was surprised by how much I love them too!
Do the cranberries have to be thawed or frozen?
These are absolutely delicious! I’m not crazy about any kind of chocolate but this combination really works very well. I dipped some individually and made break apart bark also.
I have a mini muffin tin. Could I put like maybe 2 or 3 cranberrires in each cup and pour melted white chocolate over them? Chill and then pop them out.
My grandmother used to make these with milk chocolate, but she poked a few holes in them and soaked them in 7up the night before dipping to sweeten the berry and give it more crunch.
I bought some of these in cranberry country Wisconsin – OMG I’m in love and will definitely be making these for the upcoming holidays. Highly recommend making & trying these! ????
How long will they keep in refrigerator?
do you need to keep these refrigerated after making them?
I’m obsessed with these….sooooo delicious!
I put two or three on a toothpick and dip in the melted white chocolate then put on wax paper to let harden. Am I doing something wrong?
I wouldn’t put them on a toothpick. I melt the chocolate in a bowl and then put 3-5 cranberries in at a time. I cover them completely with chocolate and then use a fork to retrieve them, since the extra chocolate can fall through the prongs, and I put them on wax paper to harden. Don’t puncture them though because then you’re battling the juice with the chocolate. Good luck! Let me know if you have more questions.
I had some white chocolate cranberries today and they were delicious. Hoping to make some myself.