White Chocolate Covered Pineapple Candy

Creamy Pineapple Fondant Surrounds the Pineapple Chunk in These Tasty Candies

Mary Martin
Candy molds make these candies uniform and as lovely as they are tasty. Pineapple chunks are placed into white chocolate square; creamy pineapple fondant is drizzled into the square, and then it is sealed with more white chocolate.
Category
Appetizers and Snacks
Cuisine
American
Occasion
Party
Prep Time
 30 min
Cook Time
1 hrs  
Total Time
1 hrs  30 min

Ingredients

Serves 12
sheet of 12 1-inch square candy mold (Apollo 198)
1 8-oz can pineapple chunks
1 bag Nestle's White Chocolate Coating Disks
1 egg white
1 tbsp pineapple juice (drained from can)
1 cup powdered sugar

Directions for White Chocolate Covered Pineapple Candy

1
Pineapple Fondant
Combine the egg white, pineapple juice and powdered sugar in a small bowl. Stir to combine, then stir briskly to foam. Set aside.
2
Drain Pineapple Chunks
Place the individual pineapple chunks on sheet of paper toweling to drain until used. (I cut each chunk in two pieces to fit in the mold better.)
3
Candy Molds
Melt candy disks according to directions. (I melted small amounts in a glass custard cup in the microwave.) Place approximately 1 tsp melted chocolate in a mold square and use a small spoon, knife or brush to coat the entire square bottom and sides. Repeat to coat all of the mold squares. Place the mold in the freezer for one minute for the coating to become firm. Remove the mold and place one chunk of pineapple in each square. Drizzle 1/4 tsp of pineapple fondant over each pineapple chunk. Cover each square with melted white chocolate and spread or brush to edges of the mold to seal each square. Place the mold in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the mold from the freezer and turn upside down onto a sheet of waxed paper; the candies will fall from the mold. If the candies do not fall from the mold, place back in the freezer for a few more minutes and try again; when they are cold enough they will fall out of the mold freely.
4
Storage
Place single layers of the candies in a refrigerator container; separate each layer with a sheet of waxed paper. Allow two or three days for the fondant to age. Serve at room temperature.
Tip
One 8 oz can of pineapple chunks made three dozen candies when each pineapple chunk was cut in two pieces.

4 Comments

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  • Deanna Polito1/13/2011

    This recipe sounds really good! Thanks for sharing with us :)

  • Gretchen Lee Bourquin1/11/2011

    Sounds interesting. I never thought of pairing white chocolate and pineapple

  • Delicia Powers12/26/2010

    Yum..:.:0)

  • Sandy James12/22/2010

    This is different! I bet it's great in the summer!

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