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    You are here: Home / All Recipes / Copycat Chocolate Mounds Candy

    Copycat Chocolate Mounds Candy

    Published: November 27, 2016. Last Updated: November 18, 2022 by: Ginny McMeans

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    Glistening chocolate balls lined up on a white square plate with a red mat underneath.
    Two photos one above the other showing chocolate covered balls in a white square plate on a red mat.
    Two photos with rows of glistening chocolate balls on a square plate.
    Copycat Chocolate Mounds Candy is lined up straight 4 x 4 on a white square plate and set against a red mat.

    Copycat Chocolate Mounds Candy is based on the Mounds Bar. Four ingredients are all it takes to make the candy bar classic. Not exactly a copy-cat in looks but definitely in taste. Easy and perfect!

    Copycat Chocolate Mounds Candy is lined up straight 4 x 4 o a white square plate and set against a red mat.

    Chocolate Mounds Candy is inspired by the one and only original Mounds Bar. So simple and you don't have to cook to any specified temperature either. How easy is that!

    We are loving them so much and I'm afraid they won't make it to the freezer. I'd better make more and get them in the freezer before these are all gone.

    The old smoke and mirrors trick. That should work.

    How Do I Coat Copycat Chocolate Mounds Candy with Chocolate?

    • The easiest way I've found is to use two forks.
    • I don't use any oil in my chocolate to make it thinner because it still works great without it.
    • So I melt the chocolate in a bowl and place one ball in it at a time.
    • Start to roll it around with a fork until it's coated.
    • Take another fork and lift, from underneath. This will also give you a chance to wipe, one swipe, across the bowl rim so that you can remove the extra chocolate from the bottom of the ball.
    • Place on a clean cooling rack and remove the forks.
    • You can see in the photos that there are a few spikes and swirls in the chocolate. That comes from manipulating the chocolate candy with forks. Pretty!

    Chocolate Mounds Candy Balls recipe is based on the Mounds Bar. Four ingredients is all it takes to send you to chocolate ecstasy.

    When I was young one of my favorite favorite candy bars at the movie theater was the Mounds Bar.

    While waiting for the movie to start I read the wrapper - a lot. No cell phones back then.

    So at an early age, I knew that Peter Paul Company was the manufacturer. I even knew they were in Connecticut. I mean I'm about eight years old!

    You know what else they made? Almond Joy! Yep, read that wrapper too. I also have that copycat recipe. Just wait until you see what I did to Copycat Almond Joy Candy Bars.

    Wait, it's me that can't wait. I need to show you. 🙂

    Copycat Almond Joy Candy Bars are piled in a green jar with their googly eyes looking at you. Swirly chocolate hair and mouths are in scary and cuts poses.

    I don't know if I was an odd kid or not but I read the credits at the end of shows. At home too. Oh, yeah. Casper cartoons were produced by Harveytoons. I knew you'd want to know that.

    Oh! You know what else is odd?

    We use to go to the Lido theater in Newport Beach. Maybe one reason I kept my head down reading the wrapper is that they have a mural over all the walls and it was painted as if you were under the sea.

    You know what was in that mural? Sharks! I would imagine the walls could come to life and the water and sharks would come crashing down on us. I loved that theater.

    So, back to reality. While I was rolling up these sweet little balls I started wondering if Peter Paul was still the producer of Mounds bars and what their story is nowadays.

    As soon as I could I checked out Wikipedia. To make a long story very short they started in 1929 and Hershey's bought them in 1978. Boy! I bet they made lots of moolah!

    Chocolate Mounds Candy thickly coated in chocolate and placed in perfect rows on a white square plate. Set against a bright red mat.

    What Do You Think?

    If you take a photo of your deliciously perfect mounds candy I would love to see it. Follow me over on Instagram and tag me on your photo @vegan_in_the_freezer.

    Chocolate balles are lined up in staright rows on a white square plate with a red man and gold foil wrappers.

    Copycat Chocolate Mounds Candy

    Ginny McMeans
    Chocolate Mounds Candy is based on the Mounds Bar. Four ingredients is all it takes to make the candy bar classic.
    4.42 from 79 votes
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    Prep Time 29 mins
    Cook Time 1 min
    Total Time 30 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Candy
    Servings 36 Balls
    Calories 160 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • ½ cup dairy-free butter melted
    • 2 cups powdered sugar organic
    • 3 cups shredded coconut unsweetened
    • 16 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

    Instructions
     

    • Place a piece of wax paper in a cookie sheet (baking sheet). Set aside.
    • Melt the dairy free butter in the microwave. It only takes seconds.
    • Mix the melted butter, powdered sugar and shredded coconut in a Large Mixing Bowl.
    • Roll into about 36 balls.
    • Place back into the large bowl and refrigerate for about an hour. Until firm for rolling in chocolate.
    • Melt the chocolate. You can use a microwave or over a hot water bath.
    • Roll each ball in the chocolate, quickly, and lift with two forks. Place on the waxed paper that is on the cookie sheet.
    • Fill up the pan. You may need more than one. Try not to let them touch.
    • Place in the refrigerator when all done so that the chocolate can harden.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 2CandiesCalories: 160kcalCarbohydrates: 16gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gSodium: 42mgPotassium: 96mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 5IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 0.9mg
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

    Keep them in a container in the refrigerator and place out to serve to company.

    Chocolate Mounds Candy Balls recipe is based on the Mounds Bar. Not exactly a copy-cat but surely inspired.

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    1. Rose Perry

      November 29, 2022 at 1:06 pm

      5 stars
      this candy. sounds so easy to make and I like mounds so I'm going to try and make it myself this weekend

    2. Elizabeth

      December 08, 2022 at 5:01 am

      thank you for a simple recipe.
      haven't made them yet but I'm sure they'll be great.
      merry Christmas dear

    3. Christine

      December 22, 2022 at 4:34 am

      can you use my reg. butter in this recipe.

    4. Ginny McMeans

      December 28, 2022 at 7:31 pm

      The recipe would be fine with regular butter, it just would not be vegan. If being vegan doesn't matter to you then go for it.

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