These chocolate lollipops are a satisfying and beautiful chocolate treat full of the dried fruit, freeze dried fruit, and nuts of your choice.

Making chocolate lollipops from home is easier than you think! Not only are they beautiful and satisfying, but they come together quickly and are simple to customize to your tastes.

This recipe was inspired by chocolate lollipops that we ate in Bordeaux when we lived there. They had dried kiwi and dried strawberries on them, and they were just satisfying. We decided to recreate them at home and so this recipe was born. If you love chocolate and fruit together, try our Chocolate Covered Pumpkin Stuffed Dates or Fall Chocolate Bark.

Dried fruit and nuts in a chocolate lollipop.

What makes this recipe great

It is simple to make. All you need is the chocolate mold, lollipop sticks, and recipe ingredients.
It is simple to customize. Use your favorite nuts, dried fruits or freeze dried fruits. You can also use any type of chocolate that you want.
These chocolate lollipops make beautiful gifts or decor.

Recipe ingredients

Ingredients needed to make chocolate lollipops.

Chocolate chips– dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate, white chocolate, dairy-free chocolate all work here. Enjoy life chocolate chips are dairy-free and gluten-free, HU chocolate chips are Paleo.
Dried fruit-we found that raisins, apricots, and figs tasted really good with the chocolate. Freeze dried fruits work great as well. Freeze dried strawberries were taste great here as well.
Nuts– almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, peanuts all work here.

See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

Additions/ Substitutions

You could use an orange oil or mint extract to season the melted chocolate.
Feel free to use the dried fruit of your choice, fruit dried kiwi to dried cherries or cranberries. The sky is the limit.

Step by step instructions

Adding the dried fruit and nuts to lollipop molds.

Step 1

Step 1: Arrange the dried fruit and nuts into the bottom of the chocolate mold.

Step 2

Step 2: Add the lollipop sticks.

Pouring chocolate into the chocolate molds.

Step 3

Step 3: Melt your chocolate in the microwave and pour into chocolate molds.

The melted chocolate on the lollipop molds.

Step 4

Step 4: Make sure the melted chocolate is poured into every mold.

Step 5

Step 5: Add more dried fruit on top of the melted chocolate.

The chocolate lollipops out of the fridge.

Step 6

Step 6: Put the lollipop mold into the refrigerator for an hour.

Expert tips

We like to melt the chocolate in these awesome silicone mixing bowls. They bend, which makes it really simple to pour the chocolate without a mess.
Make sure not to burn your chocolate as you melt it, otherwise it will be become hard and difficult to manage. That is why it is important to heat the chocolate up slowly. That is why we only heat the chocolate in 30 second batches in the microwave.

Prep 1 hourTotal 1 hourMakes 5

Ingredients

3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1/2 tsp melted coconut oil, or olive oil
Dried fruit or freeze dried fruit of your choice, raisins, goji berries, pumpkin seeds, dried figs, almonds, freeze dried strawberries etc

Method

In a microwave safe bowl, mix the chocolate chips with your oil. Put the bowl into the microwave for 30 seconds, then mix everything around. Heat for another 30 seconds, mix everything around again. If the chocolate isn't completely melted at this point, heat for another 20-30 seconds and mix. Set the melted chocolate aside.
Arrange the dried fruit in the pattern of your choice, in the chocolate candy molds, put the lollipop sticks into the mold, then top the individual chocolate molds with chocolate until the mold is full. ( If you want to make the chocolate easier to pour, heat it in the microwave for 15 extra seconds). Smooth out with a knife if you need to.
Top the chocolate filled molds with dried fruit to make double sided lollipops, again arrange the dried fruit in the pattern of your choice.
Put the mold into the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Lift the lollipop sticks upward, and the chocolate lollipops should pop out of the mold easily.

Notes

We like to melt the chocolate in these awesome silicone mixing bowls . They bend, which makes it really simple to pour the chocolate without a mess.
Make sure not to burn your chocolate as you melt it, otherwise it will be become hard and difficult to manage. That is why it is important to heat the chocolate up slowly. That is why we only heat the chocolate in 30 second batches in the microwave.

Dried Fruit: Chocolate Lollipops