2-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites

Posted on: November 16, 2024. Updated on: November 16, 2024.

by Carolina Gelen

cranberry chocolate bites

Got leftover cranberry sauce after Thanksgiving? These cranberry chocolate bites are the best thing to do with it. The frozen cranberry sauce develops an irresistible sorbet-like texture in the freezer. Dip it in chocolate and enjoy the sweet treat!

How to make cranberry chocolate bites?

Slice the jellied cranberry sauce into rounds. Place the cranberry rounds on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and freeze until solid, 2 to 3 hours.

Melt the chocolate. Dip the frozen cranberry rounds into melted chocolate, flipping on both sides to coat.

cranberry chocolate bites

Return to the baking sheet and repeat with remaining rounds.

Freeze until the chocolate has fully hardened, about 1 hour. Serve straight out of the freezer.

cranberry chocolate bites

Looking for other sweet treats?

Try my chocolate peanut butter mousse cups, cranberry pudding or mini apple pies.

2-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites

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Servings: 8
Prep: 30 minutes, plus chilling

Ingredients

1 x 14 oz can jellied cranberry sauce

400 g dark chocolate, chopped

Instructions

  1. Line a baking sheet (small enough to fit in your freezer) with parchment paper. Slice the jellied cranberry sauce into 8 rounds. Place the rounds on the baking sheet. If you’re not working with jellied cranberry sauce, simply dollop the cranberry sauce into small piles. Freeze the cranberry sauce for at least 2 hours, until the exterior is solid to the touch. The jelly should be easy to hold and not as bouncy to the touch, a texture similar to popsicles.
  2. In a microwave-safe bowl, add 300 grams of chocolate. Melt in the microwave, mixing at 15 second intervals. Add the remaining 100 g of chopped chocolate to the melted chocolate and mix until melted (a few chunks are fine).
  3. Remove the frozen cranberry rounds from the freezer. Working quickly, dip each round in chocolate, coating it on both sides, flipping it with two forks. Place the chocolate-covered cranberry round back on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining rounds. If the chocolate in the bowl hardens slightly, place it back in the microwave for a few seconds.
  4. Return the pan to the freezer. Freeze until the chocolate is fully hardened, at least 30 minutes.
  5. Store in the freezer up to a month.

Carolina Gelen

You may have seen my work on TV, Food Network, NYT Cooking, Food52 and more. I make recipes more fun and accessible for home cooks. I immigrated to the US from Transylvania, Romania—where I lived most of my life—in 2021 to pursue my passion for cooking full-time. Here you’ll find a collection of approachable recipes, from weeknight dinners to desserts, you’ll come back to over and over again. Some of my most popular recipes include my chicken paprikash, orange chicken roast with fennel and shallots or butter beans all vodka. Some recipes are inspired by my Romanian-Hungarian upbringing, and most definitely all come with that Transylvanian resourcefulness! I love a good thrift, so make sure to catch my thrift hauls every Sunday on my Instagram!

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3 thoughts on "2-Ingredient Cranberry Chocolate Bites"

  1. Brenda says:

    Hi
    This looks amazing!
    Can these be served not right out of the freezer as a take along to a function?
    I know we need to freeze them. Just curious
    Thank you

    1. Carolina Gelen says:

      The cranberry sauce will start oozing out of the chocolate as it thaws to room temperature, so they will be best straight out of the freezer.

  2. Sandie Fleenor says:

    I can’t wait to make this…you never see many quick cranberry recipes…Thank you for sharing it