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Making your own treats at home is the best and a lot cheaper sometimes. If you have ever wanted homemade candy that tastes exactly like 3 Musketeers, then I recommend this delicious Cool Whip Candy. SO easy and made with only 3-ingredients!
3 Musketeers Copycat Recipe
I love making this recipe because it’s so simple and only requires just a few ingredients! Each one is easy to find at your local grocery store. You can have this ready to eat in just under an hour. But, don’t worry, it’s mostly waiting and freezing time, so you can go about your business until they are ready. This is a treat that you will want to make by the hundreds!
Key Ingredients You’ll Need
Chocolate: You will need milk chocolate and dark chocolate melting wafers.
Cool Whip: You can use this or a homemade whipped topping.
How To Make Cool Whip Candy
Step 1. Add the chocolate chips into a glass bowl and melt for 1 minute in the microwave. Mix and heat again for an additional 30 seconds until smooth. Let the chocolate cool for 15-20 minutes at room temperature. Use parchment paper to line an 8-inch square baking dish. Place it aside. Add the melted chocolate and thawed cool whip into a large bowl and fold to combine until fully incorporated. The chocolate may have hardened bits, but that’s fine. Pour into the prepared dish and spread it out evenly.
Step 2. Place in the freezer to chill for 30 minutes. Take out and cut into 36 squares. Arrange onto the baking sheet lined with parchment paper and place back in the freezer to chill for an additional 30 minutes. Melt the chocolate wafers by following the directions on the package in the microwave. Take the squares out of the freezer and coat them in the melted chocolate. Put them back on the lined sheet and let them harden. Keep in the freezer until you are ready to eat.
Variations For Cool Whip Candy:
You can use a few of the options below if you want to alter the recipe to your liking:
- You can use homemade whipped topping instead of a cool whip.
- Feel free to use just milk chocolate if you don’t like dark chocolate.
- Try this recipe with white chocolate instead, but know that it won’t be exactly like 3 Musketeers.
Tips & Tricks
- Place the candy in an airtight container or Ziploc bag for the best storage method.
- Keep in a cool place at room temperature or store in the fridge or freezer.
- This candy will stay good for up to 30 days
- Decorate for the Holidays! When the chocolate is still soft, drizzle colored chocolate on top with sprinkles. You can do this for Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s Day, etc…
More Candy Recipes:
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Ingredients
- 2 11 oz. packages Milk Chocolate
- 1 8 oz. tub Cool Whip, thawed
- 24 oz. Dark Chocolate Melting Wafers
Instructions
- In a glass bowl, melt chocolate chips for one minute in the microwave. Stir and heat again for another 30 seconds. Stir until completely smooth. Cool to room temperature, about 15-20 minutes.
- Line an 8-inch square baking dish with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, gently fold the cooled, melted chocolate with thawed Cool Whip. Note: the chocolate may harden into tiny bits and that’s okay. Keep gently folding until all the chocolate and Cool Whip are combined. Pour and spread evenly into the prepared dish.
- Freeze for 30 minutes. Remove from the freezer and cut into 36 squares. Place the squares on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and return to the freezer for another 30 minutes.Melt chocolate wafers according to package directions in the microwave.
- Remove the squares from the freezer and dip them into melted chocolate. Place on parchment paper and allow to harden.
- Store in the freezer until ready to serve.
- Can be stored for up to 30 days!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Edit: maybe get more chocolate*for the coating.
Notes -1. leave in freezer longer..
2. get more chocolate as the coating.
3.Use a mold of some sort.. the cool whip/ chocolate mixture was still mushy and couldn’t pick up so i coated one side let it freeze any 10 minutes then did the other side..
dipping was NOT working cuz stillmushy..
so i spread on top of each one, which started becoming difficult because the chocolate hardens quickly.. just making a mess and looking like one too, def not the perfect picture in the post.
I’ll use ice trays next time as that’s the only mold i have to make perfect squares.
Put in chocolate, add cool whip mixture then another layer of chocolate
What is dark chocolate wafer bars?
Hi Pat. Melting wafers and bars can be found in the baking aisle and are used in various candy and treat recipes.
This isn’t a 3 Musketeers copy cat unless you add malt in here somewhere. The filling is malt flavored nougat.
I have a 1 liltre tub of cool whip so would I use 1/4 of the tub
Hi Kelly. You will use 3 cups from the 1 litre tub.
Was wandering if you can melt chocolate chips instead of wafers? I guess maybe the chocolate won’t be as thick? Not sure. But I’m about to try it because i don’t have the wafers at the moment. Darn it. Lol I always bake for the employees at work. Wanted to try this but forgot the wafers.
Hi Lynn. I think the chocolate chips will work fine!
I used chips. My store didn’t have wafers. Didn’t matter what shape it is, it’s gonna get melted anyway.
Yum Thanks
Everything I’ve tried is good and easy thank u