Skip the store bought version and make homemade chocolate covered raisins.
My kids are almost always hungry, especially my eight year old son, so I am always trying to find snacks that are healthy and inexpensive to make.
Does anyone else have this problem with kids and snacks?
These homemade raisins don’t exactly fit into the healthy category, but they are semi-healthy, and are better than sitting down to eat a cookie or a handful of potato chips. And although these do make a great snack food, they are often dessert in our house.
This is basically the same recipe as my chocolate covered craisins, but with raisins. You can make them either way, they are both very good and very easy to make.
They are also much less expensive than buying chocolate-covered raisins at the store.
This recipe is not really a recipe. I do have an exact recipe, but it is really just melted chocolate and raisins. You can easily add a little more chocolate or use fewer raisins. It is an easy recipe to adapt.
Can I also just say that it is hard to get a decent picture of chocolate covered raisins. They don’t photograph well, and actually, they are not pretty in real life either, but they are delicious.
Ingredients
These chocolate covered raisins are an easy three ingredient snack. As long as you use gluten free chocolate these are also an easy gluten free snack.
- chocolate
- butter
- raisins
More Homemade Snack Recipes
Snacks are easy to make at home. Skip the store bought snacks and make your own. They are less expensive to make and you can control the ingredients.
- Chocolate Covered Craisins
- Homemade Trail Mix
- Homemade Chex Granola Bars
- Homemade Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Homemade Chocolate Covered Raisins
Chocolate Covered Raisins are an easy make at home treat. Contains only three ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 12 ounces of raisins
Instructions
- Melt chocolate chips and butter in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
- Add raisins and stir until well combined and mixed together.
- Spread out on a cookie sheet that has been lined with waxed paper and refrigerate for several hours or until firm. Remove from the waxed paper and enjoy!
- I like the chocolate on these to stay firm so I suggest storing them in the refrigerator, that is if you can avoid eating them all.
Notes
If you are gluten-free be sure to read labels to make sure the ingredients are gluten-free.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 237Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 16mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 3gSugar: 34gProtein: 2g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
Originally posted in March 2011. Updated September 2022.
I. Love. You. Thank you! I never even considered that I could make my favorite treat at home!!
@Elizabeth, I hope you enjoy them! It took me years to realize I could make them at home, now I make them all the time. The good thing about the homemade version is that you can change it up and use different chocolate. It works with regular, dark, or milk chocolate. They are all good. 🙂
Shame on you for putting this recipe on your blog (jk). We made it last night and our tummies are feeling sick from eating it all. Nope, we don’t have any will power! Great recipe! I guess we will have to make it less often or we will be 400 pounds soon.
@Sue, I am glad that you enjoyed them. Sometimes it is the simplest of recipes that are the best. 🙂
This is terrific! I think I will try having the kids help me make them too. My son used to BEG me to buy the covered raisins from the store when he was littler and went shopping with me more often. Every. Single. Time. And I usually did, but they are so expensive in the bulk section. Will totally be trying these ourselves–and the Craisin version too. Thanks!
@Meal Plan Mom (Brenda), My kids love to make these and I love for them to help. The dropping them on the cookie sheet is the time consuming part and it is a great job for kids. 🙂 I hope that you enjoy them!
I LOVE choc covered raisins and never thought about making them at home. Thanks for the easy recipe!
I love chocolate covered raisins but never thought to make my own. Thanks for showing me how easy it can be. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I’d like to invite you to stop by and link your raisins up. https://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/03/sweets-for-saturday-8.html
Hi, I’m making these for my boyfriend but he’s lactose intolerant, can I substitute margarine for the butter? Thank you
Yes in this recipe I think that would work fine.
I know this has been years ago, but as someone who is quite lactose intolerant, butter is safe for most. Lactose is a milk sugar, and since butter is 80-85% milkfat (the rest being water & milk solids [mostly proteins]), it’s very low in lactose. I also find I do fine with Greek yogurt as well since the probiotics use nearly all the lactose while fermenting the milk. Hope this helps!
For a more adult treat, try soaking the raisins in brandy or rum before coating them. Mmmm!
Lynn is it a good idea to soak the raisins first
For some recipes I soak the raisins, but for this one I don’t soak them. It would change the texture too much if you soaked them. I hope that helps.