Easy Christmas Gumdrop Nougat Candy
Easy Christmas Gumdrop Nougat Candy
This Christmas Gumdrop Nougat Candy is an easy no-bake treat that’s perfect for the holiday season. Great as a homemade gift!
These Gumdrop Nougat Candies taste like nostalgia and Christmas’ past. And I love them. They’re sweet, soft, chewy and so delicious. And very easy to make. Create a batch and share them with friends, give them as gifts, and make sure to have them on your holiday treat plate!
Who knew that marshmallows + white chocolate chips = a chewy and delicious nougat?! And with festive red and green gumdrops, this is a perfect Christmas treat.
I love that this treat is no bake, and that it can come together in just minutes. All you need to do is melt together a little butter, mini marshmallows and white chocolate chips, then stir in chopped gumdrops. Then spread it out into a parchment paper lined pan.
Christmas Gumdrop Nougat Candy Recipe Tip
The mixture is pretty sticky, so a little trick I use is to lightly grease a small square of parchment paper then use that to spread and pat the mixture down. Put it in the fridge for a few hours (overnight is best) to set…it needs to be completely cooled to cut it.
When it comes time to cut them up into squares, make sure you use a large sharp knife because they’re sticky!
As you cut into the nougat you’ll see how pretty these candies are! The red and green gumdrops look like stained glass in the nougat.
Aren’t they so pretty?
No one is going to be able to resist these candies when you put them out…trust me. I had to put away over half of our batch or we were going to eat them all in one sitting! But don’t worry, I have a recipe tip for you.
Christmas Gumdrop Nougat Candy Recipe Tip
This batch will make about 60 bite sized nougat candies, so if you’re not serving them right away, you might consider freezing this treat! Layer the cut pieces of nougat between pieces of parchment paper and place in an air tight container, and put them into the freezer. When you’re ready to serve, let them sit for about 1 hour or more after freezing, to bring them to room temperature.
A delicious holiday treat you need to make!
Easy Christmas Gumdrop Nougat Candy
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 225 gram bags white chocolate chips (DO NOT USE Chipits)
- 2 250 gram bags of mini marshmallows
- 1 1/2 cups chopped red and green gumdrops see notes below for where to buy them
Instructions
- Prepare an 8x8 square baking dish by lining it with parchment paper.
- Cut the gumdrops in half. Set aside.
- Melt the butter, white chocolate chips and marshmallows together over indirect medium heat. To do this I create a double boiler by putting a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water (making sure that the bowl and pan fit together snug). This ensures that the mixture doesn't burn.
- Continuously stir the mixture until it is smooth and melted together, making sure not to cook the mixture...the goal is to just melt, not cook or boil. See tips above in this post!
- Remove from heat.
- Let cool for about 2 minutes.
- Stir in the gumdrops. Mix well.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan.
- The mixture will be very sticky, so I use a lightly greased piece of parchment paper or wax paper to help spread and pat the mixture down into the pan.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before cutting, overnight is best.
- Slice into 60 bite sized pieces.
- To store the candies, use parchment paper between layers so the candies don't stick together.
- Enjoy this nougat recipe!
Notes
Tips and Tricks for Making Nougat Candy:
RECIPE UPDATE! I have received a lot of questions about melting the butter, white chocolate chips and marshmallows together. I prefer to use the double boiler method because it’s a lot more difficult to burn the mixture with the indirect heat. A lot of people found this method hard because the mixture is very sticky and takes some time to melt down. I realize that, but I still feel like it’s the better method. You just have to be patient and keep stirring. Here are some tips:
- Put the butter and the chips in the bowl first and get them melting.
- Then add in 1/3 of the marshmallows and get them melting.
- Then the next 1/3 and stir them in, get them melting down.
- Add the remaining marshmallows, stir them in and keep mixing until the mixture is smooth and there are no remaining marshmallows.
- The whole process only takes about 10 minutes or less.
Where to buy gumdrops for nougat candy:
I’ve had a lot of questions about where to buy the gumdrops for this candy, so I thought I’d share what I know here:
- The candy I used are called Baking Gums. They’re small and don’t have any sugar on the outside of them.
- The ones I used were these Baking Gums from Bulk Barn. They’re in the baking aisle, and they come in a mix of yellow, orange, red and green. I just sorted out the red and green ones once I got home.
- I have also seen them at Save On Foods under the brand Nutty Club.
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More Delicious No-Bake Christmas Treats:
- Chocolate Caramel Nut Clusters
- Caramel Crunch Popcorn
- Easy Peppermint Bark
- Candy Cane Cloud Dessert
- A Collection of Easy No-Bake Christmas Treats
Check out my Valentine’s Day Nougat too! I’m sharing even more tips in this post!
Happy Holidays!
All I can say is Yumm , I used powdered sugar on the out side after I cut them up, so I could take some to work ( did not want to send container ,never would have got it back ) I could not find Dots ,so I used gummy life savers, and cut them in to 4th . They taste great
I’m so happy you enjoyed this recipe! And great tip with the powdered sugar!
I made these for Christmas. 1/2 recipemail had to make more late they were great. I used the white a;momd bark. melted the white chocolate and butter first then added the marshmellows and they melted pretty fast.
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Found your recipe last year and have made them several times since. I just made a batch for Easter using finely diced bunny jubes and white candy melts instead of the chips. I wrap them individually in cellophane if Im giving them as gifts. Superb candy brings back memories of enjoying these as a child.
I had a craving for Brach’s Jelly Nougats only to find that they don’t make them like they were. If you can find them at all. So I tried this recipe. My daughter and granddaughter are addicted now and I have to keep making them. I find I have to cut the recipe in half just because I am almost 70 and the pan is to heavy with the candy in to get it out. Also, I melt the chips and marshmallow oner a low burner, not double boiler. If you keep stirring, it won’t burn. Very hard to eat just a couple of pieces. Soooo good.
I’m so happy you enjoyed them Diane!
Hi want to make this but I need to be sure of something first. Is it 1 1/2 cups of red gum drops and 1 1/2 green ? Or 1 1/2 cups total gum drops? Would love to make this for Christmas. They look so pretty!
Hi Lois! It’s 1 1/2 cups total. Enjoy!
Excellent Recipe! First time ever making it. Was a hit in our household – especially with the kids. When I made it with my daughter we maybe melted the white chipits too fast because they clumped together. So we decided to melt all the marshmallows first in the 4 table spoons of butter in the microwave. Then we added the chocolate a little at a time. This worked great. And with the extra table spoon of butter it didn’t stick to the bowl at all. We then added the cut up jujubes and it turned out excellent. Thanks for this!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it!
These look good but my daughter is lactose intolerant and finding white chocolate that she can eat is impossible. I know it would look different with brown chocolate, which I have found dairy free, but have you tried that? Do you think it would work.
Hi Joyce! I have never made this with brown chocolate so I’m not really sure how they would turn out. You could always try a half batch to see?
Only made 1/2 recipe. Delicious. I sprayed a plastic bowl lightly and wiped it. Then melted ingredients in microwave on 50% power stiring occasionally. Did not stick to bowl. Easy peasy. Tried several ways to cut and discovered kitchen shears work great.
Great tip Pat!
Thank you so much for this recipe! I loved eating these as a kid and I’ve now made them 4 different times from your recipe, and they come out amazing every time!
I’m so happy you enjoy them Amy!
I made these and everyone loved them. The only difference was I used Haribo gummy cherries and snipped them with kitchen shears. They did melt down a little but I think I should’ ve let the whole mix cool a few minutes before adding the cherries.
Next try I think I will use sliced almonds, spread them thin on a baking pan and top with melted caramel and then melted chocolate…candy bars??? I also want to try the dried cherries and pistachios.