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!
PrintEasy 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!
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Refrigeration Time: 2 hours
- Total Time: 2 hours 25 minutes
- Yield: 60 candies 1x
- Category: Candy
- Method: Stovetop
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 8×8 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
About the white chocolate chips: Use ONLY real white chocolate chips, DO NOT USE Chipits…Chipits don’t melt.
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:
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- Easy Peppermint Bark
- Candy Cane Cloud Dessert
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Check out my Valentine’s Day Nougat too! I’m sharing even more tips in this post!
Happy Holidays!
Where can I get the white chips from tks ?
You can find them in the baking aisle, I just use white chocolate chips. The Superstore brand ones are really good, but you can use any white chip as long as it’s chocolate. I’ve tried making these with Chipits and it doesn’t work.
I live in the U.S., I am not sure about the confusion of converting grams to ounces. The bags clearly say the ounces with the grams about in Parenthesis next to the ounce weight. So the math with my bag of white chocolate chips for instance is: 12 ounces (340 g), divide 350 by 12 and that brings you to 28.33. Multiply 28.33 (which is you number of grams/ounce conversion) by 8 and that totals 226.66 grams. So that 8 means 8 ounces which is one cup. (close enough!) So that that 28.33 and multiply by 9 is 254.97 so that would be a little over a cup of the mini marshmallows. (1 cup plus 1 TBS)
Why should I NOT use Chipits?? What should I use?
Chipits don’t melt, so I recommend using real white chocolate chips.
Where do you buy white chocolate chips … I have only ever seen white chipits
I can usually find them in the baking aisle or bulk food stores like Bulk Barn. If you’re in Canada, the PC white chocolate chips at Superstore are great!
I’m looking to make much more this year than I have in the past. How well does it freeze?
These freeze beautifully! I just keep them in an airtight container in the freezer. I put a piece of parchment paper between the layers to prevent sticking…you can see a picture of how I do this in the recipe post.
Canf haribro gummy bears be substituted for gum drops?
Soft gummies like gummy bears tend to melt and smear when they’re stirred into the warm nougat mixture. If possible, use jujubes or gumdrops or Dots for this nougat.
Can the nougat be froze after being made ?
Absolutely, just put it in a single layer, and if you have to stack them, make sure to put wax paper or parchment paper between the layers so they don’t stick together. Store in an airtight container as shown in my post.
I dusted my candies with a mixture of confectioners sugar and cornstarch. It hides the bright colors a bit but works great. I gift them in baggies.
I forgot to mention in my last comment that I make half a batch at a time in the microwave.
I just made my first batch today and they turned out perfect. I did just throw it all in a giant bowl over a double boiler so it took longer but I didn’t mind because everything takes longer with a 2 year old and puppy around 😂. My gum drops had sugar on the outside but that didn’t affect anything and they cut easily. Super easy and so yummy, can’t wait to give them as gifts!
I’ve been making these for 6 years, 8 batches this year. I use a 13 x 9 pan. They may be a little thinner, but because they are so sweet you don’t want large pieces anyway.
Great recipe! Once they are cut, how do you recommend placing them so that they don’t stick together?
Thank you Lynn! I place sheet of parchment paper or wax paper between layers. On a tray when I serve them I try to place the squares so they don’t touch each other. But if they do, they easily pull apart.
After cutting, I dust mine with icing sugar and they don’t stick together