Make Nougat Chocolates Yourself: 3 Delicious Ideas

Nougat pralines are a popular sweet, especially at Christmas time. Not only can you buy them, but you can also make them yourself. We show you 3 delicious ideas for homemade nougat chocolates.

This is how you can make nougat and pistachio pralines yourself

For nougat-pistachio pralines, you need 100 grams of dark chocolate, 80 grams of dark couverture, 50 grams of white couverture, 25 grams of chopped pistachios, 100 grams of nougat, and 30 milliliters of cream.

1. Melt the dark couverture and chocolate, pour both into a silicone mold, and smooth the surface.
2. After 2 minutes, turn the mold upside down so that the couverture flows out again except for a thin, already-dried layer. Catch the couverture and let it cool. The silicone mold goes into the freezer for 2 hours.
3. Melt the white couverture and nougat in separate containers. Add 15 grams of the pistachios and the cream to the nougat and then fold in the couverture. Inject the mixture into the silicone mold with a piping bag and let everything cool down again in the freezer for 2 hours.
4. Melt the remaining dark couverture again and use it to seal the holes in the silicone mold. Cool the pralines again before you can remove them from the mold and decorate with some couverture and the remaining pistachios.

Homemade nougat ice cream pralines

To make nougat ice cream pralines yourself, you need 250 grams of dark chocolate, 50 grams of crème fraîche, 100 grams of cream cheese, 60 grams of almond butter, 45 grams of powdered sugar, and 75 milliliters of milk. You will also need a silicone mold to assemble it.

1. Melt the couverture in a water bath and heat it to around 30 degrees Celsius.
2. Brush the cavities of the silicone mold with the couverture and place it in the fridge to harden. Then repeat the procedure.
3. In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk, almond butter, and crème fraîche. Place the mixture in a large shallow bowl and place in the freezer for 45 minutes.
4. As soon as the mass has set at the edge of the bowl, mix everything with the still-liquid part. Repeat this until you get creamy ice cream.
5. Using a knife, trim the edges of the couverture. Give the scraped-off couverture back to the rest.
6. Fill the holes of the silicone plates with ice and smooth the surface. Place parchment paper on top and place it back in the freezer.
7. After the pralines are completely frozen again, liquefy the remaining couverture again and heat it to 30 degrees Celsius before letting it cool down a bit.
8. Spread the couverture thinly on the silicone plate so that all holes are closed. Then immediately put it back in the freezer.
9. After two hours you can pop the chocolates out of the mold and either eat them straight away or store them in the freezer.

How to make marzipan nougat pralines yourself

For quick marzipan nougat pralines, you need 150 grams of raw marzipan, 130 grams of raw nougat, chocolate shavings, and dark chocolate.

1. Shape the marzipan into a long rectangle.
2. Cover the rectangle with the nougat that you previously cut into strips.
3. Cut the pralines into slices.
4. Liquify the couverture and dip the pralines in it.
5. Finally, cover the pralines with chocolate shavings.