February 14th is National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day – Best 35 Recipes

Chocolate lovers rejoice as February 14th is National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day!

A popular and traditional gift for Valentine’s Day, cream-filled chocolates can be purchased alone or as part of a sampler. If your sweetheart has a sweet tooth, National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day reminds you to treat your loved one to something sweet along with whatever other special gestures you may have in mind to mark the big day for romance!

As if you didn’t already have an excuse to plow through heart-shaped boxes of candy confections today, February 14 also happens to be National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day!

There is something about that moment when you bite into a cream-filled chocolate and the rich flavors all meld together in perfect harmony. Who knows? It could almost be described as some kind of love, but it’s definitely some kind of wonderful.

Giving a satiny box of chocolates to the one you love on Valentine’s Day didn’t become a tradition until the second half of the 20th century, and typically those boxes were bursting with more than just uniform rows of little round chocolates.

Each bite will have you marveling at raspberry cream, praline nougat or a waterfall of caramel … while others may have you questioning the flavor hiding in that green-colored marzipan. (Hint: it’s most likely pistachio, and not a sneaky trick to make you eat kale). Not willing to tempt filling flavor fate? Make cream-filled chocolate chip wafers instead.

So whether you want to prepare chocolates filled with sweet (and mysterious) surprises for a loved one or yourself, enjoy the loving rewards of today’s food holiday even if you don’t observe Valentine’s Day. After all, life is like a box of chocolates…

Cream-filled chocolates can be made two ways. The first way is to make ganache and fondant, roll it into a ball and then dip the fondant into chocolate.2 Another way is to use a mold and put melted chocolate in the mold. Chocolate in molds are cooled by freezing. The molds are then filled with acream filling and chocolate poured over the candy. Once the candy has cooled, it can be taken out of the mold.

The chocolates can be filled with a number of flavors. Some of them are coffee, maple, mint, raspberry, strawberry orange, lemon, vanilla, maraschino, rum, chocolate and coconut. Most of the flavors are attained by using flavoring, liqueur, extract, fruit juices or powdered ingredients.

Valentine’s Day Cherry-Filled, Pecan, Orange Cream & Lemon Cream Chocolates

Valentine’s Day Cherry-Filled, Pecan, Orange Cream & Lemon Cream Chocolates recipes by Chasing Delicious

Coconuty Cream Filled Chocolates

Coconuty Cream Filled Chocolates recipe by Cooking Shooking

Orange Coconut Cream Filled Chocolates

Orange Coconut Cream Filled Chocolates recipe by Food Doodles

Strawberry Creme Truffles

Strawberry Creme Truffles recipe by My Whole Food Life

Ganache Soft Filling for Chocolates

Ganache, Soft Filling for Chocolates recipe by Food.com

Creme-Filled Chocolates

Creme-Filled Chocolates recipe by HGTV

Coconut Caramel Cream Filled Chocolates

Coconut Caramel Cream Filled Chocolates recipe by Coconut Recipes

Peppermint-Filled Chocolates

Peppermint-Filled Chocolates recipe by Green Gourmet Giraffe

Liquor Filled Chocolates

Liquor Filled Chocolates recipe by Eddy Van Damme

How to Make a Cream Filling for Chocolates

How to Make a Cream Filling for Chocolates recipe by WikiHow

Orange Cream Filled Chocolates

Orange Cream Filled Chocolates recipe by Fettle Vegan

Raw Raspberry Cream Filled Chocolate Candies

Raw Raspberry Cream Filled Chocolate Candies recipe by Chef Amber Shea

Opera Cream-Filled Chocolates

Opera Cream-Filled Chocolates recipe by Easy Baked

Raspberry Cream Filled Chocolates

Raspberry Cream Filled Chocolates recipe by Harmony a la Carte

Vegan Strawberry Cream Stuffed Chocolate Truffles (Ice Cube Tray Chocolates)

Vegan Strawberry Cream Stuffed Chocolate Truffles (Ice Cube Tray Chocolates) recipe by DAMY Health

Lemon Pots de Creme and Creme Filled Chocolates

Lemon Pots de Creme and Creme Filled Chocolates recipe by Sprinkle Bakes

Shot Glass Truffles (Peanut Butter Cream Filled Chocolates)

Shot Glass Truffles (Peanut Butter Cream Filled Chocolates) recipe by The Vegan 8

Deluxe Chocolate Truffles

Deluxe Chocolate Truffles recipe by King Arthur Flour

Salted Caramel Filled Chocolates

Salted Caramel Filled Chocolates recipe by Mmmm, Sugar!

Handmade Fruit-Filled Chocolates

Handmade Fruit-Filled Chocolates recipe by Our Kitchen

Making a Filled Candy

Making a Filled Candy recipe by Wilton

Melt-in-the-mouth Hazelnut Cream Filled Chocolate

Melt-in-the-mouth Hazelnut Cream Filled Chocolate recipe by Living Healthy With Chocolate

Raspberry Cream Filled Chocolates with Sea Salt

Raspberry Cream Filled Chocolates with Sea Salt recipe by Whisking Mama

Peppermint Cream Filled Chocolates

Peppermint Cream Filled Chocolates recipe by Fat Daddio’s

Valentine’s Day Orange Chocolate Creams

Valentines Day Orange Chocolate Creams recipe by Just A Pinch

DIY Filled Chocolates

DIY Filled Chocolates recipe by Fading Dreams

Cherry Creme-Filled Chocolate Candy

Cherry Creme-Filled Chocolate Candy recipe by Oh! You Cook!

Cream-Filled Chocolate Truffles

Cream-Filled Chocolate Truffles recipe by Olive The Ingredients

Strawberry Filling for Strawberry Cream Chocolates

Strawberry Filling for Strawberry Cream Chocolates recipe by Cook With Nikki

Peppermint Cream Soft Centred Chocolates

Peppermint Cream Soft Centred Chocolates recipe by The Gluten & Dairy Free Bakehouse

Homemade Cream-Filled Chocolates

Homemade Cream-Filled Chocolates recipe by Instructables

Strawberry Cream Filled Chocolates

Strawberry Cream Filled Chocolates recipe by Total Veg

Vegan Dark Chocolates with Lavender Cream Filling

Vegan Dark Chocolates with Lavender Cream Filling recipe by Bite-Sized Thoughts

Homemade Chocolates with Flavored Butter-Cream Filling

Homemade Chocolates with Flavored Butter-Cream Filling recipe by Our Seven Dwarfs

Homemade Chocolates with White Chocolate-Lime Filling

Homemade Chocolates with White Chocolate-Lime Filling recipe by Nilssons Ambrosia

There are countless ways for chocoholics to indulge their passion, but there are those among us who hold a special place in their hearts for cream-filled chocolates, and Cream-Filled Chocolates Day has been created with these people in mind. There’s just something about snapping through the outer layer of chocolate and letting that luscious creamy centre melt on your tongue; nothing else compares! Whether it’s strawberry, butterscotch or peppermint you crave, there’s a flavour to satisfy anyone’s taste.

If you have a hankering for something unique, or your craving hits in the middle of the night, you can make your own. Chocolate molds are readily available from companies such as Wilton. Simply line the mold with melted chocolate, let it harden, fill the shell with your longed-for flavour, and cover it with another layer of chocolate. Voila! You have your own custom-made filled chocolates, any time you need that cream-filled chocolate fix.