How We Make Nebular Nuggets: Our Low-Sugar Take on a Classic Candy Bar
Come behind the scenes — watch above, or read how Nebular Nuggets are made below.
Behind the Scenes — inside the Moon Magic factory
The short answer: Nebular Nuggets are Moon Magic's low-sugar, plant-based take on a 3 Musketeers-style candy bar. We make a light, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth nougat, cut each batch by hand, and enrobe every piece in our signature Moon Magic milk-chocolate-style chocolate — which is itself low sugar, plant-based, made in-house, and takes 72 hours per batch. Better-for-you candy, made the old-fashioned way, one small batch at a time.
What are Nebular Nuggets?
Nebular Nuggets are our low-sugar, plant-based take on a 3 Musketeers-style candy bar — that classic light, whipped-nougat center coated in chocolate. If you grew up loving that fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth texture, this is our version of it, made cleaner and kinder.
How Nebular Nuggets are made
Every Moon Magic product is handmade in small batches, and Nebular Nuggets are a good example of what that actually means:
- We make the nougat. A light, fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth nougat — the heart of the bar.
- We cut each batch by hand. Every piece is cut by hand, batch by batch.
- We enrobe every piece. Each one is coated in our signature Moon Magic milk-chocolate-style chocolate.
No giant automated line — just small batches, made carefully.
The chocolate is special too
The chocolate that coats each Nugget isn't an afterthought. It's low sugar, plant-based, made in-house, and takes a full 72 hours to make each batch. That long, slow process is what gives it the smooth texture and the melt that makes it taste like the candy people remember. (You can read more about how we make our chocolate and what goes into it.)
Why make candy this way?
Making candy by hand in small batches is slower and harder than outsourcing it or running a big automated line. We do it this way because it's how we keep control of quality and stay true to the textures and flavors people love — while keeping it low sugar and plant-based. Better-for-you candy, made the old-fashioned way.
Frequently asked questions
What are Nebular Nuggets?
Nebular Nuggets are Moon Magic's low-sugar, plant-based take on a 3 Musketeers-style candy bar: a light, fluffy nougat enrobed in Moon Magic's milk-chocolate-style chocolate.
Are Nebular Nuggets vegan and low sugar?
Yes. They're plant-based and low sugar, enrobed in Moon Magic's in-house low-sugar chocolate.
How are Nebular Nuggets made?
They're handmade in small batches: the nougat is made fresh, each batch is cut by hand, and every piece is enrobed in Moon Magic chocolate.
How long does the chocolate take to make?
Moon Magic's enrobing chocolate takes 72 hours to refine per batch, which is what gives it its smooth texture and melt.
More from the Moon Log: How our chocolate is made · What's in our chocolate · A day in the life at our factory
Moon Magic is a Vancouver-based chocolate company making low sugar and vegan candy bar bites from its own factory, with in-house R&D and manufacturing. This article accompanies a short behind-the-scenes video of us making Nebular Nuggets.