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Love Bites – Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Stephanie — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:57:02 +0000

Chocolate Covered Strawberries are a favorite treat to make. Why not make some for your special Valentine? You can make these chocolate covered strawberries easily at home, these would be the perfect gift for the ones you love.

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Now, there are two ways you can prepare these chocolate dipped strawberries, if you have never dipped with chocolate before, you may want do try to use “dipping chocolate“. This is easy to use, simply heat, and dip. Now, if you really enjoy chocolate, I would suggest you purchase chocolate chips, or even a higher end chocolate, but you will need to temper this chocolate, this isn’t hard to do, but it does take an extra step or two.

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Sweets for my Sweetie – How to make chocolate truffles

Stephanie — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:48:59 +0000

Chocolate truffles are rich and creamy mouthfuls of soft chocolate. Chocolate truffles in the stores, if you can find them often are very expensive, but with a little time and patience, you will be making sumptuous chocolate truffles for the people you love the most.

Years ago, I used to make lots of chocolates for the holidays. I had a large family, and dipping things into chocolate, or creating chocolate candies, was something I loved to do for everyone. I would make around 50 pounds of chocolate creations Thanksgiving weekend. While others were out shopping, I would be at home making candies for about three days straight. By the time this candy making festivity was over, my back ached from constantly bending over, and I couldn’t handle the sweet smell of chocolate any longer.

Making chocolate truffles is one of my favorite candies to make. You can flavor truffles anyway you like, or not at all. My recipe includes an almond liqueur, but you can add any flavor you like. I have made truffles with coffee flavored liqueur, hazelnut liqueur, dark rum, and orange liqueur. So when you are making your truffles, you can make them any way you like. My truffles are covered in chocolate, but you can simply dust the truffles with cocoa powder. Either way you finish your truffles, they will be a real delight.

For my recipe I am using chocolate in 10 ounce increments. After making the New York Times Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Ever, I realized that you can indeed by better quality chocolate in the grocery store if you take time to look. Now, I personally love dark chocolate, you may not. So when I make these, I buy the chocolate chips with a high amount of cacao (how much chocolate liqueur is contained). I have also made these same truffles with Valrhona or Callebaut, and they come out very well. Most of us can’t find these brands at our local grocery stores, thanks to the Internet and online ordering, everything is just a click of the mouse away.

Chocolate Truffles

Other Resources for making chocolate truffles

Baking 911′s Chocolate Truffle Making

Alton Brown’s Chocolate Truffles

Candyland Crafts – need candy making supplies? I have ordered from them before.

The Great Book of Chocolate by David Lebovitz

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Quick and Delicious Peanut Brittle

Stephanie — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:40:20 +0000

This is very crunchy and will keep in a tight fitting container for several weeks. Candy making doesn’t have to be hard.

Peanut Brittle

Thanks to perrylou for sharing this candy recipe.

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Silver Dollar City’s Fool’s Gold – you can make special candy anytime.

Stephanie — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:50:10 +0000

This candy is found at the expensive candy stores in the mall and with out the chocolate coating at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Very easy to make at home.

Silver Dollar City Fools Gold

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Lots of White Trash – what’s better than a treat made with all of our childhood favorites?

Stephanie — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:28:11 +0000

If you like chocolate covered Oreo cookies, you will enjoy this snack mix. You can substitute the candy for Reeses Pieces or use Captain Crunch cereal instead of Fruit Loops….a big favorite with friends and family.

White Trash Candy

Thanks to scottsfrog for this recipe.

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