Assorted chocolate candies
Assorted chocolate candies recipe in the candy category
Recipe ingredients:
- 24 ounces, about 4 cups, semisweet milk or white chocolate
- 50 small two layer candy cups
- Fillings:
- Raspberry preserves
- Marshmallow fluff
- Toasted hazelnuts
- Peanut butter
- Liqueur-nut mixture
- Caramel-praline mixture
Recipe method:
- Chop chocolate into small pieces if not using chips.
- Heat half of chocolate in top of double boiler until it melts and reaches a temperature of 110 to 120 degrees F.
- Remove saucepan with chocolate from heat and stir in remaining chocolate.
- Stir chocolate frequently until it reaches a temperature of 86 to 91 degrees F for semisweet chocolate, 84 to 88 degrees F for milk and white chocolate.
- Using a small pastry brush, paint inside of candy cups with melted chocolate.
- Place cups in freezer for 10 minutes.
- Remove cups from freezer.
- Using a spoon, fill cups 3/4 full with raspberry preserves, marshmallow fluff topped with a toasted hazelnut and other fillings.
- Heat chocolate until it again reaches 88 to 90 degrees F.
- Using a spoon, drop chocolate on top of filling.
- Using the back of the spoon, smooth out chocolate and seal to the edge of the shell.
- Return candies to freezer for 10 minutes.
- Remove from freezer and store in airtight container.
- To make liqueur-nut mixture, combine 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts with 1/4 cup Baileys Irish Creme, amaretto or other liqueur. Place in freezer until ready to use. When filling candy shells, float nuts on top of liqueur.
- To make caramel-praline mixture, melt 20 caramels and 1/4 cup heavy cream in the top of a double boiler. Stir in 1/2 cup chopped nuts. Cool before using.
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