Thanks for including me in this fun blog! I live far away so a virtual recipe swap will have to make do! I just shared these with Aalia, so I'll post here. I've made these for a friend, for her birthday, as a hostess gift, and just something to munch on at home to clean up the chocolate stash. I love that it uses some great ingredients, to which I am faithful, so if you experiment, let me know what you create!Ingredient list:
* total of 6 oz of chocolate. dark chocolate works best because i use pecans and the combination works well. also dark choc is good for you :)
* 1/2 c chopped pecans are very tasty with chocolate also healthy.
* 1/2 c dried cranberries - i love baking with them!
Method:
Chop up (rough chop) a total of 6 oz of chocolate. (I use a mix of dark and semi-sweet. I have a food scale so I don't know exactly how much of a bar that would yield, so you'll have to figure that out. We often have chocolate lying around, so sometimes I throw it all on the scale and measure up.)
Melt in microwave for 1 minute on HIGH. Stir, and nuke for another 30 sec.
Add in about 1/2 cup dried cranberries and pecans.
Stir the mixture well.
Lay out your wax paper. I use a flexi mat and place wax paper on top. Arrange neatly by spoonful all over the mat. Refrigerate until chocolate is set, about 30 min. Then you can transfer to a sealed/air-tight container for about 4-5 days and keep in fridge.
Presentation:
They look lovely tray or in a cute goody bag with ribbons....as you can see I've played around with these...
4 comments:
So I used Ghirardeli dark choc. for one batch and a mix of milk choc./white choc. in another and the craisins. Turned out pretty tasty! In fact, b/t this and the choc. pretzels, Kareem liked these better and Zaffer liked both equally. Will see how they are received at the 'live' recipe swap tomorrow inshaAllah!
interesting combo! let me know how received
big hit! cherry was very tasty. also, peanuts would work with raisins and milk chocolate. may try that next esp. since peanuts are cheaper, too.
nice variation! good work my friend!
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