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...
