After a day of candy making, I'm surprised I can even thing sugar much less be eating a piece of said product even as I type. What can I say? I make quick recoveries! I usually go with baking for Christmas (as I did recently), but decided to try a few interesting candy recipes I ran across. For the most part, they were pretty successful. I found out, however, that trusting my instincts still works best!
I found an easy recipe for chocolate truffles. I elaborated on the basic chocolate ingredients with orange zest and extract. The vanilla extract enhanced the flavors nicely. A quick test taste promised a good outcome. The recipe said to put the mixture into the refrigerator for at least three hours then form into small balls and roll in ground nuts and such. Great! I made this one first and went about my other recipes.
At the designated time, I got my bowl of truffle mixture out of the refrigerator and it was ROCK solid. Okay, I thought, I'll let it reach room temperature. Two hours later, it was ROCK solid. I finished off my other candy projects and took to the bowl of chocolate with a wooden spoon. It WAS my favorite wooden spoon and will be sorely missed!
Giving up on a seemingly hopeless mess, I ran hot water into the bowl and let it set while I cleaned up the kitchen. Guess what? It was still ROCK solid. I left it soaking overnight and it has now been over 18 hours later and it still resides in the sink with no intention of going away. I hate truffles!
On the bright side, I ended up with a great assortment of candy to gift. Even better, I managed to find all but one recipient at home to gift with the candy. Anyone interested in some easy but tasty candy recipes, I can post them here or on my other Blog - College Cusine.
Successful reciped enacted yesterday were:
Crispy Peanut Butter balls dipped in chocolate.
White Peppermint Cups
White Almond Cups
Cookie Dough Filled Chocolates
Walnut/Date/Cherry Filled Chocolates
White Chocolate Crispy Cups
