Recipe name:
Spirited Chocolates
Recipe category:
Candies
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Recipe details:
*Ingredients:* 2 tb Butter or margarine, -softened 2 tb Plus 1 tsp Kirsch or -Chambord 2 1/2 To 3 cups powdered sugar, -sifted 2 pk Semisweet chocolate morsels -(12-oz pkgs) Combine butter and liqueur; blend well. Stir in enough powdered sugar to make mixture the consistency of craft dough, kneading as necessary. Shape mixture into 4 dozen balls. Chill. Place chocolate in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Let chocolate stand over hot water as you mold chocolates. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate into each plastic mold intended for chocolate-covered cherries. spread chocolate to cover sides of mold using the back of a smll spoon. Freeze about 10 minutes or until firm. Place one fondant ball in each mold; spoon in additional chocolate to fill molds. Chill until firm. Invert plastic molds, and gently tap to release candy. Store in the refrigerator. Yields 4 dozen. NOTE: Candy mixture may also be dropped in melted chocolate if chocolate-covered cherry molds are unavailable. Source: "Southern Living: 1986 Annual Recipes" Oxmoor House, 1986. Shared by: June Hoffman, 7/93 |