Chocolate Fun

Yesterday the husband and I started making chocolate hearts (chocolate candy recipe here) for Matt and Julie's wedding reception. Well, actually, the husband made most of them. He just loves messing around in the kitchen.

We bought some white, pink and reddish-pink melting chocolate (vanilla/white chocolate) wafers and swirled them in with the chocolate on most, and some are just solid milk chocolate or pink/red/white white chocolate.

Today we make dark chocolate and do the same thing. Guess that means supper will have to be something salty to counter-act the sweetness of "licking the spoons."

Now, if you want to see what I have been making in the cross stitch department, you will need to check out the cross stitch blog. I can't add them until I have given them to Julie and Matt. And it is KILLING ME because I think they are both pretty awesom  too . . . plus, they are my designs which make them perfect!  NOTthat I am patting myself on the back, but I am!

More Candy Making

I LOVE making 

this candy recipe.

 I made it at Christmas,

but I

"switched it up."

The recipe says something

about pouring it 

inn a pan

and cooling it

at room temp . . . 

or fridge if it doesn't set up.

At Christmas,

I found Wilton candy making forms

for 30% off.

I bought two, 

a gingerbread boy

and a Christmas tree.

They worked FANTASTIC!

All of the families we 

take Christmas "goodies" 

to got one of these

for each child.

Since they worked so well,

we bought a cookie pan

than makes cookies

in different Christmas shapes.

The cookie recipe we used

ended up making 

MONSTROUSLY thick

cookies . . . 

couldn't be given away,

much to puffy looking,

so I gave sacrificed my body 

to them.

I know . . 

poor me.

But . . . 

they worked FANTASTIC  (again)

for making chocolate.

So everyone on our

"goodie" list

got a small ceramic dish,

like a mini bread pan,

with 5 or 6 of the large

"chocolate cookies"

and 4 or 5 

mini-Christmas tree chocolates.

They looked good

and tasted better.

So, today,

I am hungry for that same chocolate.

The husband and I had talked about

using our mini-cupcake pan,

filling it 1/4 - 12 with the chocolate

then adding some 

smooth peanut butter

and topping it off

with more chocolate . . . 

Fur~Babies Momma

Reeses' cups.

Our neighbor LOVES

peanut butter and chocolate.

His wife came over

with a homemade cheesecake,

topped with strawberries,

that her mom made to pay me

for 3 sock monkeys I made for her.

(Alicia knew I wouldn't take money

and her mom would want to pay . . 

well, her desserts are 

OUTRAGEOUSLY good

and are worth more than money.)

I told her what we had made

and that I would have to give them some.

I need the approval

of Mr. Peanut Butter and Chocolate.

I'll let you know

how they turned out. 

Home Made CHocolate Candy (Slow Cooker)

This is what I normally make.

I wanted to post this 
so that those of you
who need a 
quick,
easy gift
can make some of your own. 

Ingredients

1pound Milk Chocolate Bark
(I have also used 
melting chocolate in 
milk and dark chocolate)

4oz (1 pkg) German's Sweet Chocolate

12 oz Toll House (semi-sweet) Chocolate bits

Recipe

Break Chocolate Bark into pieces.

Break German's Sweet Chocolate into pieces.

Put both of these chocolates,

along with the semi-sweet bits,

into a Crock Pot on HI for 40 minutes.

Mix well.

Turn Crock Pot to Low,

cook another hour,

stirring occasionally. 
(I always forget this
and it still works out.)

Pour smooth mixture

into a parchment paper lined

jelly roll pan.

(cookie sheet with edges.)

I add almond slivers 
to half of the sheet now,
just spread in the pan
and cover with chocolate. 
If you want a whole sheet with

nuts,

raisins,

 coconut, etc,

mix them in before you pour it out.

Let cool at room temp.

If it's to warm to set,

put in refrigerator

until set.
(I ALWAYS have it set up
in the fridge.) 

Break into pieces and enjoy.

Now,
for the Christmas Version.
I bought,
on sale at AC Moore,
candy molds 
that are shaped like
a gingerbread boy
and a christmas tree.

Then the husband and I
bought a candy mold
with about 12 tiny 
Christmas trees on it
and a cookie sheet,
where you can press dough
into it,
  that is Christmas Theme
shaped cookies. 


Today,
I tried molding chocolate
into the two items
the husband and I bought.
VOILA!
Beautiful candy . . . 
and they look like
we bought them
from a candy maker
who knows what they are doing.

So,
if you need something fast,
that will impress people,
make this chocolate
and give it on a nice plate . . . 
the dollar store here 
(the one 
where everything actually
is $1)
has some nice silver serving trays.


Let me know
if you make this
and what the response is
to it.

Signed,

Cheap AND Creative

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