Chocolates! Chocolates! Chocolates

I am obsessed with chocolates. Milk chocolate. Bitter sweet chocolate. White chocolate. Ok, maybe not white chocolate.

So versatile.  Chocolate goes well with nuts. I've been experimenting with raw and caramelized almonds, hazelnuts and pecans.

Chocolate with a bit of heat is delicious as well. A touch of cayenne or a  bit of crystallized ginger.

Dried fruit and chocolate are great together as well. Dried apricots with dark chocolate are a favorite.

CUSTOMIZE CHOCOLATES THE WAY YOU WANT THEM


What's most fun about making chocolates is I can customize them. A friend tried my milk and dark chocolate mini-bar with caramelized almonds and said, "I'd like them better with just dark chocolate," so that's what he ordered.

Another friend wanted the almonds toasted but not caramelized.

My wife said, "Use peanut butter" and those have become a big seller.

Email me at davidjlatt@earthlink.net and tell me what you would like. Order as many as you want (with a three dozen minimum) and I'll ship them to you.

Order your mini-bars, rounds or hearts with any of these 10 delicious mix-and-match ingredients:

Milk Chocolate

Dark Chocolate

Almond Slivers, raw, toasted or toasted and caramelized

Hazelnuts, crushed, raw, toasted or toasted and caramelized

Pecans, raw, toasted or toasted and caramelized

Coconut Cream

Organic, Roasted Peanut Butter

Dried Apricots, whole or sliced

Candied Ginger, whole or sliced

Cayenne

What goes together is a matter of taste. And that's the fun of it. Choose what you want. That's what you'll get.

Personally, my favorite combinations are the mini-bars with dark and milk chocolate caramelized almonds and dried apricot slices, the apricot-ginger dipped in dark chocolate, the peanut butter heart with both chocolates and the dark and milk chocolate mini-bar with coconut.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you at davidjlatt@earthlink.net.