Food Monday ~ Sweets
The Best Chocolate Truffles appeared in May.
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Brandy Truffles
8ozs Plain Chocolate
1 tablespoon Condensed Milk
2ozs Butter
2 teaspoons Instant Coffee
2 teaspoons Brandy
8ozs Icing Sugar, sifted
3ozs plain Chocolate Vermicelli
Put chocolate into a bowl and place over a pan of boiling water. Do not let the water touch the bottom of the bowl. When the chocolate has melted stir in the condensed milk, butter, coffee, brandy and icing sugar. Form teaspoons of the mixture into balls and roll each in vermicelli. Place on baking parchment and leave to set overnight.
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Chocolate Covered Orange Balls
Yield: Enough for a sweet shop!
8ozs Icing/confectioners’ sugar
6ozs vanilla wafers, crushed
½ cup chopped walnuts
2ozs butter
3ozs real orange juice
12ozs milk chocolate, melted
In a large bowl, combine the sugar, vanilla wafers, walnuts, butter and orange juice. Mix well and shape into 1 inch round balls; allow to dry for 1 hour.
Place chocolate in in a bowl over a pan of hot water, do not allow to come in contact with the water. Stir frequently over medium heat until melted. Dip balls into melted chocolate and place in decorative paper cups.
Seriously this quantity made 82 sweets.
Susan said,
December 15, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Oh no—I gained half a stone just READING that!
They’re irresistible even on screen.
Grannymar said,
December 15, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Welcome Susan to the party!
My mother always told us that a little of what we fancied, did us good!
Nancy said,
December 15, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Grannymar,
Remember when Roy said I had cooked enough rice to feed Ho Chi Min’s Army?
Well, I just made these sweets and now I can give them dessert…….
Grannymar said,
December 15, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Nancy come in and pull up a chair! We missed your fun!
Lottie said,
December 15, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Oh so very very naughty.
Slurp!
Grannymar said,
December 15, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Lottie,
Only if you eat them all in one go!
Lottie said,
December 15, 2008 at 11:13 pm
@GM- That’s precisely the problem m’dear!
Paddy Bloggit said,
December 15, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Chocolate covered orange balls???????
Grannymar …. what goes through that mind of yours?????????
Lottie said,
December 15, 2008 at 11:54 pm
@Paddy Bloggit - Shhh.Don’t go there.
Tee he he
Grannymar said,
December 16, 2008 at 8:56 am
@Paddy B - They are very tasty!
Remember, I have lived in ‘Orange’ country for over thurty years!
@Lottie - Tee he he
steph said,
December 16, 2008 at 9:48 am
I missed this party
Can we have another one next Monday?
Please Grannymar
Grannymar said,
December 16, 2008 at 10:22 am
Steph,
Emmmm! I’ll think about it!
Paddy Bloggit said,
December 17, 2008 at 12:50 am
It’s great to touch the green, green grass of home ….. just change the words of the song to orange balls GM and you’re on a winner!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlv0Inq8yxc&feature=related
Grannymar said,
December 17, 2008 at 9:31 am
Paddy B,
Are we doing a duet? If we hurry up it might make No.1 for Christmas