Anita's Recipes

Anita's Recipes
Showing posts with label Candy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Candy. Show all posts

Monday, December 22, 2014

Chocolate Coconut Balls


2 sticks butter-softened
2 cups chopped nuts
4 cups shredded coconut
1 can condensed milk
32 oz. confectioners sugar

Mix together and roll into balls. Refrigerate 1 hour then melt chocolate almond bark and rolls balls in chocolate and set aside. Enjoy!

Oreo Balls


1 1 lb. Package of Oreo cookies
1 8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
1 1 lb. White Almond Bark
In a large bowl combine crushed cookies and cream cheese to form a stiff dough. Roll into balls and refrigerate for 1 hour. Then dip in melted almond bark and set on wax paper until set. 

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Peppermint Kiss Brownies

Yield: 9-12 brownies
Ingredients
  • 6 ounces semisweet chocolate
  • 6 ounces unsalted butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 & 1/2 cups light brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. peppermint extract
  • 3/4 cup AP flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  • Candy Cane Kiss Ganache
  • 10 ounces Hershey's candy cane kisses
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • Dark Chocolate Glaze
  • 2 & 1/4 ounces unsalted butter
  • 4 ounces dark chocolate
  • 1 & 1/2 tsp. light corn syrup
  • Topping
  • 10-15 candy cane kisses, chopped up
Instructions
    Brownies
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line an 8″ x 8″ pan with parchment paper & spray with non stick spray.
  2. Melt chocolate & butter together.
  3. Mix eggs & sugar with whip attachment a few minutes until eggs thicken and get lighter in color.
  4. Mix in vanilla & peppermint extracts.
  5. Pour melted chocolate/butter mixture into mixer. Make sure it warm, not hot.
  6. Add flour, baking soda, salt and mix just to combine.
  7. Pour batter into pan and bake at 325 degree for 40-45 minutes rotating once halfway through.
  8. Candy Cane Kiss Ganache
  9. Bring cream up to a scald and pour over kisses.
  10. Stir together till smooth and set aside.
  11. When brownies are completely cool, pour ganache on top.
  12. Refrigerate till set.
  13. Chocolate Glaze
  14. Melt butter and chocolate together.
  15. Stir in light corn syrup.
  16. Quickly pour over brownies. I recommend using the glaze a little warmer than room temp.
  17. Set brownies aside for about 10 minutes while you chop up the remaining candy cane kisses for the top.
  18. Sprinkle the chopped candy cane kisses on top of the brownies and refrigerate till set. This will take a minimum of 4 hours, but I recommend letting them chill overnight.
  19. Cut brownies with a clean, hot knife.
Notes
When using the glaze, you want it to be warm, but not super hot.
Letting the brownies chill completely before cutting them will ensure that they cut clean. Most importantly, use a hot, clean knife when you cut them!
You can either get 9 or 12 out of this batch. When I cut 12 I thought they were kind of small, but they are very rich so it wound up being the perfect size.
These will stay for about a week in the fridge, but they have a tendency to disappear very quickly.
Remember these are truffle brownies, meaning they will sink a little in the middle when you take them out of the oven. That's good and leaves a nice space to fill with ganache.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Cranberry Fudge

•2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

•1/4 cup light corn syrup

•1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

•1/4 cup reduced-fat evaporated milk

•1 teaspoon vanilla extract

•1 package (5 ounces) dried cranberries

•1/3 cup chopped walnuts

 Directions

•Line a 9-in. square pan with foil. Coat the foil with cooking spray; set aside.

• In a heavy saucepan, combine chocolate chips and corn syrup. Cook and stir over low heat until smooth. Remove from the heat. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla. Beat with a wooden spoon until thickened and glossy, about 5 minutes. Stir in cranberries and walnuts. Spread into prepared pan; refrigerate until firm.

• Using foil, lift fudge out of pan; discard foil. Cut fudge into 1-in. squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Yield: 1-1/3 pounds (81 pieces).

 

Chocolate Cherry Pie Fudge

 Ingredients

 Duncan Hines Frosting Creations Cherry Vanilla Flavor Packet

 1 container Duncan Hines Frosting Creations Starter

 1 bag white chocolate chips

 1/2 cup maraschino cherries

 1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer cookies

 2 Tablespoons butter

 1/4 cup granulated sugar

 1/4 cup chocolate of your choice – dark, white, milk – bars or chips are fine

 Line the bottom of an 8×8″ baking pan with foil, spray with non-stick spray.

 In a medium size bowl mix frosting starter and flavor packet. Set aside. Chop cherries into small pieces, leaving a few aside for the top of the fudge.

 In a food processor add wafer cookies, butter, and sugar – pulse until consistency is a crumby paste. Pour into prepared pan and press down until flat.

 Melt white chocolate chips over a double boiler or in the microwave, stirring every 15-20 seconds. Stop heating when almost all the way melted, continuing to stir until it is all the way melted.

 Mix together white chocolate chips, frosting mixture, and cherries – quickly. Pour over the top of the cookie crust. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

 Take out of the pan – should be a solid block, move to a cutting board or clean counter surface.

 Melt chocolate to drizzle over the top – double boiler or microwave stirring every 15-20 seconds until almost all the way melted. Continue to stir until all chunks are gone and it is smooth. (if you need to smooth it out more, add about a tablespoon of shortening to the chocolate as it is melting, this makes it easier to drizzle).

 Top with cherry halves, drizzle chocolate over the top. {Or wait until you’ve cut the chocolate and then add cherries and chocolate.}

 Cut into pieces or cut out with a cookie cutter.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Cracker Candy

 Ingredients
  2 sleeves of round buttery crackers (broken in half)

 ¾ cup butter

 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

 1 (12 ounce) package milk chocolate chips

 1 cup chopped pecans

 1 (12 ounce) package white chocolate chips

Place crackers on a greased aluminum foil lined 15x10 jelly roll pan.

  Bring Butter and brown sugar to a boil in a saucepan (make sure to use a larger saucepan to make sure it doesn’t boil over), stirring constantly; cook 3 minutes, stirring often.

 Pour mixture over crackers.
 Bake @ 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Turn oven off. Sprinkle crackers with chocolate chips. Let stand in oven for 3-5 minutes or until chocolate melts. Use spatula to evenly spread melted chocolate over crackers.

 Top with pecans and white chocolate chips. Cool completely (I put the pan in the freezer for 30-45 minutes) and break candy into pieces. Store in refrigerator.