Toots and I love dark chocolate. This weekend is her birthday party and I'd like to make something interesting and different that will be robed in dark chocolate. Any suggestions ... besides strawberries and nuts?
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 02:23 AM
Prunes (sorry, 'dried plums'... and stop laughing 
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Figs and preserved ginger are also terrific in dark chocolate.
) in dark chocolate are amazing. I first came across them at La Maison du Chocolat, and every time I get back to NYC, I head there almost first thing off the plane, specifically for their chocolate-covered prunes.Figs and preserved ginger are also terrific in dark chocolate.
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 02:32 AM
Candied tangerine and lemon peels.
Ginger snaps and oreos.
Ruffled potato chips.
A fudge center would be awesome if you're using a high cocoa% dark chocolate. Otherwise, it's too sweet.
Cranberry or pomegranite pate de fruit sounds tasty in dark chocolate.
I'm working on a glace apricot made with dried apricots. Not quite there yet, but good for dipping.
Ginger snaps and oreos.
Ruffled potato chips.
A fudge center would be awesome if you're using a high cocoa% dark chocolate. Otherwise, it's too sweet.
Cranberry or pomegranite pate de fruit sounds tasty in dark chocolate.
I'm working on a glace apricot made with dried apricots. Not quite there yet, but good for dipping.
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 04:38 AM
Ginger snaps and oreos.
Butter cookies -- dip about half the cookie and sprinkle with coconut, chopped nuts, or crushed peppermint candy!
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 05:27 AM
pretzle rods, marshmallows, nutter butter cookies
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 06:11 AM
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 11:06 AM
Better than butter cookies are shortbread cookies. Make heart shapes and dip one side.
Small bits of hocolate dipped in chocolate is good (two different darknesses).
Small bits of hocolate dipped in chocolate is good (two different darknesses).
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Posted 09 March 2012 - 07:31 PM
Tart dried apricots in dark chocolate
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 07:55 AM
When I was dipping chocolates at Christmas and had just a bit of tempered chocolate leftover, I dipped some of the Trader Joe's version of Biscoff. I was using milk chocolate at the time, and found the combination wonderful, but I think they would be equally as good in dark chocolate. They made for a nice crunchy, mildly spiced interior.
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 12:40 PM
Homemade marshmallows, orange, raspberry.
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 03:42 PM
If you add a little ground espresso to the shortbread it's even better when dipped in chocolate. ;)
Maybe Kerry will pipe in here. She dips lots of things including candy-type licorice.
Maybe Kerry will pipe in here. She dips lots of things including candy-type licorice.
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Posted 10 March 2012 - 07:57 PM
Happy to pipe in - I dip lots of stuff indeed - not too much of it in dark chocolate though. GInger for sure, candied orange rinds, marshmallows and things with coconut (macaroons) seem to be best with a thin layer of dark. Peppermint seems better with dark - so peppermint patties. And of course toffee - almond buttercrunch calls for dark.
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 07:59 AM
wow- got some great ideas from this. Now I'm hungry for some sweets. Great ideas guys!
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 08:00 AM
Just had an idea- make homemade rice crispy treats and dunk them in dark chocolate :)
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 02:01 PM
I like them best in milk chocolate!Just had an idea- make homemade rice crispy treats and dunk them in dark chocolate :)
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 03:27 PM
peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets.
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 04:37 PM
Candied mandarin supremes.
And I'm not sure if they're available in NorAm, but down here I can buy chocolate rice crisp cereal. If you made that into rice crisp squares using chocolate marshmallow (yes, we have that too), then dipped them in dark, that would be just about heaven.
And I'm not sure if they're available in NorAm, but down here I can buy chocolate rice crisp cereal. If you made that into rice crisp squares using chocolate marshmallow (yes, we have that too), then dipped them in dark, that would be just about heaven.
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 05:15 PM
Some chile, perhaps ancho powder or a bit of chipotle, in the squares and then they would be heaven.Candied mandarin supremes.
And I'm not sure if they're available in NorAm, but down here I can buy chocolate rice crisp cereal. If you made that into rice crisp squares using chocolate marshmallow (yes, we have that too), then dipped them in dark, that would be just about heaven.
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 05:45 PM
I ran some of these through the enrober with milk chocolate - I decided they would be better panned - because you need the right ration of chocolate to pb pretzel nugget - and just enrobed once there wasn't enough chocolate!peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets.
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 11:18 PM
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 11:44 PM
I have dipped tepin chiles in dark chocolate . I left the stem on and they looked like miniture stem on chocolate dipped cherries. So tasty. :)
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Posted 19 April 2012 - 11:55 PM
This website should help you out: http://www.chocomize.com/
It's pretty hilarious, you can put gold into your chocolate bars.
It's pretty hilarious, you can put gold into your chocolate bars.
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 11:19 AM
My sugestion would be ground nuts, they always going nice with chocolate.
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