Made some new recipes for a fundraising auction last week. Really happy with how they turned out.
Purple Dome: Pecan Caramel Popcorn (Maple Pecan Praline (Notter) w/ a commercially prepared piece of caramel popcorn in side.) Just thought it would be fun to try. It took some time to find small fully covered pieces of popcorn to fit in the mold, but it worked.
Square - Chocolate Caramel (Greweling.)
Dark Stripes - Sesame Ginger (Greweling at home, recipe modified from truffle to molded chocolate). This is the first time I've made a more savory filling. I only used half the ginger because I thought it would be too strong. While it was the first day it mellowed considerably by day two. Would use the full amount next time. I used the mini massage gun from this discussion to help tap out the bubbles, but should have used it more because the milk chocolate didn't settle all the way in. Another issue is that some of the dark stripes came out of temper
Balls - Hazelnut Truffles (Greweling at home, added crushed croquantine to the outside.) Also the first time I've made anything with praline paste. I got some because I see it talked about here a lot and wanted to try it. Then when I got it, I wasn't quite sure what to do with it. Finally settled on these truffles. Adding the croqantine on the outside created some fun texture.
