chocolate buffet-finger foods

[pissaladiere]

I am throwing a surprise poker/40th birthday party for my husband. He absolutely loves single malt scotch and anything chocolate. I have the scotch part covered, but would like to set out a chocolate buffet. It needs to be mostly neat, finger food as they will be playing cards. So far I have thought of brownies, chocolate chip cookies, a variety of truffles (scotch, chile, . . . ), chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate cheesecake cut into tiny fingers or squares. I know not all of these are completely neat, but, it is chocolate after all. I am looking for some more ideas, perhaps something with nutella, peanut butter or pecans. Any suggestions?

[Carolyn Tillie]

A peanut-butter suggestion (now don't laugh! this is good!)

Melt one stick of butter and mix it with one jar peanut butter. Add one box Rice Krispies and roll into meatball-sized balls. Coat with chocolate... They last and taste great!

[SuzySushi]

Someone recently gave us a box of chocolate-dipped macadamia nut shortbread cookies, and they disappeared pretty quickly. The cookies were shaped as rectangles and dipped in chocolate at an angle, so one corner was chocolate-free for easy handling. Any standard shortbread cookie recipe should work.

[SweetSide]

Chocolate tartlets, filled with a rich ganache.

Small chocolate butter cookies sandwiched with a nutella buttercream.

Fudge.

Chocolate covered peanuts and pretzels.

Now must go find me some chocolate........

[merstar]

Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroons, Mini Chocolate Cupcakes, Fresh Figs stuffed with chocolate...

[JFLinLA]

I love doing finger-food dessert buffets. Chocolate biscotti, korova cookies and chocolate dipped berries all come to mind. Also, Jacques Torres bite-sized almond brownies are great and easy and I bake them in mini-muffin tins with festive liners so they look pretty. Don't forget cupcakes.

I have done and love doing bite-sized cheesecake squares. To avoid waste, bake in a square pan, sprayed with non-stick spray, lined with foil pressed will into the corners and up and over the sides to create a sling for each removal. Once baked and chilled, freeze, then thaw slightly and slice with a long sharp knife dipped in hot water for pretty cuts. Then, put each square in a nice wrapper. Depending on the size you can use anything from little paper dessert cups to full size muffin tin liners.

[pissaladiere]

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I'd forgotten about cupcakes. I really like the idea of chocolate covered pretzels or nuts. I also like the idea of bite sized goodies in mini muffin liners or other wrappings. I'll post more details when I finalize my menu.