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These tasty chocolately treats make a great gift for your guests.
By Bonnie Stern
These beautiful little homemade chocolates are the perfect treat to serve after dinner or to give away as holiday gifts. You can make them with bittersweet, semi-sweet, milk or white chocolate, but choco-holics would likely prefer the first two. They look especially festive sprinkled with gold flakes.
Ingredients
12 oz (375 g) 70% dark chocolate (or semi-sweet), chopped
1 cup (250 mL) chopped, toasted almonds or hazelnuts, divided
¾ tsp (4 mL) coarse sea salt
Topping (optional):
Chopped pistachios, shredded coconut or gold flakes
Get Cooking!
- Melt chocolate in a bowl set over simmering water or in a microwave for 1½ to 2 minutes. Remove from heat before the chocolate is completely melted and stir to finish melting. Stir in half the nuts, then the salt.
- Evenly spread mixture into a rectangle approximately 8 x 12 in (20 x 30 cm) on a baking sheet lined with a nonstick baking mat or parchment. Sprinkle with remaining nuts and topping (if any). Chill for 30 minutes or until just set.
- Cut out 1½-in (4-cm) disks with a cookie cutter (cutting as close together as possible). Store in the refrigerator, or freeze them. Serve cold.
Makes about 40 pieces
Nutrition Facts: 1 piece has 69 calories, 1 g protein, 4 g fat, 6 g carbohydrate, 1 g fibre.
Photo by Benoît Levac; Food Stylist: Marie-Éve Charron; Prop Stylist: Irène Garavelli.
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