- 1/3 cup [80 mL] finely grated paraffin
- 1 [16-ounce / 454-g] bag milk chocolate chips
- 1 [16-ounce / 454-g] bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup [125 mL] crunchy peanut butter
- 1 cup [250 mL] icing sugar
- 3/4 cup [190 mL] finely grated coconut
- 1/4 cup [60 mL] finely chopped unsalted peanuts
Sauce
- 1 cup [250 mL] icing sugar
- Juice from Maraschino cherries
- Whole Maraschino cherries
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- Melt together grated paraffin, milk chocolate chips and semi-sweet chocolate chips into a microwave oven for approximately 3 minutes, until completely melted, stirring vigorously.
- Add crunchy peanut butter, icing sugar, finely grated coconut and finely chopped unsalted peanuts to mixture; mix until well blended.
- Heat mixture into microwave oven for approximately 1 minute.
- Spread approximately 1 teaspoon [5 mL] hot mixture over the bottom and all around 20 to 24 foam molds.
- Refrigerate for a few minutes.
- Into a bowl, mix together enough of cherry juice into the icing sugar to get a thin sauce.
- Arrange one cherry into each chocolate mold then pour in some sauce, just to the top of the cherry.
- Heat remaining chocolate mixture into microwave oven for a few seconds more.
- Delicately spread melted chocolate all over the sauce, to cover the chocolate on the side sealing in the sauce.
- Refrigerate for approximately 1 hour.
- Unmold then wrap each chocolate individually into al foil.
- Keep chocolates refrigerated.
- Leave chocolates to warm-up to room temperature for a few minutes before enjoying.
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