FRUIT & NUT CHOCOLATE CHEQUERS

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Kids can learn to melt chocolate with this simple recipe - a perfect homemade gift

Provided by Sara Buenfeld

Categories     Afternoon tea, Treat

Time 40m

Yield Makes 8 of each flavour

Number Of Ingredients 9

150g white chocolate
1 tbsp dried raspberry flakes
8 toasted almonds , halved
8 pecan halves
8 pinches cocoa , for dusting
150g dark chocolate
1 tbsp candied peel
1 tbsp dried cranberries or raisins
8 sugared cashews

Steps:

  • Roughly chop the chocolate on chopping boards with a large sharp knife - chopping rather than breaking it into squares will help it to melt nice and quickly. Get someone to help if necessary. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
  • Put 2 heatproof mixing bowls over pans half-filled with water - make sure that the base of the bowls doesn't touch the water. Add the chocolate, then leave to melt over a gentle heat. Once it starts to melt round the edges of the bowl, stir gently just once or twice, then leave to melt again. Remove from the heat.
  • Take care, as the bowls will be hot. Using a teaspoon, spoon the melted chocolates onto the paper in round shapes as evenly sized as possible - you need 16 of each type of chocolate. Leave a teaspoon of the white chocolate in the basin for later.
  • To decorate the white chocolates, chop the raspberry flakes, then scatter on half the rounds and top with 2 almond halves. Put a pecan on the rest, then swirl over a little of the chocolate left in the bowl. Sprinkle with cocoa.
  • To make the dark chocolates, scatter half the rounds with the candied peel and the other half with the chopped cranberries and sugared cashews. Or try a combination of them all.
  • Leave the chocolates to set and harden for about 3 hours (the dark chocolate will set before the white), then pack carefully into a box. They will keep for a week.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 259 calories, Fat 15 grams fat, SaturatedFat 7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 29 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 27 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 4 grams protein, Sodium 0.07 milligram of sodium

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