More bites
I recently bought a new melting pot for my chocolate. It works a lot better than melting and re-melting and re-melting some more. Would that be re-re-melting? Something to think about. So anyway, I decided to try some of the new flavor combo's I have been considering. I melted two pans of white chocolate and tinted one of them black and added coffee oil. I tinted it black, because I didn't have dark chocolate to melt, which is what I wanted to use. It came out ok, but not exactly what I wanted.
The other day I made banana cake and some Dulce de leche frosting. I crumbled the cake in my food processor and then mixed in the frosting. Then I formed them into balls and put them in the frige to set up. So today, after I melted the chocolate, I got the balls out and dipped them in the melted white chocolate.
Then I put a dollop of dulce de leche on top and a walnut chip.
For the coffee ones, I dipped chocolate cake bites into the coffee flavored melted chocolate. Then, while it was still wet, I placed a dark chocolate covered espresso bean on top. Now, I don't drink coffee, so was apprehensive to taste them. But my husband, who is a coffee lover decided to step in on my behalf. He is so thoughtful that way. He considers them "bite size" and sticks the whole thing in his mouth. After a couple bites he looks at me and does a noticable "jolt". Then says "man thats good" So even though they didn't turn out exactly like i wanted, it was close. They are kinda ugly, but the taste was spot on. So next time I will make some changes, but these definately won't go to waste.
And these are my "spicy" bites. They are chocolate cake centers dipped in chili spiced dark chocolate and topped with red tinted white chocolate. One would think 'chili's and chocolate'? The practice is as old as chocolate itself. The Aztec's used to put chili's in their chocolate drinks to enhance the flavor. They aren't really spicy though. When you bite into one you taste chocolate and creamy goodness. Then after you swallow, at the back of your throat is this smokey heat. Not spice, just smoke. It is very interesting.
And you know the best part of all this? I get to taste the damaged or not so perfect ones. Like that one right in the front, in the middle. It was not any good at all. It was terrible and I am just going to have to store these in a secret container in the back of my fridge - I mean, er, uh, throw them away, right now! Ok, you caught me. Fine! They were delicious. As just about anything dipped in chocolate is. If you are wondering where in the world you can get chili spiced chocolate, Lindt sells them in bar form. Grab ya bar and just try it. You might like it!