Fruit-nut chocolate bonbons

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
½ cup Honey
½ cup Hot water (brandy may be substituted for a few tbs of water)
6 ounces Bittersweet chocolate, chopped
2 tablespoons Oil
¾ cup Seedless raisins
⅔ cup Finely chopped walnuts
2½ cup Cake meal
Sugar or finely chopped nutmeats for garnish

Directions

Combine the sugar, spices, honey and water in a 1 quart saucepan. Cook over low heat until the syrum forms a thread (232 degrees F on a candy thermometer). Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate and oil. Add the raisin, walnuts and cake meal. Blend thoroughly and quickly. Form into 1 inch balls and roll each in the sugar or nutmeats. Place the bonbons into individually tea-sized paper cups and chill until firm. Makes approx. 24.

Posted to rec.food.recipes by "Joel W./Mirjam D." <yoel@...> on Mar 16, 1994.

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