Coffeehouse Spoons Coffeehouse Spoons
6
ounces semisweet chocolate pieces
4 ounces milk chocolate pieces (or white,
mint, etc. chocolate)
flavorings of your choice
(extracts, such as rum,
almond, mint, etc, or spices such as cinnamon)
20 plastic spoons
1. Place
a piece of waxed paper on a cookie sheet large enough to hold 20 to 24 of your
plastic spoons. Place semisweet chocolate pieces in a heavy saucepan over low
heat, stirring constantly until the chocolate begins to melt.
2.
Immediately remove from heat; stir until smooth. Dip spoons into chocolate,
tapping the handle of the spoon against the side of the pan to remove excess
chocolate. Place spoons on waxed paper; refrigerate for 30 minutes or until
chocolate is set.
3. Place milk chocolate (or chocolate of your choice)
in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until chocolate begins to
melt.
4. Immediately remove from heat; stir until smooth. Place the
melted chocolate in a small, heavy self-sealing bag. Using scissors, make a
small cut in the corner of the bag; drizzle on or both sides of the covered
spoons, making a decorative pattern. (Small dots, zigzag lines, circles, etc.)
Note: The above 2 steps can be reversed if you like! Get 6 ozs. of white
chocolate to cover the spoons and 4 ozs. of chocolate of your choice to use to
decorate the spoons. Also, don’t rule out various flavored chips- raspberry,
butterscotch, etc.
5. Refrigerate spoons for 30 minutes to allow
chocolate to set. Wrap each spoon separately in clear or colored plastic wrap.
Use ribbon to tie off plastic wrap. Store in a cool dry place until ready to
give as gifts.
6. Place chocolate covered spoons in a new coffee mug and
give along with other homemade goodies.
Chocolate Dipped Apricots
Figure
about 30-50 apricots per pound of chocolate, depending on their size and how
much chocolate you like to coat them with, of
course...