Life is like a box of chocolates

Eliza Bazakas, Jacob Teo, and April Wu

Box of Chocolates (30 servings)

Special equipment:

  • Ice cream scoop/sturdy spoon

  • Candy Thermometer

  • Spherical candy mold, gridded

Bordeaux chocolates**

Ingredients

Filling:

  • 1 cup packed brown sugar

  • ½ cup butter

  • ¼ cup heavy cream

  • 1 tsp instant coffee

  • Salt

  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Coating:

  • 12 oz dark chocolate

  • 1 tbsp butter

Instructions:

  1. Melt butter and brown sugar together and boil ~2 min

  2. Add cream coffee and salt. Boil ~30 sec while stirring

  3. Remove from heat and let cool ~10 min

  4. Stir is sifted powdered sugar til dough forms. Chill ~2 hours

  5. Shape into balls and freeze ~10 min

  6. Dip in melted chocolate/butter and decorate

**Reference recipes: Copycat See's Bordeaux - Self Proclaimed Foodie

White chocolate with raspberry jam truffles††

Ingredients

Inner filling:

  • Raspberries

  • Sugar

  • Gelatin

Outer filling:

  • 16 oz white chocolate (Valrhona or Callebaut, if possible)

  • ⅔ cup heavy cream

  • 2 tbsp butter

  • 2 tsp vanilla

Coating:

  • 16 oz white chocolate

Instructions:

  1. Make raspberry/ gelatin balls. Freeze overnight?

  2. Melt outer filling ingredients together

  3. Refrigerate ~2 hours

  4. Shape into balls and freeze ~30 min

  5. Dip in melted chocolate and decorate

†† Reference recipes:

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