Title: 2 Easy Chocolate Candy Recipes

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Easy Chocolate Dippers - Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans, Raisins, or Nuts

This is so much fun to do with kids. Let them roam the kitchen and find yummy things to dip in chocolate - pretzels and some cereals work well. No, kids, we don't do hotdogs...

1 cup coffee beans (I love using espresso beans), raisins and/or nuts
1 1/2 cup chocolate chunks, bits or pieces
3 tbsp cocoa powder (optional)

Melt chocolate in a bowl or pan over another pan with boiling water in it.

Place 1/3 of the coffee beans, fruit or nuts in the melted chocolate. Stir around until coated. Remove your coated items from the chocolate with a fork and place on wax paper. Do not allow them to touch each other. Continue coating your items until all are finished.

If desired, roll your chocolate covered confections in cocoa powder or powdered sugar before they harden completely.

Let your chocolate covered items harden overnight. If you are in a hurry, put them in the freezer for half an hour.

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Easy Creamy Chocolate Caramel Candy

For us real chocolate lovers, dip the completely hardened caramels in melted chocolate and set on buttered cookie sheets or platters to harden again. Variations: sprinkle on crushed peppermint candies or ground pecans or other nuts.

Ingredients:

1 cup of sugar
1 cup of molasses
1 cup of thick cream
1 generous Tablespoon of butter
4 ounces premium dark chocolate
extra chocolate for dipping (optional)

Mix together in a cast iron frying pan 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of molasses, 1 cup of thick cream, one generous tablespoonful of butter, and four ounces of premium dark chocolate. Place on the stove and stir until the mixture boils. Cook at a continuous boil, stirring frequently, until a few drops of it will harden if dropped into ice-water; then pour into well-buttered pans, having the mixture about three-fourths of an inch deep. When nearly cold, mark into squares. It will take less than half an hour to cook if cooked in an iron frying pan, at least twice as long if cooked in any other kind of pan. The caramels must be placed in the refrigerator or freezer to harden.

About the Author: Kathryn Beach has been making easy chocolate candy with her kids and grandchildren for over 30 years. Visit her website for more easy chocolate candy recipes plus other chocolates such as fudge and truffles.