Homemade Chocolate Treats

Whenever I get invited somewhere and I have to bring something... chances are I'm bringing some form of chocolate. These Homemade Chocolate Treats look complicated but they are easy as can be!

Supplies

1. Chocolate - Get the kind that is made for melting. I used dark and white.

2. Sweetened Banana Chips

3. Salted Cashew Pieces

4. Spoons

5. Cookie tray

6. Baking cups

7. Glass bowl

8. Glass measuring cup with a spout

8. Small bowls

9. Microwave

10. Melt & Mold decorator bottles

Step #1Place Baking Cups on a cookie tray.

Step #2 Place Sweetened Banana Chips and Salted Cashew Pieces in two bowls.

Step #3Break up Banana Chips into smaller pieces.

Step #4

Melt chocolate as shown in Loaded Chocolate Covered Pretzels Tutorial.

Step #5

Place 4-5 spoonfuls of Sweetened Banana Chips and Salted Cashew Pieces into the melted chocolate.

Step #6

Mix the Sweetened Banana Chips and Salted Cashew Pieces into the melted chocolate. Add additional spoonfuls of  Sweetened Banana Chips and Salted Cashew Pieces until there is only a small amount of liquid chocolate left. Be careful not to over add!

Step #7 

Use a spoon to scoop out some of the mixture into a baking cup. Repeat until bowl is empty. Let sit at room temperature for the chocolate to harden.

Result!

You can stop here... or you can do so much more!!

more...

Step #8

Melt white chocolate in a measuring cup with a spout.

Step #9
Carefully pour melted chocolate into the melt & mold decorator bottle.

Step #10
Squeeze chocolate on top of the clusters as they were finished in step #7.

Step #11

Tap the tray to release air bubbles and flatten the surface of the chocolate.

Step# 12

Another option is to drizzle the white chocolate on top of the clusters.

Step #13

As the clusters dry you can begin to make your display.

Step #14
A fourth option is to drizzle dark chocolate on the white clusters from step #10

Step #15

If you get good with the decorator bottle you can even make letters. Remember these are homemade and don't need to be perfect!

Step #16
A 5th option is to fill the clusters with more dark chocolate similar to the way you do with the white in step #10.

Step #17

I hate to waste chocolate. At the end I take whatever melted chocolate is left and put it in a few cups and then drop a few cashews on top.

You'll end up with a yummy assortment of clusters! Display on a cute tray...

... or fill a box to give to someone special. 

(I'm glad you liked them mom!!)

fyi... if your family is anything like mine these will be gone in no time!!

enjoy!!
Note:If you are looking for the Fresh Fabric Treats Giveaway Post it's here...the giveaway has ended.


© Blog post written by Julie Herman
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sunday stash..wk40

yes i know it's monday.
but i wasn't around yesterday.
so i'd say it's a monday stash.. but that doesn't sound as cool as sunday stash.

IN

nothing. nada.

i haven't had a moment to shop

OUT

3 yards to finish my geo grand top & backing

2.5 yards on two tic tac toe on the go boards   

with cases!
{ tutorial coming soon! }

chalk cloth squares still available in the shop

i was busy in the kitchen
{shocking i know}

toppings...

plus chocolate... and pretzels...

= yummy loaded chocolate covered pretzels

i'd share with you...
but most of them have already been eaten!

so this week

zero in

5.5 out

YTD totals

purchased: -603.19 yds
busted: 409.25 yds
net: -193.94 yds

check out how everyone else is doing...

randomness.

it's pouring here right now!

non stop rain.

so i thought i'd share some randomness with you...

i caved and went food shopping yesterday.

{not my favorite thing to do}

i had eaten one of these every morning for the last week... and i had eaten the last one.

i was also running low on apple juice.

my #1 drink of choice.

cooking is not my strength.

i mean i can... i just don't enjoy it

anyway i've been left to fend for myself for a week...{so far}

so what did i eat?... 2 slices each day for 5 days in a row.

and a lot of potato chips

and soda.

so not healthy i know.

and i've got 2 more week of this.

{don't worry mom.. i'm ok!}

i did do the laundry.

i don't mind laundry....

and i watered the plants.

i don't have a green thumb... but i was told this was something i wasn't allowed to mess up over the next few weeks!

i did also get in a fight with my contacts.

oh well... happens every few months or so.

so what have i been doing to make it less silent here?

lots of sewing... and lots of dvds.

and my magazines arrived!!

so i've been playing with them!

thank you to everyone who has ordered kits & sent me emails about them!!

so what about you.

anything random?

food tips?