NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE CLUSTERS
These little cookies are a bunch of good things all at once: crunchy and chewy, sweet and salty, craggy and never neat, or ever the same, which is just as they should be. The must-have ingredients are melted chocolate, either dark or white (or both), and cornflakes. The coconut is optional, and the cranberries are up for grabs - you can swap them for raisins or small bits of other dried fruit. Since these require nothing but melting and stirring, and because the ingredients are so basic, these can be a spur-of-the-moment cookie, a boon when there's often not enough time.
Provided by Dorie Greenspan
Categories cookies and bars, dessert
Time 20m
Yield 40 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat or with 40 mini-muffin liners.
- If you're using white chocolate, use 6 tablespoons/85 grams butter. For semisweet chocolate, use 8 tablespoons/113 grams butter. Put the butter in a small saucepan, top with the chocolate and cook over very low heat, stirring almost constantly, until smooth. (Alternatively, you can stir in a heatproof bowl set over simmering water or in a microwave-safe bowl in a microwave, stirring in 20-second increments.)
- Meanwhile, toss the cornflakes, cranberries and coconut, if using, in a large bowl. Pour over the melted chocolate and gently stir in with a flexible spatula. Some of the cereal will break - it's inevitable - but keep working until you've coated all of the flakes.
- Use a medium cookie scoop or two spoons to shape sweets either on the lined baking sheet or in the paper liners. Gently press the mixture into the scoop or a spoon, binding the elements, before releasing the scoop or scraping the mixture off the spoon with another spoon onto the sheet or into the liners. Finish with salt and sprinkles, if using.
- Refrigerate or freeze (my preference) for about 30 minutes, or until set, before serving. To keep, cover and refrigerate for up to a week or freeze for up to a month. These are good straight from the fridge or just a few minutes out of the freezer.
ORANGE HAZELNUT CHOCOLATE CLUSTERS
Steps:
- Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over hot, not simmering, water, stirring frequently with a rubber spatula to ensure even melting. Remove the double boiler from the heat, remove the top pan containing the chocolate, wipe it dry, and set aside briefly. Replace the water in the bottom pan with lukewarm tap water, set the pan of chocolate on top of this, and stir gently to reduce the temperature of the chocolate (10 to 15 minutes). It will begin to get a bit thicker as it cools. If using a thermometer, it should register 95°F.
- Again remove the top pan of chocolate from the water and replace the water in the bottom pan with tap water that is a few degrees warmer than the chocolate. If using the same thermometer to check the temperature of the chocolate and the water, be sure to dry it completely so no water mixes with the chocolate. Set the pan of chocolate over the pan of warm water. The warm water will hold the chocolate at the correct temperature so that it does not cool too fast.
- In a bowl, mix the hazelnuts thoroughly with the chopped candied orange peel. Stir this mixture into the chocolate, making sure that the nuts and peel are thoroughly coated with the chocolate.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper. Spoon out clusters 1 inch in diameter onto the sheet, leaving 1 inch of space between them. Let the clusters set up at room temperature, or chill them in the refrigerator for 15 minutes, then place them in paper candy cups. In a tightly covered container wrapped in several layers of aluminum foil, the clusters will keep for 1 month in the refrigerator or 2 months in the freezer. The clusters are best served at room temperature.
- VARIATIONS
- Orange Almond Chocolate Clusters: Replace the hazelnuts with toasted, whole, unblanched almonds.
- White Chocolate Orange Almond Clusters: Replace the bittersweet chocolate with white chocolate and replace the hazelnuts with toasted, whole, unblanched almonds.
- Orange Pecan Chocolate Clusters: Replace the hazelnuts with toasted pecans.
- Cherry Almond Chocolate Clusters: Replace the candied orange peel with 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon roughly chopped dried cherries and replace the hazelnuts with toasted, whole, unblanched almonds.
- Cranberry Almond Chocolate Clusters: Replace the candied orange peel with 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon roughly chopped sweetened dried cranberries and replace the hazelnuts with toasted, whole, unblanched almonds.
- White Chocolate Apricot Hazelnut Clusters: Replace the bittersweet chocolate with white chocolate and replace the candied orange peel with roughly chopped dried apricots.
GODDESS BLESSED VEGETARIAN CHOCOLATE CLUSTERS WITH ORANGE RIND
If you think (like me) that chocolate is a gift from the Heavenly Goddesses above us, then this is a recipe you have to try! This comes from the Food column titled "Melting Moments" by Anjali Vellody, Weekend.
Provided by Charishma_Ramchanda
Categories Candy
Time 45m
Yield 40 clusters
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place the honey-nougat chocolate and white chocolate separately in heat-proof bowls.
- Place each bowl over a pan of simmering water.
- Stir and melt the chocolate until smooth.
- Set aside to let it cool.
- Mix the orange rind into the honey-nougat chocolate.
- Mix in the walnuts into the white melted chocolate.
- Place a spoonful of mixtures{of the dark and white chocolates} separately into the small paper baking cups.
- You need 35-40 small baking paper cups.
- Leave to set in the refrigerator for sometime.
- Store in an airtight container in a cool and dry place.
- Serve with tea or coffee.
- I think, personally, these are the best thing to have after a Japanese bath!
- They make you feel like a QUEEN after an already soul-cleansing dip!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 10.2, Fat 0.9, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 0.1, Carbohydrate 0.3, Fiber 0.2, Protein 0.2
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