![]() ![]() The hard way is more tedious than hard, but the result is a shiny chocolate coating that snaps beautifully, maintains a nice shine, and doesn’t melt as easily – because the chocolate is tempered. So there is the easy way to dip the candies in chocolate or the hard way. I made coconut spheroids – sticky sticky spheroids If you wait until all of the coconut has been shaped, the shapes will be dry and the almonds might not adhere properly. Pro-tip: it’s a good idea to press the almond onto the coconut shape as you make them because the coconut is still sticky. So you already know where this is headed. Also? They fit in those little candy cup papers whereas I don’t even know where to find rectangular candy papers for log-shaped Almond Joy candies. The traditional shape of an Almond Joy candy is a log, but I find shaping a sphere (a ball, if you will) to be far faster and easier. No big deal.Īdding vanilla to the sweetened condensed milk, sugar, and salt ![]() I mean, it’s candy – it’s going to be sweet and you will just have to climb an extra thousand feet of elevation in your skis to burn it off. Joy‘s version called for unsweetened flaked coconut, but I grabbed sweetened flaked coconut instead. Stir stuff together, mold it into a desired shape, pop a nut on top and dip it in chocolate. There is no cooking involved in these treats except for the toasting of almonds and melting of chocolate. Vanilla extract, chocolate, flaked coconut, powdered sugar, almonds, salt, sweetened condensed milk Anyway, these are easy and delicious and I had to make a second batch because Jeremy looked so sad when I said I had just enough to distribute to recipients. This year’s newest addition is a homemade Almond Joy, which should really be called a Coconut Joy because the almond is just a small part of it. But I do try to mix things up a little and introduce a new cookie or confection each year. Over the years I’ve received feedback on certain cookies such that they have become regulars in the gift bags. I’ve been giving them an assortment of homemade treats for almost a decade. The main recipients of my annual kitchen frenzy are Jeremy’s administrative staff. As it is, our evenings have been filled with lots of chocolate, sugar, butter, nuts, flour, candied ginger, lemon zest, more chocolate, and piles of dirty dishes. It’s a good thing the holidays coincide with the shortest days or I’d be ditching all of my gift-making duties in favor of skiing. I am in full candy making and cookie baking mode over here. I spy a baby moose peeking from behind the treeĬrazy little neva sports her orange booties and orange ball I haven’t been willing to get my skis waxed and tuned until I stopped hitting rocks! Better late than never. Hopefully this series of storms will build a good base for the rest of the season. Our backcountry has a nice layer of snow, but our ski poles hit rocks and dirt at the bottom because we’ve had no base. The view from indian peaks chair at our local hill It was quite chilly for a few days – neva got bundled into a snuggy blanket Neva’s nose was wiggling all over as she sniffed the snow in the air Not only have we received decent snowfall, but snow is slated to continue for another week! This is good news for snow lovers as well as our snowpack, which provides our water all year and is responsible for the beautiful streams and wildflowers in summer. The first full week of December has more than made up for the dismal snowfall of November. ![]()
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