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Walnut Coffee Creams - Candy

Walnut Coffee Creams - Candy Recipe

Hey I know you think by now I am insane about candy, well shoot you are so very right. I have this cookbook written by Beverly Sutherland Smith just chocked full of wonderfully delicious candy and petits four recipes that I use often when making gift baskets for my friends and family. As ususal with most candies this requires time to chill and harden.
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Prep Time 25 mins
Cook Time 2 hrs 20 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Global
Servings 40 creams
Calories 36 kcal

Ingredients
  

Filling

  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
  • 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee powder
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Candies

  • 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 40 walnut halves

Instructions
 

  • In a small saucepan, cood cream and corn syrup over low heat until corn syrup dissolves. Remove from heat; add coffee. Mix thoroughly; cool. Stir in sugar; mixture should form soft peaks. If not, add some more sugar. Chill covered 2 hours.
  • Melt chocolate in a bowl or top of a double boiler set over a pan of simmering water. Stir until smooth. Drop by teaspoonfuls on waxed paper and flatten to form small chocolate buttons. Let set.
  • Spoon filling into a small pastry bag fitted with a fluted nozzel. Pipe a rosette around edge of each chocolate button. Leave indentation in center. Place a walnut piece in cavity. Chill 30 minutes or until firm. Remove paper.
  • Refrigerate in a covered container with waxed paper between layers up to 2 weeks.

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Nutrition

Serving: 7gCalories: 36kcalCarbohydrates: 2.7gProtein: 0.6gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1.1gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 1.4mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 1.6g
Keyword < 4 Hours, Candy, Dessert, For Large Groups, Sweet
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