Chocolate Covered Cherries! yuumm! :) December 15, 2008

INGREDIENTS:

• 24 maraschino cherries with stems
• 1 tablespoon and 1/2 teaspoon butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon and 1/2 teaspoon corn syrup
• 3/4 cup and 2 teaspoons sifted confectioners’ sugar
• 6 ounces chocolate confectioners’ coating

DIRECTIONS:

1. Drain cherries and set on paper towels to dry.
2. In a medium bowl, combine butter and corn syrup until smooth. Stir in confectioners’ sugar and knead to form a dough. Chill to stiffen if necessary. Wrap each cherry in about 1 teaspoon of dough. Chill until firm.
3. Melt confectioners’ coating in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Dip each cherry in by its stem, and place on waxed paper lined sheets. Chill until completely set. Store in an airtight container in a cool place. Best after 1 or 2 weeks.

Candy Around the world! December 15, 2008

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/world-pop1.html

This site is great, it shows that with food and mostly CANDY can bring the world together. Each country that is shown ; Sweden, Japan, China, Brazil, Greece, Italy, Germany, and France are all very different but each person in those country must have a sweet tooth. The site explains the tradicional candy of some countries and it gives you an idea of  how food must be depending on where they are located ( South America, Asia, Africa, …). Some candy’s have sweet with salty, gummys which were invented in Germany and CHOCOLATE!

I loved this site. Since im a candy lover, mostly chocolate addict, i can say that it gave me a bigger idea of how candy is around the world.