Walnut Coffee Creams - Candy

8 ingredients
4 steps

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

Directions

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    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.
  4. 4
    Refrigerate in a covered container with waxed paper between layers up to 2 weeks.

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