Jan 05 2010
Homemade Truffles and Caramels
This year, like years before, involved lots of Christmas candy making for me! Ever since I can remember I’ve made fudge and caramels at Christmas time. This Christmas my sister-in-laws and I decided to go all out and make homemade fudge truffles. I got inspired after being a bridesmaid in my best friend’s wedding and seeing the 300 homemade truffles her mom made as favors. Now that’s commitment! I got a copy of her delicious fudge recipe and made a double batch of it. After that my sister-in-laws and I melted milk, white, and dark chocolate, rolled the fudge into balls, and dipped it. We also chopped up walnuts to roll the truffles in/hide the ones that didn’t turn out. They turned out fabulous! You can make them with any fudge recipe you like. I might try it with homemade nougat sometime too. Earlier this Christmas season I also made a batch of my Grandmother’s caramels. This involved risking my life stirring a pot of 240 degree liquid for over an hour – but as always was well worth it. All good caramels have one thing in common…
Butter!
No worries though! The serving size for caramels is small and you always end up giving most of them away. Right? I took a picture of the original type-writer copy of the caramels recipe. I think it is so fun to have old family recipes. Especially when they are as yummy as these caramels!
Hey Erin.. Love the Chocolates.. do you have the recipe for the fudge chocolates as well. Also, would you mind sending me the link (on facebook if you want to) for the site that had that delicious soup we had at your house. I’m making a recipe book for my Dad and I wanted to put the soup in it. Thanks. The Blog looks GREAT!!!
-Kaylee