Chocolate Party Treats

Tulip Bowl

Ingredients:

chocolate
balloon

Steps:

1. Blow up balloon twice before tying it.

2. Melt chocolate in microwave at 45 second intervals until melted.

3. Take balloon out and roll it in the melted chocolate from north to south, then east to west.

Ingredients:

chocolate
candy dish mold

Steps:

1. Melt chocolate in a bowl.

2. Pour the chocolate slowly into the candy dish mold until it's full. Scrape off any excess and tap the mold onto the counter to release any air bubbles.

3. Place the mold into a refrigerator for approximately 15 minutes. Turn the mold upside down. The dish should release from the mold. If it doesn't release easily, place the chocolate back in the refrigerator for five to 10 more minutes.

4. Once released, set the chocolate candy dish aside for two to three hours before filling.

Ingredients:

one cup sugar
two tablespoons of water
four cups of nuts
eight broken chocolate bars
1/4 lb. butter
1/8 tsp. lecithin

Steps:

1. Pour two cups of nuts into a round pizza pan.

2. Break up chocolate bars and spread on top of nuts. Set aside.

3. To make the toffee mixture, melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add water and lecithin.

4. Add sugar to butter, water and lecithin mixture then cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture reaches 300-degrees.

5. Spoon mixture over nuts and chocolate until covered. Do this step as quickly as possible because the toffee mixture tends to set rather quickly.

6. Pour the remaining nuts over the hot toffee mixture. Chill for two hours. Use this candy to fill the chocolate bowls.

Ingredients:

crushed pretzels
white confectioner coating

Steps:

1. Melt white confectioner coating in microwave.

2. Dip whole pretzel in the coating or crush pretzels and mix into the coating to form small pretzel balls. Use pretzels to fill chocolate bowls.

Tips:

• Place pretzels or pretzel balls on waxed paper to chill. The waxed paper releases the chocolate more readily.
• Wrap the filled gift bowls in cellophane. Embellish with a festive bow to create an elegant holiday party gift for the host or hostess.