Beech's Dark Coffee Creams 150 g

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They also make the perfect gift for friends and family, and they can be kept cool in the fridge, or eaten as soon as they arrive – whatever you prefer, the choice is yours!

Dip the coffee creams to fully cover and decorate with pieces of ground coffee, cocoa nibs or a drizzle of white chocolate. Dip each fondant cream in the melted chocolate using kitchen fork (or specialist chocolate dipping fork). Lower the fork with the fondant into the chocolate and then as you are lifting the fondant tap out the excess chocolate. I’ve also used a bit of alcohol instead of water when I needed to make the sugar syrup more pliable just before I rolled it to create this confectionery. Boil until the syrup reaches 114C and then pour straight into heatproof bowl and add the coffee extract or flavouring. There’s the all-important coffee flavour, while plain caramel provides the colour. Although Whitakers coffee cream chocolates are gluten and palm oil free, they do contain soya, as well as traces of lactose and nuts. Indulge yourself in a FairTrade treatFry’s chocolate company was famous for their chocolate, orange or strawberry fondant creams which were made into a long thin chocolate bar.

I’ve always considered peppermint creams as a bit old fashioned type of confectionery until recently when I got asked for the recipe on several occasions and thought: ‘maybe there is more to these than I originally thought!’ Measure out all the ingredients using a digital scales or use cups and spoons making sure that they are only filled to the level (not heaped). Add the caster sugar into a small to medium size saucepan and add the liquid glucose, cream of tartar, pinch of fine salt and the water.

The word fondant comes from the French ‘fondre’ or to melt, and describes the key characteristic of the tempting coffee creams. But where do coffee cream chocolates come from, and are coffee flavoured chocolates as popular as they once were? Let’s take a closer look… A short history of dark chocolate coffee creams The fondant filling can stay in the fridge (wrapped in clingfilm) for 1-2 days, if you want to make this recipe in two different stages. Ingredients for traditional coffee fondant creams recipe Sugar

I choose coffee flavour for this recipe, partly because I simply love the coffee and chocolate flavour combination, but also because you can use regular instant coffee granules to flavour this traditional confectionery.

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Yes, these coffee creams make perfect gifts for birthday parties, hen parties or used as wedding favours or Christmas presents for your foodie friends and family. You can make them up to one week in advance, on the understanding that they will be fine for a week or two after that. How to store chocolate coffee creams Whitakers Coffee Creams are made of fondant, which is a heavenly combination of sugar, glucose syrup, and water, infused with coffee flavour. MMMM! You also want to make sure that you don’t store your cream fondants near any source of heat, such as cupboard next to the oven or fridge as the chocolate on your fondant creams could potentially melt. How long fondant creams last?

We’ve made the traditional peppermint creams with fresh mint (and a bit of strong peppermint essence) and added a hint of gin. I’ve paired it with a 85% Madagascar single origin chocolate and the flavour was amazing! The creamy, rich fondant in these smooth coffee cream chocolates is a mix of sugar, glucose syrup and water, while the vegan dark chocolate coating contains cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter and soya lecithin as an emulsifier. It was removed from the selection years ago but there are calls on social media to reinstate the delicious coffee cream. Do Roses have chocolate coffee creams? It can be counteracted by adding water, flavouring or even alcohol to make the whole mixture a bit more pliable. I do this right at the end when I’ve nearly finished the recipe, just before I want to roll it out and shape. It’s also dairy free, so there’s no need to worry about the presence of egg, or milk powder, whole milk powder or any other form of milk.So imagine how disappointed we were, the last time we received a chocolate gift box, to find our favourite coffee flavour missing in action. Does Quality Street have chocolate coffee creams?