Dessert Recipes - Choco-Almond Confections Recipe

Ingredients 

• 1 1/4 cups Blue Diamond Chopped Natural Almonds, toasted

• 3 1-oz squares milk chocolate

• 1/2 cup orange juice

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar

• 3 cups crushed lemon, orange or vanilla wafers

• 2 Tbs Curacao or orange juice

Makes about 3 dozen

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Method:

1. In blender or food processor, finely grind 1/4 cup of the almonds; set aside.

2. Combine chocolate with orange juice and sugar in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved and chocolate is melted.

3. Remove from heat and mix in crushed wafers, Curacao and the chopped almonds. Chill mixture at least one hour.

4. Form into small balls; roll in the ground almonds. Refrigerate in airtight container for several days for best flavor to develop.