Fruit-Nut Chocolate Bonbons

Title:
Fruit-Nut Chocolate Bonbons

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Passover




Ingredients:





     1 c  Sugar


     1 ts Ground ginger


     2 ts Cinnamon


   1/2 c  Honey


   1/2 c  Hot water (brandy may be


          -substituted for a few tbs


          -of water)


     6 oz Bittersweet chocolate,


          -chopped


     2 tb Oil


   3/4 c  Seedless raisins


   2/3 c  Finely chopped walnuts


 2 1/2 c  Cake meal


          Sugar or finely chopped


          -nutmeats for garnish






 Combine the sugar, spices, honey and water in a 1 quart saucepan. Cook over


 low heat until the syrum forms a thread (232 degrees F on a candy


 thermometer). Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate and oil. Add


 the raisin, walnuts and cake meal. Blend thoroughly and quickly. Form into


 1 inch balls and roll each in the sugar or nutmeats. Place the bonbons into


 individually tea-sized paper cups and chill until firm. Makes approx. 24.


 


 Posted to rec.food.recipes by "Joel W./Mirjam D." 


 on Mar 16, 1994.