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Valentine
Candy Heart
Ingredients
- 1 3/4
cups pecans; toasted and divided
- 16
ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1/4 cup
butter or margarine
- 12
ounces white chocolate; chopped
- 3/4 cup
flaked coconut
Method
Grease
an 8 inch heart shaped cake pan; line bottom with wax paper. Grease
wax paper. Sprinkle 1 cup pecans evenly in pan.
Combine semisweet chocolate
and butter in the top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce
heat to low; cook until chocolate and butter melt, stirring
occasionally.
Remove from heat. Place
white chocolate in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil.
Reduce heat to low; cook until
white chocolate melts, stirring occasionally.
Remove
from heat. Drizzle 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate mixture over pecans. Drizzle
1/2 cup white chocolate over semisweet chocolate. Chill mixture in
pan 15 minutes
or until firm. Set aside 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate mixture. Combine
remaining semisweet chocolate mixture, remaining 3/4 cup pecans, and
coconut; stir well. Spread coconut mixture evenly in pan over
chilled chocolate. Chill 15 minutes. Reheat reserved 1/2 cup
semisweet chocolate mixture in top of double boiler, if necessary. Repeat
procedure for remaining white chocolate, if necessary.
Spoon reserved semisweet
chocolate and reserved white chocolate by tablespoonfuls over coconut
mixture, making sure chocolates do not overlap. Cut through melted
chocolates with a knife to create a marbled effect. Cover and chill
candy heart several hours or until firm. Carefully invert heart;
peel off wax paper. Invert again onto a serving plate, or if
desired, wrap in decorative cellophane. Serve at room temperature;
cut candy with a sharp knife.
Yield 2
pounds.
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