2021.02.14 Valentine's Day

Chocolate Adventures 2021!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownie Bars

1. • base:

     • Ghirardelli ccc mix and dark chocolate brownie mix.

     • Baked a thin layer in an 8x8 pan and a thicker layer in a 5x5 aluminum construct

       • The thinner layer seemed better

   • toppings:

     • Kirkland brand chocolate

     • Almonds crushed with a ladel

     • Oreo cookies

CCC Brownie Chocolates

1. • base:

     • Ghirardelli ccc mix and dark chocolate brownie mix.

   • toppings:

     • Kirkland brand chocolate

     • Almonds crushed with a ladel

     • Oreo cookies

   • construction:

     • Dipped flowers (My favorite):

       • CCC Brownie stuffed into flower molds and frozen for an hour.

       • chocolate melted in double boiler

       • frozen stuff popped out and dipped into melted chocolate

       • Topped with toppings

     • Molded flowers:

       • CCC Brownie rolled into small balls and left to cool

       • Chocolate melted in double boiler, then spooned into molds, filled halfway

       • small balls pressed into still-liquid chocolate

       • capped with more chocolate

       • fridged for a while then popped out.

Problems encountered:

• Chocolate is only meh in my opinion. Perhaps need higher quality chocolate/darker chocolate, because it was very sweet.

• The dipped flowers were a bit hard to get off the dipping stick. imo, their chocolate: base ratio is the best.

• Overall, pretty smooth. Not as ambitious as last year, but the outcome is more aesthetically pleasing and I think the taste is better.

• The chocolates are still too big. I think I want to try making mini ones next year.