I typically make my annual order of some peanut butter meltaway candy from my favorite candy maker in Pennsylvania, but this year I decided to give it a shot myself. I have a few candy molds and some good quality chocolate in the pantry so why not?
First I melted some 60% dark chocolate in a FS vacuum bag in the microwave then put in the SV water bath at 90° for tempering. I gave the bag a squeeze every minute to help form the right crystals. I poured the molten dark goodness in the mold and swirled around to get a good covering before dumping the excess back into a bowl. The molds went into the fridge to harden while I made the innerds for this sweet delight.
I mixed 50% by weight peanut butter and white chocolate and threw the mix into the microwave to melt. I massaged the bag until everything was mixed properly then piped the sweet PB goodness into the cooled dark chocolate shells in the mold until about 3/4 full.
I put them back in to the fridge to set up and went back to the dark chocolate that was in the SV bath and massaged it every minute for 5 minutes. I piped the dark chocolate over the candy completing the candy bites and let them rest for 30 min in the fridge.
I popped the goodies from the molds and they looked pretty good if I do say so myself.
The first batch had a textured sheet put into the mold for decoration and the second batch in the other mold used a snowflake transfer sheet.
They have a sweet creamy smooth peanut butter filling with a hard semi sweet dark chocolate exterior.
Thanks for lookin!
First I melted some 60% dark chocolate in a FS vacuum bag in the microwave then put in the SV water bath at 90° for tempering. I gave the bag a squeeze every minute to help form the right crystals. I poured the molten dark goodness in the mold and swirled around to get a good covering before dumping the excess back into a bowl. The molds went into the fridge to harden while I made the innerds for this sweet delight.
I mixed 50% by weight peanut butter and white chocolate and threw the mix into the microwave to melt. I massaged the bag until everything was mixed properly then piped the sweet PB goodness into the cooled dark chocolate shells in the mold until about 3/4 full.
I put them back in to the fridge to set up and went back to the dark chocolate that was in the SV bath and massaged it every minute for 5 minutes. I piped the dark chocolate over the candy completing the candy bites and let them rest for 30 min in the fridge.
I popped the goodies from the molds and they looked pretty good if I do say so myself.
The first batch had a textured sheet put into the mold for decoration and the second batch in the other mold used a snowflake transfer sheet.
They have a sweet creamy smooth peanut butter filling with a hard semi sweet dark chocolate exterior.
Thanks for lookin!
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