Melon Kohakutou by DamSoCafe.
This is a melon crystal candy from the shop I previously ordered a peach flower from. I remain absolutely blown away by the care taken with every step of this shop's process, down to the smallest details. The natural vegetable powders used to tint DamSo's sweets give such delicate coloring to the candy. The melon flavor is refreshing and very summery. A total sensory joy all around, with crisp crunchy layers. Small cloud-shaped samples of kohakutou and apple hard candies accompanied my purchase, making it extra lovely.
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Salted Whiskey Caramels
5 Tbsp. butter
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 oz. (¼ cup) whiskey
1 tsp. vanilla
¼ tsp. kosher (coarse) salt
1½ cups sugar
¼ cup light corn syrup
¼ cup water
1 Tbsp. kosher (coarse) salt, for sprinkling
Line a 9 inch square pan with parchment or wax paper, allowing the paper to drape over two sides; spray lightly with cooking spray.
In a 1 quart saucepan, heat butter, heavy whipping cream, whiskey, vanilla, and ¼ teaspoon salt to boiling, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; set aside.
In 3-quart saucepan, mix sugar, corn syrup, and water. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat. DO NOT STIR. Boil until sugar turns a warm golden brown.
When the sugar mixture is done, turn off the heat and slowly add the cream mixture to the sugar mixture. Be careful — it will bubble up violently. Cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes, until the mixture reaches 248 degrees F (firm ball) on a candy thermometer. Pour caramel into pan; cool 10 minutes. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon salt; cool completely.
Cut into squares; wrap individually in parchment paper.
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Candied Almonds in Air Fryer
Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy candied almonds air fryer or oven recipe. It turns ordinary nuts into a delightful snack.
Recipe => https://littlebitrecipes.com/candied-almonds/
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Briella’s Winterfest Baking 25 Pomegranate Chocolate
Sul Sul, Gerbits. Today is one of the simplest recipes that I think I have shared with you during this baking session. We are going to be making Chocolate Pomegranate Seeds.
You are going to need:
Pomegranates
chocolate chips.
That’s all you need. It is a two ingredients recipe.
The first thing you are going to do is remove all the pomegranate seed and then place them in a colander. The measurements are going to be in the description below.
Then gently rinse the seeds, and lay them out on a paper towel. The reason you do this is to dry them.
You are going to place the wax paper on a cookie sheet that can fit in your refrigerator.
(Christopher talking) Mom always melt’s her chocolate on the stove. She tells us that she feels that the chocolate that gets melted in the microwave is not even. But, I don’t really care. I JUST WANT CHOCOLATE!
(Briella) *quietly laughs under her breathe* Thanks, Chris. I always melt things is I use a double boiler, which is a pot of water with a pan or bowl over the top. This way I know that all of the chocolate is melted. And there are no chunks of chocolate chips that haven’t melted yet.
After the chocolate is melted, you are going to add the pomegranate seeds, folding gently with a rubber spatula. Until the seeds are thoroughly covered. Then spoon out globs of the mixture.
(Chris) Mom, do you think I’ll be able to eat it?
(Briella) Why wouldn’t you? I mean you usually like Pomogrante, and you LOVE chocolate, so why would you be able to eat this?
(Chris) Because I am missing a tooth.
(Briella) OH, so the tooth fairy is going to be visiting you tonight?
(Chris) Yeah, I’m gonna be richer than Christian.
(Briella) *haha* how much money do you think the tooth fairy is going to give you?
(Chris) I think I am going to get $100.
(Briella) Um… no… maybe take away one of those zeros, and then half that.
(Chris) That’s not fair mom, you know that math is not my strong point! Don’t confuse me with numbers.
The globs of the mixture can be whatever size you want. You may want to cut them in half once they are cooled. Like we did.
You are going to refrigerate the chocolate pomegranates so that they can become hard. You can keep them in the refrigerator for at least 3-4 days. But that is not going to last.
These were really good. They tasted like chocolate pomegranate candies. I mean wait.. That is what they were. Well, I hope you gerbits liked this recipe. See you next time! Vadish, Dag Dag!
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Peach Kohakutou by DamSoCafe.
Hi! As of today this is now also a blog about kohakutou, or crystal candy! This is a food both Erin and I can eat since it's gluten-free, which is most excellent. We love candy. Sometimes we say to each other that we'd like to eat particularly delicious-looking slime, so this feels like the natural space to provide kohakutou reviews.
My friend Ari said that the first piece of crystal candy I ever bought, shown above, looked like a fancy soap. They were extremely right. I loved the use of gold leaf and admired the delicate layers, carefully packaged and intact.
Happily, it did not taste like a fancy soap. It tasted like a rock candy on the outside and the most delightful blend between a gummy and gelatin on the inside. The flavor was a mild, juicy, and very natural tasting peach. I was so excited about this candy that I ate it way more quickly than I expected to: over the span of two days rather than a week. I had intended to try and save it like my childhood chocolate Easter bunnies. I forgot I always used to eat those pretty quickly too.
Would recommend energetically. I messaged the creator to tell her it was the best crystal candy I'd ever had. Technically true and an accurate measure of my joy.
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