Chocolate & Hazelnut Dessert: What's Not To Love?!

Two of my favorite ingredients - chocolate and hazelnuts!

Ohhh yeahhh.

The recipe is not mine, so I can't share it with you.

(It's by raw- food chef, Matthew Kenney.)

These are the ingredients it called for.

Here are the first ingredients I used, along with my food-processor.

Since everything was 'liquid', I'll use my BlendTec Blender the next time.

I love that blender!

Here are some stats:

Commercial-quality, 1,560-watt, 3 horse-power motor !!

Pre-programmed blending cycles, digital touch-pad controls,

auto shut-off. And much more -

Which I'm too lazy to type.

These are the next ingredients on the list.

I added them to the others - and gave them a little spin too.

Then I chopped-up some hazelnuts.

It became boring, so I poured them into my BlendTec and 'pulsed' a few times.

I placed them in a bowl and folded them into the chocolate.

Almost ready!

I placed some in two pie-tins,

and popped them into the fridge for 15 minutes.

(There was a lot left over. No complaints here!)

The end result of Matthew's were little squares, like Brownies.

But I wanted to put it in those cute little, foil candy-cups -

So I decided not to cut it after all.

I rolled them into little balls instead -

And stuck a hazelnut on the top of each one.

TA DAAA!!!!

But then there's always this.

And this.

And even more of this.

But then - there's this!!

But, no matter what anyone says...

The best part is still - THIS!!

"I polished off the last of the Halloween candy today.

I had every intention of putting the leftover in the freezer,

but my husband said, "Why? You'll just break a tooth,

or buy a chain saw."

- Erma Bombeck

Why hot water?

Celebrating Hot Water And Cool Cups -- Part One

Celebrating Hot Water And Cool Cups -- Part Two

There are SO many things to love!

I love "Followers" and comments too!

(Thank you!)

Signing off for now,

gabriele