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Chocolate Mounds Bar
What you need:
24 ounces flaked coconut
1 pound powdered sugar, sifted
1 (13.5 ounce) can cream of coconut milk
24 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
2 ounces cooking paraffin (1 ounce for each 12 ounces chocolate)
What you do:
1. Mix together coconut, powdered sugar, and cream of coconut well.
2. Roll mixture into 1" balls and chill thoroughly or freeze. Freezing is not necessary, but it helps with the chocolate coating.
3. Melt chocolate and paraffin in double boiler or crockpot and dip frozen balls, using a wooden skewer or toothpick. I've even used a microwave to melt the paraffin and chocolate; if you used a microwave, remember to mix it as it melts so it doesn't burn.
4. Let set, chill, or freeze.
Preparation Time:
25 minutes
Cooking Time:
Servings:
120
Recipe Category:
SO HOW'D IT GO?
Paraffin is an (arguably) edible petroleum-derived wax used in canning and to firm up the chocolate coating on candies (as here). It's in lots of commercial candy bars-- keeps you from having to refrigerate them to make the chocolate shine. (Edit: I said it was to preserve them and that wasn't right.) It's a very common additive in home-dipped chocolate coating.
You can generally find it with the stuff for home canning in grocery stores and so forth. Careful heating it, and make sure not to leave it unattended, because it's very flammable.
I imagine you can substitute a very small amount of vegetable shortening for the paraffin if you wish-- it won't harden and cool as fast as it would with paraffin, but then, you won't have to fiddle with finding, using, and eating the stuff. :)
OMG, I love you!!! Mounds was one of my favorite candy bars. Only question: what is paraffin? I have never made any kind of candy before. Where would I find it? Thank you so much!
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