Sunday, January 20, 2013

Mounds Candy Bar Recipe from Recipe Chow

Recipe for Homemade Mounds Bars

I don't usually find a recipe I like and post it here, but I am going to do this for this particular recipe. I tried to 'pin' it to my Pinterest, but Pinterest doesn't believe there are any videos or pictures on this web page. What I don't understand, is that the web site with the recipe on it had some nice pictures on it. Here is the recipe for the homemade Mounds bars that are made without sugar, and are gluten free. Well, there probably is some sugar in the chocolate chips.

Mounds Candy Bars from Recipe Chow


Mounds Candy Bars from Recipe Chow

               ¾ cup dark chocolate 73%
               ½ cup shredded coconut
               ¼ cup coconut oil
               1 tablespoon agave nectar (if you want a sweeter filling, try 2 tablespoons                                     

Directions

1.                               Melt chocolate in a small pan over very low heat; you can use a double boiler if you wish and temper the chocolate
2.                               Using a small paint brush, coat the bottom and sides of a mounds candy mold
3.                               Place mold in freezer for 10 minutes to allow chocolate to harden
4.                               In a small bowl, combine shredded coconut, coconut oil and agave
5.                               Remove mold from freezer
6.                               Fill chocolate lined molds with coconut mixture
7.                               Paint chocolate over coconut mixture to cover bars
8.                               Place in freezer for 10 minutes to harden
9.                               Remove from freezer, turn mold upside down and pop mounds out of mold



Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Why I Eat Poundcake The Way I Do

I'm not a person who enjoys eating cake unless it is chocolate, but I must make an exception for Poundcake. You see, when I was a kid, my mom taught me about pound cake. She explained that you take pieces of the pound cake and squish them between your fingers or against a plate. That's why it is called pound cake. It is the only cake I eat like that and it tastes so good in either chocolate or any other flavor.