Homemade Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

Sasquatch Coffee_Chocolate_covered_coffeebeansChocolate covered espresso beans are one of our favorite treats, but they are usually on the pricey-side on the shelf at the grocery store. So, the solution to this: make or own! While espresso beans will offer the strongest flavor, any of the flavorful coffee beans from Sasquatch Coffee will be great with this recipe:

INGREDIENTS
  • 6-oz. Ghirardelli Dark Melting Wafers
  • ⅔ cup Dutch-process cocoa powder, divided
  • 1 cup whole espresso beans (try Sasquatch Zapped Espresso!)
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Using a double boiler (or make your own using this method), melt the chocolate wafers. Remove from hear and stir in the espresso beans.
  2. Using two small-ish bowls, fill one with ⅓ cup of cocoa powder. Drop a small spoonful of the chocolate and espresso beans mixture into the cocoa powder. Fluff with a fork until all of the beans are separated and coated with the cocoa powder.
  3. Set a mesh strainer over the second bowl and pass the contents of the first bowl through it, leaving just the chocolate-covered espresso beans in the strainer. Transfer the beans to a parchment-lined backing sheet to cool.
  4. Continue steps 2 and 3 above until all of the beans are covered in cocoa powder, adding additional cocoa powder to the bowl as needed.
  5. Allow the beans to cool and package up as gifts!

SRC: Find more recipes like this one here: asouthernfairytale.com/2013/11/21/homemade-chocolate-covered-espresso-beans/