“Any sane person loves chocolate.” – Bob Greene
Beyond my addiction to wine, I have another amazing addiction. Chocolate. But who doesn’t like chocolate you ask? People without souls. Have I offended non chocolate lovers? Well I’m sorry, I was joking…mostly.
These little chocolates are gooey, salty and totally worth the 30 minutes that it takes to make them. What a great gift this would make too, people love home made stuff – and if they don’t love them they must be seriously disturbed (see above quote).
Ingredients
- 200g dark chocolate cut up into small chunks
- 1 1/2 tbsp. sugar
- 1/4 cup cold heavy cream
- sea salt
Step 1: Heat a small amount of water in a double broiler over low-medium heat (or a makeshift pot and bowl) and add the chocolate chunks.
Step 2: While the chocolate is melting, heat a small frying pan over low heat and sprinkle the sugar in evenly. Cook until sugar has melted and turned a dark amber colour – check out this picture for reference.
Step 3: Add 1/4 cup of cold cream and stir vigorously for 30 seconds, turn off the heat and continue to stir until completely combined. The cream is going to bubble up when you first put it in, but just stir like crazy and then you’ll have made caramel!
Step 4: Once the chocolate has completely melted add the caramel and stir until combined. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes to cool, then stir again.
Step 5: Line a baking tray with plastic wrap or wax paper and drop spoonfuls of chocolate on the tray leaving an 1 1/2 inches between each chocolate.
Step 6: Sprinkle each chocolate with a bit of sea salt. To get flat round chocolates like mine, cover the top of the tray with more plastic wrap and with another large flat object, lightly press on top of the chocolates until slightly flattened. Be careful not to squish them too much. Refrigerate until they’re solid and then eat all of them by yourself.
ENJOY!
TIPS:
Ruffle the top layer of plastic wrap to create a wavy pattern on the chocolates
Coat in cocoa powder for a more lavish look
foodsqueeze 
