Peanut turtles and stuff

I went back to the old way of doing it, with one slight change. I buttered all the pans, melted the caramel and mixed in peanuts, then dumped the whole thing in a buttered pan. Then I melted the chocolate. I divided up the caramel (burning my fingers a little b/c it was still hot and not very workable) then I used a slotted spoon and spatula to dip them in the chocolate. Worked much better! The remaining chocolate I mixed with the leftover salted pecans and dumped in a pan.

Then I had to wash butter off of everything.

Pecan turtles

I melted caramel, mixed in salted pecan pieces, then dumped it in spoonfuls into a buttered foil pan. Then I melted two bars of dipping chocolate. I squished the caramel/pecan mixture into chunks and dipped it in the chocolate. Then I got bored and pour a layer of chocolate into a buttered pan, then squished flat the rest of the caramel mixture and added another layer of chocolate on top. Once it's cooled and hardened (and I've cleaned my cutting board) I'll turn it out and slice it up.

Well, that didn't work. I ended up with a giant slab but when I cut it up it kind of... disintegrated. I guess I'll stick to the slow way.

Rocky Road candy

I meant to make this candy back in December. And then in January. Now it's March. I bought dipping chocolate in bulk - the big chunks - melted it in my double boiler, and stirred in peanuts. For the first batch I also stirred in marshmallows, for the second I layered the pan and poured the chocolate/peanut mixture on top. I put them in aluminum pans that I greased with butter. The staff liked them, but I think there were to many marshmallows in the first batch.