Choco-Almond Confections

Yield: Makes about 3 dozen

Ingredients

Add Chopped Natural almonds, toasted to shopping list 1 1/4 cups Chopped Natural almonds, toasted

Add 1-oz. squares milk chocolate to shopping list 3 1-oz. squares milk chocolate

Add orange juice to shopping list 1/2 cup orange juice

Add granulated sugar to shopping list 1/2 cup granulated sugar

Add crushed lemon, orange or vanilla wafers to shopping list 3 cups crushed lemon, orange or vanilla wafers

Add Curacao or orange juice to shopping list 2 tablespoons Curacao or orange juice

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Directions:

In blender or food processor, finely grind 1/4 cup of the almonds; set aside. Combine chocolate with orange juice and sugar in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved and chocolate is melted. Remove from heat and mix in crushed wafers, Curacao and the chopped almonds. Chill mixture at least one hour. Form into small balls; roll in the ground almonds. Refrigerate in air-tight container for several days for best flavor to develop.

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