Comments on: Honey Sweetened, Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nuts

By: Meagan

Meagan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:39:40 +0000

Yeah! It really does make no sense. Why would raw honey be so different than adding something like heavy cream to the double boiler? Oh well, it did make some delicious dark chocolate pistachio bark!

By: Kacy

Kacy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:53:35 +0000

I have a recipe for hot fudge sauce that calls for adding water to the chocolate in the double-boiler, and I was terrified, but it worked perfectly. Strange!

By: KimiHarris

KimiHarris — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:10:16 +0000

How frustrating! You know, I’ve been able to make this recipe many times in the past without any problems, but the last time I made it, I had it seize up after I reheated it the second time. It is so frustrating when that happens. I hate it! I wonder if different honey has different moisture content or what?

Anyway, for future reference for all of us, another natural unrefined “dry” sweetener like rapadura, sucanat, maple sugar, or coconut sugar is probably much easier to work with.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:58:55 +0000

I just tried this recipe TWICE tonight and the chocolate seized with the addition of the raw honey each time. Chocolate cannot handle any type of moisture and I am sure that this was the problem. I will not be trying to put raw honey in it again! If I try this recipe again it will definitely be with nothing anywhere close to having moisture and I will leave the chocolate unsweetened. I am disappointed and wondering how you got yours to work Kimi? Looks delicious, however, and is a great idea. I turned the seized chocolate into double layer pistachio bark, which looks interesting (chocolate is NOT smooth) but tastes fine. Thankfully I did not have to throw out the chocolate and waste it all!

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:38:17 +0000

Yum, I’m a year late on this but glad to have found this recipe! I was scrolling through seeing if you had a pineapple upside down cake recipe . . .

By: Jennifer F Schloss

Jennifer F Schloss — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:36:00 +0000

Thanks for posting this recipe. They look AMAZING!!! Can’t wait to try them out.

Jennifer
http://glutenfreela.blogspot.com/

By: Michele @ Frugal Granola

Michele @ Frugal Granola — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:09:00 +0000

Ooh- these look so good! Thanks, Kimi!
I just e-mailed you my recipe link.

Blessings,
Michele

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:53:00 +0000

These look gorgeous, and what a wonderful gift! I love the look of the unrefined sugar on top . . . but am sure that I'd love the sea salt ones! There is just something about salted nuts and dark chocolate that always does it for me!

Thank you for such a great recipe!

Best,
Sarah

By: Stacy@Delighting in the Days

Stacy@Delighting in the Days — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:50:00 +0000

They look absolutely delicious!

I’m excited to see everyone’s recipes.
Stacy

By: Spencer Andersen

Spencer Andersen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:58:00 +0000

Wow! Those are beautiful, I can almost taste the love from here,forget the store bought:) How can you go wrong with nuts and chocolate<3. Trader Joe's is so great, it's the best place for nuts and chocolate. So cheap and soo good how do they do it?. Macadamias are native to Austrailia I wonder if thats why they're cheaper? What a good money saving gift, I might have to follow your lead and make some for my family. Thanks for anoher great idea Kimi!