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Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans

April 10th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

Many of us love the taste and smell of a fresh cup of coffee and we also have some type of sweet tooth. Now we know that the taste of sweets and coffee are completely different, but they do make a great match, since some of us add sugar to help with the slightly acidic bitterness of the coffee.

The great example of this is the great taste of chocolate covered coffee beans. If you love coffee, and you are a chocolate lover, or maybe both, then a nice cup of chocolate coffee beans can make a great snack.

A Marriage of Flavors

Chocolate and coffee work well together, so much that some chocolates in Europe will have recommended servings that include serving with coffee, particularly dark chocolates. However, any kind of chocolate can make great chocolate covered coffee beans, even white chocolate. This sweet, crunchy snack gives you the mellow flavor of one of the favorite candies in the world with the tang and aroma of coffee. And even better, this is a snack with kick, since you’ll get a little caffeine rush from eating chocolate coffee beans.

Making Your Own

Some people are serious enough about their coffee to buy their own beans and grind them. If you’re serious about your coffee, then you can be just as serious about your chocolate covered coffee beans. By purchasing your own beans and chocolate, you’re guaranteed a quality product.

Making this great snack food is a snap; all you need is a pot to carefully melt the chocolate in, and some sort of device, whether a fork or a strainer, to remove the beans. Once the chocolate is melted, simply place the beans in the pot to coat, and then remove with the fork. Set on wax paper to harden overnight, and you’ll have a great snack that you made from scratch.

Buying Beans

The beans are very important when you’re making chocolate coffee beans. What you want to do is buy a medium or dark roast, because the light roast is too acidic for chocolate coffee beans. This is one of the reasons why chocolate covered espresso beans have become popular, since it is a very dark roast.

You can even bring out some very interesting flavor combinations with your chocolate covered coffee beans when you purchase flavored beans. These are usually considered inferior by aficionados and for creating a brew, but they sure can and the kick to your chocolate covered coffee beans. If you have never tried this sweet, crunchy snack you may want to give it a try and you are sure to get hooked!

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