Fruity Chocolates

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 5 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1/3 cup glace cherries, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon glace ginger, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons glace pineapple, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon glace apricot
• 2 tablespoons orange-flavored liqueur
• 24 slivered almonds

Recipe

• 1 melt 3 oz chocolate in a bowl or top of a double boiler set over pan of simmering water. drop 24 small chocolate rounds by teaspoon on waxed paper and flatten. let set.
• 2 in a clean bowl mix the chopped fruit with liqueur. let stand for 30 minutes. using about 1/2 tablespoon, form fruit mixture into small balls, and press to same diameter as chocolate rounds. place flattened fruit on top of each chocolate round.
• 3 to decorate, melt remaining 2oz chocolate in a bowl or top of a double boiler set over a pan of simmering water. spoon chocolate into a small pastry bag fitted with a small plain writting tip. (or spoon into plastic bag and make very small snip in one corner) pipe a lattice design on top of each fruity chocolate. place an almond sliver on top of each candy. let set.
• 4 store layered with waxed paper in an airtight container up to 3 weeks.