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This is a simple recipe that I thought I would share with you today. I haven't made it in years but it was a hit at parties and showers!
It is one of my old recipes before you could so readily buy chocolate cooking bars or coatings to use. Wow now that I think about it times have changed and some things are much easier to do.
A word of warning though you should be very careful when using paraffin wax.
Little Southern Almond Joy or Mounds Candy Bar
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1/2 stick of butter
- Carnation Evaporated Milk
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
- 12 oz. chocolate chips
- 1 block paraffin wax
**I guess this was the Southern Almond Joy because it used to be hard to find Almonds.
**To make this a true Almond Joy add an almond on top before coating with chocolate and leave pecans out.
**To make a Mounds leave all nuts out.
Filling:
Mix coconut and butter
Add sugar mix
Add just enough Carnation Milk to make it stick together
Shape into small rounded rectangles
Topping
Melt 12 oz. chocolate chips with 1 block paraffin was over a double broiler
Dip candy with fork or toothpick
Place on wax paper or buttered dish
**Optional
Top with pecan halves or almond
**To make it even easier buy some chocolate coating bars, preferably real chocolate and forget about the paraffin wax and chips
Enjoy!
Melt some chocolate and dip them of course.
Do you see how much easier
it is to coat something now
with the chocolate bars?
I sure do had my chocolate dipped strawberry in minutes instead of hours.
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