At risk of my mother killing me over the holiday season I will share with you how I modified one of her chocolate Christmas candy recipes. The recipe is called Critters and the closest I can come to explaining it is fudge drops but that isn't exactly it either. After cutting sweets and eliminating anything containing high-fructose corn syrup from my diet- my sweet tooth has become very sensitive. Additionally the healthy part of chocolate is the cacao so I decided to replace the traditional chocolate chips in this recipe with bakers chocolate (100% Cacao). The finished product isn't as smooth as traditional critters but its texture and taste is akin to that of a dark chocolate brownie.
Dark Critters
16 oz baker chocolate- chopped
14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup butter
1/8 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups chopped walnuts
In a dry saucepan over low heat mix the chocolate, condensed milk, butter and salt until completely melted and smooth. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and nuts. Drop small spoonfuls of the mixture onto wax paper and allow to solidify in a cool place. One cooled completely store in an airtight container.
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