Chocolate covered coffee-beans?

catallus · 05-09-2014 8:31pm #1

I might be accused of having being living under a rock, but I've just heard about these?

Anyone have any experience of these? Where can they be got, or can you make your own?

spurious · 05-09-2014 8:34pm

Have often bought them abroad. Got some more recently in the Fruit and Veg shop in the North Strand. I'd say places like Fallon and Byrne in Dublin probably have them too.

catallus · 05-09-2014 8:39pm

Might make some of my own, or am I being overly-ambitious? I'm presuming there's not much to it, just take the roasted beans and cover them in the chocolate of my choice? That's what youtube tells me anyways

spurious · 05-09-2014 8:41pm

You would probably need to find some way of covering the chocolate so that they did not all end up in a clump.
Regardless, you could always eat your mistakes.

catallus · 05-09-2014 8:46pm

I'm going to melt dark choc in the pan and throw in the beans and then separate them on wax paper as they cool. I'll report back!

Jezek · 05-09-2014 10:48pm

catallus wrote: »

I'm going to melt dark choc in the pan and throw in the beans and then separate them on wax paper as they cool. I'll report back!

Yeah I do this often. Use a darker roast as you want it to be edible - very light roasts would probably chip a few teeth. I also use white choc sometimes. It's quite the study aid!

catallus · 05-09-2014 10:50pm

How do you separate them? I'm thinking just taking them individually from the pan with a fork?

Jezek · 05-09-2014 10:55pm

catallus wrote: »

How do you separate them? I'm thinking just taking them individually from the pan with a fork?

pop on baking sheet, try and separate mostly while hot, go back a little later and separate a little bit more when they have cooled a bit. You get a few clumps of 2-3 beans but they are also great so no biggie

catallus · 05-09-2014 11:05pm

What choc do you use?

Jezek · 05-09-2014 11:11pm

catallus wrote: »

What choc do you use?

lidl has some great value for money dark choc, or their cooking choc is great to work with as well

miezekatze · 12-09-2014 1:54pm

Might try making them myself sometime. I bought them before from Carluccios in town, they are really expensive though.

zagmund · 12-09-2014 6:19pm

I don't get it. I've seen them before, but I always just suck off the chocolate and dump the bean after rolling it around in my mouth for 5 or 10 minutes.. It's not like roasted beans are nice or anything. Or am I missing something?

z

Jezek · 12-09-2014 6:53pm

zagmund wrote: »

I don't get it. I've seen them before, but I always just suck off the chocolate and dump the bean after rolling it around in my mouth for 5 or 10 minutes.. It's not like roasted beans are nice or anything. Or am I missing something?

z

yes, your 're supposed to chew the whole thing.

zagmund · 13-09-2014 2:39pm

Jezek wrote: »

yes, your 're supposed to chew the whole thing.

But that's what I meant in my original post. I used to chew them, but I've given up because it just produces unpleasant bits of coffee bean.

Maybe I'll give it another go, but I'm not hopeful.

z

Chocolate covered coffee-beans?

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