Milk Chocolate and Molasses Toffee Skipping Stones with Chile Mango
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 7 ounces glucose syrup
- 7 ounces molasses
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 ounces chile mango (chile-dusted dried mango)
- 1 pound milk chocolate, chopped
- Special equipment: a candy thermometer
- Line a standard cookie sheet with a nonstick or silicone mat.
- Combine the sugar, glucose syrup and 7 ounces water in a heavy saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, brushing down the sides of the pan, until a candy thermometer inserted in the mixture registers 311 degrees F. Add the molasses and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture registers 293 degrees F.
- Remove from the heat, add the butter and stir well until fully incorporated.
- Add the baking soda, stirring just until incorporated.
- Pour the mixture onto the prepared cookie sheet (it should be approximately 1/4 inch thick); allow to cool.
- When cooled completely, break into irregular pieces of desired size.
- Cut the chile mango with kitchen shears into pieces 1 inch long and 1/8 inch wide.
- In a stainless steel mixing bowl, melt the milk chocolate slowly over warm water in a saucepan.
- Hand-dip all edges and sides of the toffee in the milk chocolate .Before the chocolate sets, top with a piece of the chile mango.
sugar, glucose syrup, molasses, unsalted butter, baking soda, mango, milk chocolate
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/milk-chocolate-and-molasses-toffee-skipping-stones-with-chile-mango.html (may not work)