Holiday Chocolates (Online)
Taught by Laura Scheck
Laura Scheck is the founder of Teaching Table, a culinary education platform that aims to inspire others to cook foods that are better for their bodies, their families, and their communities. Laura previously worked as a teacher and adult educator and was trained at the Natural Gourmet Institute, making her uniquely suited to share her passion for food in an educational way. Teaching Table provides public cooking demos and workshops, lessons targeted towards individual needs and special diets, private cooking classes & events for cooks of all ages and experience levels, as well as tips, techniques, and recipes via a blog and social media.
Add some handmade chocolates to your holiday cookie tins. They look beautiful and add a professional elegance. Not to mention, everyone will love them. Holiday bakers of all ages will learn tips to temper and dip chocolate. We will make a variety of chocolate treats, including a classed up turtle full of crunchy pecans and sweetened with maple. We’ll create a winter lover's peppermint bark, complete with “melted snowmen” if you choose to get crafty. We’ll dip dried fruit and pretzels and discuss other items to enjoy with melted chocolate. Finally, you’ll get scrappy, whipping up creative variations of chocolate bark with random ingredients you probably already have, and scraping up the last bit of melted chocolate.
Menu will include:
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Maple Pecan Turtles
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Peppermint Snowmen Swirl Bark
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Chocolate Covered Pretzels
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Chocolate Kissed Dried Fruit
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Sweet and Tangy Chocolate Bark
What You Need:
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dark chocolate
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white chocolate
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coconut oil
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pretzels
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peppermint candies or candy canes
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sprinkles
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sea salt
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large dried fruit like peaches, apricots, mango, pineapple, etc.
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nuts, pretzels, sprinkles, flake coconut, cacao nibs, crisp rice cereal, small dried fruit like cranberries, cherries, or acai, etc.
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piping bag or plastic bag and scissors, optional
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baking sheet
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pot
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metal bowls or double boiler
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spatula
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offset spatula
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parchment paper