These cocoa babies were probably over kill for Christmas this year, but I couldn't break tradition. I started making them for my chocoholic brothers several years ago. My family is big (and getting bigger again!) I have four (chocolate loving) brothers and three (equally chocolate loving) sisters. Our numbers exploded a few years ago as people started getting married and having babies so we switched to a gift exchange plan. I like to add a homemade gift to the package each year and for the boys it became traditionally, truffles.
Even though we did away with the Christmas exchange this year - everyone was spending more on the nieces and nephews anyways, so we switched to family gifts - I made a batch to share around our celebration.
These are very simple to make and that's part of the reason I love them. They're easy to squeeze in when you're busy in the kitchen. I follow Martha Stewarts recipe. I've wanted to branch out in my coating, I always use dutch cocoa because I'm in a hurry. I've toyed with the idea of adding something spicy (the way the brothers like things :) to the coating but haven't experimented yet.
We (siblings) celebrated together on Sunday. We had so much food, these barely got touched! But fortunately they store nicely in the freezer.
I made up a handful of these little gift boxes for my friends. They turned out quite cute and were a great way to give away the truffles and marshmallows. I have lots of paper left over so I'm eager to find more boxes for next years' goodies.
Aw, the gift boxes are so cute. Did you purchase them or make them yourself?
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