Wasted Chocolate

Baking By Siftandwisk2 Updated 21 Jan 2017 , 6:56pm by Siftandwisk2

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Siftandwisk2 Posted 20 Jan 2017 , 2:49am
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Been baking a lot of biscotti lately.  Will be baking more in the next two weeks for a couple of hostess gift baskets.  I dip biscotti in tempered chocolate.  Since its tempered, I have to temper at least a pound.  But of course, I never use it all. I end up throwing out the leftover because of the cookie crumbs.  Any ideas of how to use chocolate that's been adulterated with biscotti crumbs?  I really hate the waste.  And I'm not going to eat it cuz I've only got 7 more pounds to lose to hit goal weight on my crummy diet.

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Gerle Posted 20 Jan 2017 , 2:58am
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Could you separate some out to dip the cookies in so you don't get crumbs in all of it?  I don't know a lot about tempered chocolate, so I'm not sure if this would work or not.

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me_me1 Posted 20 Jan 2017 , 3:11am
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Oh yum!  Sounds like it might be nice as part of a posh rocky road maybe? Or part of a cheesecake base?  Or just in a bunch of nuts and make little clusters.  Mmmm, hungry now...

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me_me1 Posted 20 Jan 2017 , 3:12am
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*throw in a bunch of nuts...

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kakeladi Posted 20 Jan 2017 , 10:06pm
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As me_me pointed out turn them into nut. raisin clusters or other candies.  Dip crackers, plain cookies if not for a client (as crumbs will show but not effect the taste at all)  -- Oreos are soooooo great for this, even ritz or saltines;  Any dried fruit.....maybe dried fruit bits?   

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Siftandwisk2 Posted 21 Jan 2017 , 6:56pm
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Thank you all for the great suggestions.  I don't normally work with chocolate because tempering is temperamental.  But it seems the world thinks a biscotti is not a biscotti unless it's dipped in chocolate.  My sister said, "I can't explain it, but there's something about those fatty nuts and chocolate that just tastes so good."

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