Chocolate Almond Confections

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups chopped, toasted almonds
• 1 ounce milk chocolate pieces
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 cups crushed lemon wafers or 3 cups crushed orange wafers or 3 cups crushed vanilla wafers
• 2 tablespoons orange juice

Recipe

• 1 in blender or food processor,finely grind 1/4 cup of the almonds,set aside.
• 2 combine chocolate with orange juice and sugar in saucepan.
• 3 cook over med heat,stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved and chocolate is melted.
• 4 remove from heat and mix in crushed wafers,orange juice and chopped almonds.
• 5 chill mixture at least 1 hour.
• 6 form into small balls,roll in the ground almonds.
• 7 chill in air tight container for several days for best flavor.