My grandmother had a tradition of giving the family a box of homemade chocolates for Christmas. They are delicious. Since she retired from making chocolates a few years ago, my dad has stepped in to help make the chocolates. This year, he recruited me to help out. This was great because I have wanted to try to make them, but haven't been brave enough to attempt it on my own yet.
This weekend Mom and Dad came down for a visit so that we could get the chocolates done. We had a great time.
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| Dad cooking the first batch of fondant. A brown sugar fondant we flavored with walnut. |
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| Sarah tried her hand at kneading the fondant. This batch was divided and became orange and pistachio. |
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| Dad demonstrating a masterful technique dipping the chocolates. |
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Getting all those chocolates into paper.
Four pounds of fondant, eight pounds of chocolate, five pounds of nuts,
three batches of caramel, some coconut, raisins and a few batches of cookies. |
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| A small sample that did not include everything we made but gives a good idea. |
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Sorting the candies into individual gift boxes.
No two are exactly alike. |
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| Adorned with custom labels, ready to be gifted. |
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| Unless Geral gets them first. |
I don't have any pictures of all the dishes Mom did to keep us constantly supplied with clean utensils, but that was greatly appreciated. Geral was thrilled to help roll the fondant into balls for dipping. Sarah really wanted to skip school on Tuesday to help out. Everyone was eager to help with the quality control and make sure that every chocolate was good enough to be called Imogene's.
And the house smelled heavenly for four days!
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