Easy Chocolate Candies

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 8 ounces high quality semisweet chocolate (I use Ghirardelli)
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (use more or less as needed)
• 4 ounces almonds (optional)

Directions

1. 1

   Chop the chocolate into small pieces.

2. 2

   In a small or medium saucepan, warm the cream over medium heat until it begins to simmer.

3. 3

   Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the chocolate until the mixture is smooth.

4. 4

   Stir in almonds (if desired).

5. 5

   Refrigerate the mixture for about 3 hours.

6. 6

   Remove the mixture from the fridge.

7. 7

   Use an ice cream scoop (or your fingers) to form the chocolate into balls.

8. 8

   Roll the ball in a bowl of unsweeted cocoa powder.

9. 9

   Refrigerate before serving.