Delectable Maple Nut Chocolates Recipe

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"This recipe goes back about 40 years. My father loved anything with maple flavoring, so my mother tweaked a brownie recipe to suit his tastes. She would be so happy to know her recipe is a runner up after all these years." –Betsy King, Duluth, Minnesota

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Delectable Maple Nut Chocolates Recipe
  • Prep: 1 hour + chilling
  • Yield: 156 Servings
55 5 60

Ingredients

  • 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 7-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 cups chopped walnuts
  • 2 teaspoons maple flavoring
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 cups (24 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons shortening

Directions

  • In a small saucepan, combine milk and butter. Cook and stir over low heat until butter is melted. Place the confectioners' sugar in a large bowl; add milk mixture and beat until smooth. Stir in the walnuts, maple flavoring and vanilla. Roll into 3/4-in. balls; place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
  • In a microwave, melt the chips, bittersweet chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip balls into chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 13 dozen.

    Editor’s Note: Shape and freeze the balls of maple candy for up to 2 months if desired. Thaw candy before dipping into melted chocolate mixture.

Nutritional Facts 1 candy equals 67 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 2 mg cholesterol, 8 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Delectable Maple Nut Chocolates in Taste of Home December/January 2011, p99

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Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2011 by dilalim

This is one of the best candy recipes I have ever made. It is so yummy. I will have to share this recipe with my friends and family.

Reviewed on Feb. 13, 2011 by crazy4sushi

So glad I cut this recipe in half. Definitely have to let the maple filling cool in order to get the balls to form. I had to increase the maple flavoring by another teaspoon and I still don't think it was strong enough. I was hoping they would be more firm/dense. They stayed pretty soft. These were easy enough to do, but nothing over the top.

Reviewed on Jan. 12, 2011 by happy joy

Amazing!

Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2010 by trumanthefoodie

We must have done something wrong. Ours was way too sticky,and got soft again after refrigeration. The chocolate was not a consistency to dip--way to thick. The flavor is great.

Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2010 by snowbunnie

I'm glad it turned out for you ladies. The recipe printed is very different than the one I submitted. My recipe was for Maple Nut Fudge, there was no chocolate involved. :)

Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2010 by mamuwubu

Very tasty. Everyone loved them. I used a small melon baller to scoop up the balls to be rolled and kept dipping it in ice water. The chocolate dipping was rather tricky. We ended up with chocolate up to our elbows. Which was fun as a group activity, but I would like to perfect the technique on subsequent tries. We also attached the finished candies on to a cone shaped styrofoam as shown in the magazine. Got rave reviews for that. The kids got a kick out of the powder sugar snow we sprinkled over our finished tree. All in all a worthy project.

Reviewed on Dec. 03, 2010 by JLS08

I had trouble rolling the maple into balls too and found that it must cool first, either in the fridge or on the counter. I also find that it's really messy to roll them in the chocolate to coat. I might add lollipop sticks before I refrigerate them next time. It's a very rich recipe, so don't make them too big. Very yummy though.

Reviewed on Dec. 02, 2010 by sdv

Positively absolutely excellent! I had to chill before I could roll balls, I used a really small cookie scoop, easier! They recieved rave reviews from everyone and they will be made many, many more times by me. I used one of my home-brew vanillas, I chose mexican as I thought it would compliment the flavors best! I drool just writing this thinking about how good they are, Betsey King I thank you for a most excellent recipe!

 
 

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