Crunchy Coffee Clusters

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 egg whites
• 2 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup nuts, chopped small
• 1/4 cup corn syrup
• 1/2 cup strong coffee
• 4 lbs chocolate, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 butter a 2-quart saucepan.
• 2 combine sugar, corn syrup, salt and coffee.
• 3 cook on high heat until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil, stir constantly.
• 4 then cook to hard ball stage without stirring.
• 5 remove from heat.
• 6 in a large chilled bowl, beat egg whites to stiff peaks stage.
• 7 pour the hot syrup into the egg whites (slowly!) while beating at high speed.
• 8 once the syrup is added, continue beating until you get soft peaks.
• 9 add nuts and beat for another 5 minutes.
• 10 let it cool down, then cover and put in the freezer.
• 11 in a double boiler, melt the chocolate.
• 12 line several cookie sheets with waxed paper. remove the other bowl from the freezer. spoon out a teaspoon of the cold mixture and drop in the melted chocolate. scoop out and place on the waxed paper.
• 13 repeat.
• 14 when the mixture is used up, you can store any remaining chocolate for another use. let the candies cool and harden, then store in the refrigerator.