Ahh, chocolate. As I sit here and appreciate this confection of chocolate, hazelnut, and nutella, I decide to have another one of these Italian Chocolate Kisses.
Italian Chocolate Kisses
I wanted to make a special treat for my family and friends for Valentine’s day, so I tried to replicate Italy’s infamous Baci Perugina chocolates, one of my favourite chocolates. These treats have been in production since 1922 and the factory produces thousands of Baci daily. Did you know that Baci are still made in Perugia (Italy), near the birthplace of St. Valentine? But I digress…
The whole process starts with melting butter with chocolate.
Once everything is melted, incorporate the chopped hazelnuts and nutella and cocoa powder. Spread on a cookie sheet which has been lined with parchment paper. Place the pan in the freezer.
The mixture has hardened a little, but it will soften up again really quickly. The next step is rolling…
One hazelnut gets placed on top of every mound.
As you can well imagine, these little gems get a dunking. I used dark chocolate for this step.
And now for the taste test…
According to some members of my family, they were better than the original!
ORIGINS OF THE RECIPE FOR Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Kisses:
A colleague of mine, Tony, shared his favourite recipe for these decadent confections, adapted from Misya. There are many variations floating around the internet, if you’d prefer to do some Googling yourself.
You don’t have to be a chocolatier to make these Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Kisses. Fun to make and a pleasure to eat! Treat yourself and your loved ones for Valentine’s Day.
Homemade Chocolate Hazelnut Kisses
Ingredients
- 50 grams milk chocolate
- 10 grams butter
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder unsweetened
- 50 grams toasted and blanched hazelnuts chopped, toasted and blanched
- 50 grams chocolate hazelnut spread Nutella
- 14 whole hazelnuts blanched
- 100 grams dark chocolate
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Melt milk chocolate with butter in microwave or on top of double boiler.
- Remove from heat and add cocoa powder, chopped hazelnuts, and Nutella.
- Pour the whole mixture on the parchment lined baking sheet.
- Place in freezer for about 15 minutes or until firm.
- Roll into balls (about 1 inch).
- Top each ball with one whole hazelnut.
- Place on parchment paper and back in the freezer for about 5 minutes.
- Melt dark chocolate in double boiler. Remove from heat.
- Dip frozen chocolate balls in chocolate.
- Place on parchment lined baking sheet and wait for chocolate to dry.
- Enjoy.
Notes
Nutrition
Thanks for dropping by.
Ciao for now!
Maria 🙂
Ur pal val says
This looks amazing, I have pinned to try. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Maria says
They are a little messy to make but so so good! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Emily | OatandSesame says
I love these treats! Hazelnut and chocolate is my weakness!
Maria says
Mine too ♥ Enjoy! Thanks for taking the time to comment 🙂