Delightful Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans

Chocolate-covered coffee beans are confections made by coating roasted coffee beans with chocolate that could be either dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or even white chocolate. They are just slightly sweet and especially the dark chocolate kind is rather intense. The bitter flavor of the coffee beans can be overpowering for non-coffee-drinkers.

Chocolate covered coffee beans are rich in saturated fat and have high caffeine content as well. Shock-A-Lots one of the brands has about 300 mg of caffeine per ounce. However, they also contain antioxidants and certain vitamins. If you are a coffee lover then you love coffee prepared in any way, shape or form. So chocolate covered coffee beans would be a popular treat for you. These tasty treats can be had at any coffee shop or specialty store. But you could also make your own as it is really quite simple.

All you need to do is to buy high quality coffee beans. Be sure they are fresh and not broken or damaged. Next purchase the chocolate. Dipping chocolate is easier to work with and it tends to set up nicer. Chocolate chips and chocolate squares will work too. Melt and prepare the chocolate for dipping. All you need to do is carefully melt the chocolate in a pot. Once the chocolate is melted, simply place the beans in the pot to coat, and then remove with the fork. Set on wax paper to harden overnight. Your tasty crunchy snack is ready.

The selection of coffee beans can be important in the making of chocolate covered coffee beans. You should buy a medium or dark roast, since a light roast will simply be too acidic for chocolate covered coffee beans. This is one reason why chocolate covered espresso beans are a popular sell, since it's a very dark roast.