Faux Bordeaux Candies

Our favorite candy company is See's Candies - but you can only buy it locally at certain times of the year. So we found a recipe and decided to try it out! This recipe is for faux Bordeaux candies, which is a brown sugar fudge covered with chocolate. The following recipe turned out quite well - I made a few minor adjustments to the original recipe I found that I personally think made it taste more closely to the real See's candy. 

1/4 cup heavy cream

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup salted butter

1/2 teaspoon instant coffee

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 

2 cups sifted powdered sugar

12 ounces chocolate (you can choose which kind of chocolate to use - dark/semisweet/milk, or do a variety) 

Chocolate jimmies

Melt the butter and brown sugar together in a heavy pan and stir to combine. Bring to a boil and boil for two minutes.

Use about a tablespoon of very hot water to dissolve the instant coffee. 

Stir in cream, vanilla and instant coffee and boil for another 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes. 

Add sifted powdered sugar to mixture and stir to incorporate. Chill mixture until it holds the shape of a small ball. 

After cooled, roll into 2-inch balls. Melt chocolate either in the microwave or in a double broiler and dip each candy in the chocolate. Cover with chocolate jimmies and let set - about 2 hours depending on the consistency of the chocolate.