Chocolate-espresso Kisses

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Hello, Chocolate Lovers!  The Cook & Kitchen Staff are celebrating
Valentine's Day by offering  you fourteen of our most delicious
chocolate-coated, cocoa-concocted  recipes from our Chocolate Lover's
Collection.  Today's recipe is the perfect way for you to share your
kisses with  those you adore this Valentine's Day. The recipe is easy
to prepare,  if you have the patience to let the chocolate concoction
do as it  does, naturally.  To prepare today's recipe, you will need
parchment paper and a pastry  bag with a 1/2-inch plain tip.  Break
bittersweet chocolate in small pieces. In a food processor or  blender,
pulse together chocolate and butter until the chocolate is  finely
chopped. Reserve the mixture in the food processor bowl or  blender
container.  In a small saucepan over medium heat, whisk together cream,
espresso  powder, and salt. Stirring constantly, bring the mixture to a
boil.  Pour the hot cream over the butter and chocolate mixture, and
pulse  until smooth.  Transfer the mixture to a glass mixing bowl. Let
the mixture stand at  room temperature until just firm enough to pipe
out in a pastry bag,  usually about 2 hours.  Oil a large baking sheet
and then line it with parchment paper.  Transfer the chocolate mixture
to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch  plain tip. Pipe the chocolate
mixture onto the prepared baking sheet  to form 1-inch by 1-inch
cone-shaped chocolate kisses. Chill kisses  until firm, at least 3
hours and up to 1 day.  Sift the cocoa powder into a small shallow
bowl. Working with 1 kiss  at a time, roll the chocolate in the cocoa
powder to coat.  Your kisses will keep up to 2 weeks when stored in a
single layer in  an airtight container and refrigerated.  Posted to
dailyrecipe@recipe-a-day.com by Recipe-a-Day
<recipe-a-day@bignetwork.com> on Feb 5, 1999, converted by MM_Buster
v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 21
Calories From Fat: 21
Total Fat: 2.4g
Cholesterol: 7.2mg
Sodium: 13.2mg
Potassium: 2.3mg
Carbohydrates: <1g
Fiber: 0g
Sugar: <1g
Protein: <1g