Healthy-ish confectionery - nice to make with kids, too

[ina]

To get kids (and yourself) to eat more fruit, try dried fruit in chocolate!

Nicest, I think with dried apricots: Half dip apricots in melted chocolate (the darker the better). Even posher if you press a skinned almond on it before it cools completely. Makes a nice homemade gift from children, too.

I also like prunes in chocolate - was given some by a friend once and found the combination really nice.

More complicated, but very yummy: Stuffed figs
You have to find fairly soft, large figs (but not the partially re-hydrated ones, they are too soft). Make sure they have a nice shape when you pull up the stem. Slit open one side and stuff with marzipan. I like to use honey marzipan (have made my own in the past), and it's nice with a bit of chopped crystallised ginger in it. Close slit and dunk the whole fig into chocolate, leaving the stem free. Quite a mouth full...

[Wormella]

you can make carrot fudge as well

[ina]

Recipe, please!

[Shirley]

mmmm sounds good.... my problem - I could force myself to resist eating the raisins without choccie - but cover them withh choc and it would be one for Jonathan, 5 for me lol

Carrot fudge sounds good!

[Tigerhair]

Josh loves raisins so I'll keep it that way unless, I'll be in the same boat as Shirlz.... ohhh I LOVE em with choccie!!!

[Shirley]

I must be a total bore and just say that raisins are terrible for teeth... sticky AND sweet... the chocolate is good though...

I used to give raisins to J as a snack, but now only give them as part of a meal.

[Wormella]

since I just scanned this in for nebiemum here you go:



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[Millymollymandy]

Yum, I've made carrot halva before and it is delicious. One thing I really miss about not living in London anymore is Indian sweets.

[Shirley]

sounds like the sort of thing to cook while you are nattering with a friend and consuming a bottle of wine.
2 hours stood at the stove stirring the pot all the time needs some perks

Does sound yummy though - I haven't tried carrot halva but have eaten sesame halva before.

[ina]

It also sounds like something you should only attempt if you have an Aga or a Rayburn that is on anyway - otherwise the cost of this confectionary would be astronomical!