What an honor it is to be guest-writing for The Dating Divas today! Click the link for the full article, and to see their darling website with great dating ideas geared toward married couples. Here’s the recipe:

These sweet shamrock candies are so rich, you’ll be satisfied after just a couple, and even if you eat the whole batch, you’re still bound to feel light and happy, instead of weighed down and guilty.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-natural dark chocolate chips (you can get the unsweetened kind, or sweetened with just a bit of organic, evaporated cane sugar. But check all the ingredients and make sure everything on the list is something you recognize as a real food, or you’ll be feeling yucky and weight-gainy afterward 😉 )
1/4 tsp stevia (optional, only if you got unsweetened chocolate chips – can be found by the sweeteners at your grocery store)
1-2 drops Améo peppermint oil (depending on how strong you like your mint flavor) You can get some at www.totallyhealthyremedies.com
You will also need a candy mold in any shape or size. (I got my shamrock candy mold here.) Or you can use mini cupcake liners for a “Reese’s” shape.

Directions:

Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler. If you’re like me and don’t own a double boiler, just fill a pot with water and set a metal mixing bowl on top of it. You need to make sure the bowl can make a decent seal against the rim of the pot, and that the bowl doesn’t sit too deep into the pot. You don’t want the pot to touch boiling water, so that your chocolate gets steamed instead of sauteed.

It will take about 3-5 minutes for the chocolate to melt. Stir it with a rubber spatula until it’s completely melted and super shiny. Then, turn the heat down to low, and thoroughly stir in the natural peppermint flavor and optional stevia. Using a metal spoon, drizzle chocolate into your candy mold, filling it up, but taking care not to over-fill each shamrock hole.

Place mold in the fridge or freezer for about 15 minutes.

Turn Your Chocolates Into a Gift

This is the simplest little treat box in the world. Simply take a 12×12 piece of scrapbook paper and cut it to 3×12. Score it at 1″, then score again at 5 3/4″ and 7 1/4″. Embellish as you wish and fold into place. Fill a small cellophane bag with shamrock chocolates and staple it to the back panel of this treat bag.  Then secure the bag closed at the top with ribbon (punch holes) colorful clips, or even a magnet/velcro.

Click here to get the free download I created for the readers of TheDatingDivas.com.

Peanut Butter Cups

If peppermint chocolates aren’t your thing, I have an amazing recipe for peanut butter cups that you can create in any shape, including Reese’s shape using mini-cupcake liners.

Here’s the recipe!