I’ve always considered peppermint creams as a bit old fashioned type of confectionery until recently when I got asked for the recipe on several occasions and thought: ‘maybe there is more to these than I originally thought!’ The full list of stores taking part is as follows: Bluewater, Cribbs Bristol, Oxford Street, Cheadle, Kingston, Liverpool, Solihull, Southampton, Milton Keynes, Trafford, Edinburgh, Leeds, Nottingham, Peter Jones Sloane Square, Brent Cross, Westfield WhiteCity, Cardiff, Cambridge, and Newcastle. Measure out all the ingredients using a digital scales or use cups and spoons making sure that they are only filled to the level (not heaped). Add the caster sugar into a small to medium size saucepan and add the liquid glucose, cream of tartar, pinch of fine salt and the water. The fondant filling can stay in the fridge (wrapped in clingfilm) for 1-2 days, if you want to make this recipe in two different stages. Ingredients for traditional coffee fondant creams recipe Sugar Getting your coffee chocolates delivered to your house or a friend or loved one – even outside the UK – couldn’t be easier.

Fry’s chocolate company was famous for their chocolate, orange or strawberry fondant creams which were made into a long thin chocolate bar.Nobody really knows when the fondant at the heart of Whitakers coffee creams was first made, but it is generally thought it emerged in France in the mid-19th century, when bakers had access to lots of refined, granulated sugar. You also want to make sure that you don’t store your cream fondants near any source of heat, such as cupboard next to the oven or fridge as the chocolate on your fondant creams could potentially melt. How long fondant creams last? If you’re giving them as a gift, please make sure they are suitable for people with food allergies: the recipe for the chocolate coffee creams contains traces of nuts. How much will it cost to deliver Whitakers chocolate coffee creams? It’s usually used for whipping egg whites, but in our recipe, we need it because it prevents the sugar crystals to re-crystalise and keeps our coffee fondant creams lovely and creamy!

Of course it’s a vegan product so you can indulge yourselves without a hint of guilt, while the chocolate is made with FairTrade cocoa. You could also infuse the water with flavour or start with fruit flavoured water instead of regular water, but be careful as the boiling of the sugar can change the flavour (and usually makes it more caramelised than you need). You only need a generous pinch of cream of tartar for this recipe. You’ll find cream of tartar in baking section of your supermarket. Don’t leave the sugar stand for too long after you’ve added the flavour. If the sugar cools down too much, the mixture becomes too crumbly and won’t form smooth fondant. What makes this recipe workIf you can’t get hold of cream of tartar, leave it out and just make sure that you dissolve all the sugar before you start boiling it. Water I choose coffee flavour for this recipe, partly because I simply love the coffee and chocolate flavour combination, but also because you can use regular instant coffee granules to flavour this traditional confectionery.

Next Working Day Delivery is NOT available for delivery in the Scottish Highlands or any Off-Shore postcodes i.e Channel Islands, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight. They are usually dipped in chocolate and sold as traditional confectionery. Traditional flavours also include violet or rose. If you’re planning on splashing out on this colourful product, thinking it has chocolate coffee creams nestled inside its pouches or tins, we’re sorry to say you’re going to be disappointed. To make sure that you don’t end up with uninvited sugar crystals in your sugar syrup, brush the sides of the saucepan with hot water and and pastry brush to bring down any sugar particles.Filtered or boiled water is best as you want to make sure that there is as few minerals present as possible. Certain minerals (like iron) can make the sugar mixture unnecessarily yellow in the process and we want to make sure that our fondant creams are as clear as possible. Coffee flavour Enrobing the coffee fondant creams in very dark chocolate. Try something like 70-80% cocoa solids coverture (chocolate) to counteract the sweetness of the fondant Any specialist equipment needed? Fondant creams are basically flavoured fondants, usually made with different flavours – peppermint being the most know flavour.

I use caster (fine) white sugar for this recipe. I think that granulated sugar would be fine too, but I’ve not tested this recipe with it. If you do, please make sure that you let the sugar crystals to dissolve completely before you start to boil the sugar. There’s the all-important coffee flavour, while plain caramel provides the colour. Although Whitakers coffee cream chocolates are gluten and palm oil free, they do contain soya, as well as traces of lactose and nuts. Indulge yourself in a FairTrade treat What we are sure of is that these delicious chocolate coffee creams, suitable for vegans, will be the best you’ve ever tasted! It’s also dairy free, so there’s no need to worry about the presence of egg, or milk powder, whole milk powder or any other form of milk. It may surprise anyone whose sweet tooth runs to delicious, creamy coffee treats, slathered in milk chocolate or dipped in indulgent dark chocolate, that not every box of chocolates contains a coffee version.We know, we know – it’s a tragedy! Savouring that delicious chocolate coffee cream taste, the process of allowing a rich, creamy filling to melt in your mouth has to be one of life’s most amazing pleasures. Whitakers chocolate coffee creams are also gluten free and vegan so you can enjoy the taste without compromising your principles. So imagine how disappointed we were, the last time we received a chocolate gift box, to find our favourite coffee flavour missing in action. Does Quality Street have chocolate coffee creams?